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Only Murders in the Building is essential viewing for crime fiction lovers

14 December, 2021

“Only Murders in the Building? What?” That was our reaction too, when we first heard about this crime show which is available on Disney Plus in the UK and on Hulu in the US. So let us explain. A man has died in suspicious circumstances…

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The Girl With No Place to Hide by Marvin Albert

By Paul Burke

6 December, 2021

A fast-paced, New York-set hardboiled classic that keeps you guessing to the end, The Girl with No Place to Hide is the third in Albert’s Jake Barrow sextet written under the pseudonym Nick Quarry and originally published in 1959. Hardboiled is usually tight and to…

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Love & Bullets by Nick Kolakowski

By Paul Burke

3 December, 2021

Good gonzo noir is a perpetual car crash; one bone-crunching, metal-shredding impact after another and Nick Kolakowski’s pulp fiction upholds that tradition. Meet Bill and Fiona. Don’t let their ordinary names fool you, they are the harbingers of chaos. Where they tread, and they tread…

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Interview: Cynthia von Buhler on Minky Woodcock's encounter with Tesla

By crimefictionlover

18 November, 2021

Cynthia von Buhler has an inspiring range of talents. In addition to writing and performing in immersive theatre productions, she’s a fine artist and a writer, and she illustrates her own crime stories. Her favourite milieu is the early 20th century – a period during…

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The Summoning by JP Smith

By Vicki Weisfeld

22 September, 2021

If you like your thrillers to have just a touch of the supernatural then you’ll appreciate what author JP Smith has accomplished in his new psychological thriller, The Summoning. In the nearly 18 years since her husband died on 9/11, Manhattan resident Kit Capriol has…

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Fatal Infraction by Kevin G Chapman

By DeathBecomesHer

27 July, 2021

Sportsmen taking a knee have made headlines recently, so Kevin G Chapman’s latest Mike Stoneman story is a timely release. Let me explain why. Quarterback Jimmy Rydell has a starring role in Fatal Infraction. He’s a key member of the New York Jets American Football…

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Against the Law by David Gordon

By RoughJustice

31 May, 2021

This is the third Joe the Bouncer novel, following on from The Bouncer (2018) and The Hard Stuff (2019). Joe Brody is indeed a bouncer. But as well as working the door at a New York strip club Joe does a lot of things. His…

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Beyond the Headlines by RG Belsky

By Vicki Weisfeld

17 May, 2021

RG Belsky’s Clare Carlson is a New York City television news director, and her skill at getting to the truth doesn’t take a back seat to anyone’s. There may be delays, detours, and false starts, but she gets there in the end, as we’ve already…

Crime Fiction Lover

Only Murders in the Building is essential viewing for crime fiction lovers

The Girl With No Place to Hide by Marvin Albert

Love & Bullets by Nick Kolakowski

Interview: Cynthia von Buhler on Minky Woodcock's encounter with Tesla

The Summoning by JP Smith

Fatal Infraction by Kevin G Chapman

Against the Law by David Gordon

Beyond the Headlines by RG Belsky

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