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

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…

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Chester Himes returns in a new set of Penguin Classics

By Paul Burke

11 May, 2021

With strikingly designed covers, new editions of five novels by Chester Himes have appeared the shelves. Featuring Coffin Ed and Gravedigger Jones, the reprinting of these hardboiled detective stories is good news – Himes was an American crime fiction genius who is still underappreciated. When…

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Every Vow You Break by Peter Swanson

By DeathBecomesHer

26 April, 2021

Any ‘best of’ list of creepiest love songs worth its salt is sure to include Every Breath You Take, the stalkerfest made famous by The Police back in 1983, when it reached number one in six countries including the US and the UK. With lines…

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The Plastic Nightmare and While Love Lay Sleeping by Richard Neely

By Paul Burke

19 April, 2021

Like a lot of American pulp authors, Richard Neely started out a newspaperman. He then embarked on a successful career in advertising before turning to crime writing in his 50s. In 14 years he produced 15 novels. This volume contains his second and third books,…

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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

Chester Himes returns in a new set of Penguin Classics

Every Vow You Break by Peter Swanson

The Plastic Nightmare and While Love Lay Sleeping by Richard Neely

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