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Speakers of the Dead by J Aaron Sanders

By DavidPrestidge

2 March, 2016

Writers as varied as Dashiell Hammett and Oscar Wilde have been called into action by crime fiction authors. J Aaron Sanders recruits America’s greatest poet Walt Whitman for his debut crime novel, Speakers of the Dead. The author is well suited to his subject, with…

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The Girls in the High-Heeled Shoes by Michael Kurland

By RoughJustice

23 February, 2016

This author is perhaps best known for his series of comic historical thrillers featuring that infamous criminal mastermind Professor Moriarty. You can read our review of the most recent book in that series, Who Thinks Evil, here. Recently, Titan Books republished another of his historical…

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Where It Hurts by Reed Farrel Coleman

By RoughJustice

24 January, 2016

Reed Farrel Coleman’s Moe Prager series of novels brought him considerable critical acclaim. The James Deans alone won the Anthony, Barry, and Shamus Awards as well as being a finalist in others. His writing is hardboiled for sure, but goes beyond genre into literary territory…

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The Newsmakers by Lis Wiehl with Sebastian Stuart

By DavidPrestidge

20 January, 2016

Erica Sparks is a TV news presenter who has come up the hard way. She is not so much from the wrong side of the tracks, as from a place where you couldn’t even see the railway with binoculars. Now, having conquered alcoholism and survived…

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Interview: Reed Farrel Coleman

By RoughJustice

18 January, 2016

A poet and a crime author, Reed Farrel Coleman has written more than 15 novels, including the critically-accalimed Moe Prager series about an ex-cop turned private eye. He has collaborated with Ken Bruen, continued Robert B Parker’s Jesse Stone series, and has won a slew of awards…

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Cut Me In by Ed McBain

By crimefictionlover

7 January, 2016

Originally written in 1954 and released under the pseudonym Hunt Collins, this book has been rediscovered and reprinted by Hard Case Crime. The publisher has even roped in the excellent illustrator Robert McGinnis, who painted many a James Bond poster in the 1960s, and who…

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Savage Lane by Jason Starr

By Zachary Colbert

22 October, 2015

In Savage Lane, Jason Starr has brought his signature darkness to the domestic thriller genre with riveting and rib-tickling affect. Karen Daily is a happy, well-adjusted divorcee living with her two kids in the idyllic New York City suburb of Westchester. Karen’s neighbour and close…

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CIS: The Joe Kurtz novels by Dan Simmons

By RoughJustice

22 September, 2015

Dan Simmons was already well into his writing career when he began the Joe Kurtz series. Prior to the first book, Hardcase (2001), Simmons was known as first a science fiction and then later as a horror writer. Most recently Simmons has been writing books…

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Speakers of the Dead by J Aaron Sanders

The Girls in the High-Heeled Shoes by Michael Kurland

Where It Hurts by Reed Farrel Coleman

The Newsmakers by Lis Wiehl with Sebastian Stuart

Interview: Reed Farrel Coleman

Cut Me In by Ed McBain

Savage Lane by Jason Starr

CIS: The Joe Kurtz novels by Dan Simmons

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