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NTN: The Forgotten Addiction by Michael Lion

By RoughJustice

15 November, 2014

This is Michael Lion’s second novel and it follows on from The Butcher’s Granddaughter in 2009, also published by American independent New Pulp Press. Lion has found a novel way to update the PI genre – by making the protagonist in his series a snitch….

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NTN: The Cost of Doing Business by Jonathan Ashley

By nagaisayonara

14 November, 2014

As a reader of crime fiction, sometimes I get a little concerned that the novels I love glorify the criminal life, that they may be somehow encouraging me to seek a life of gun, gangs and drugs. Then a novel like The Cost of Doing…

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Sin Walks into the Desert by Matt Ingwalson

By nagaisayonara

27 October, 2014

Sin is a loner, a tattooed outcast in Tucson, Arizona. In his early 20s, he spends his days at home watching videos online and cleaning his gun, and his nights getting tattooed by Sindy, his one friend, who works at an all-night tattoo parlour. That…

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Freight

By RoughJustice

18 October, 2014

Written by Ed Kurtz — Freight is the latest in the Single Shot line of noir novellas from Australia’s Crime Factory. Previous entries by Jedidiah Ayres (Fierce Bitches) and Jake Hinkson (Saint Homicide) have earned widespread praise, including from ourselves. Kurtz was already on my…

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The Darkest Heart

By crimefictionlover

8 October, 2014

Dan Smith is a wizard at conjuring up the atmosphere of inaccessible, hostile locations around the world. This time it’s the mining landscape of inland Brazil, where capitalist greed is rife and human life cheap. This is essentially a rewriting of Conrad’s Heart of Darkness,…

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Interview: Chris Ewan

By crimefictionlover

7 October, 2014

Halloween is almost upon us and if you’re looking for a bleak and suspenseful crime fiction treat, Dark Tides is one that doesn’t miss a trick. Written by Chris Ewan, it’s set on the Isle of Man and is about six friends who like to…

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You Don't Exist by Pablo D'Stair and Chris Rhatigan

By nagaisayonara

3 October, 2014

All Due Respect is a great little noir magazine pumping out short fiction, non-fiction and reviews for a year or so now. Recently they decided to delve into slightly longer pieces, publishing novels and novellas, but still with all the darkness you’ve come to expect…

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The Corpse with the Platinum Hair by Cathy Ace

By MarinaSofia

27 September, 2014

Canadian crime fiction writers are having their well-deserved moment in the sun just before the long winter sets in. Louise Penny, Peter Robinson and Linwood Barclay are merely the best known of a very diverse and entertaining group of crime writers. Not all of the…

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NTN: The Forgotten Addiction by Michael Lion

NTN: The Cost of Doing Business by Jonathan Ashley

Sin Walks into the Desert by Matt Ingwalson

Freight

The Darkest Heart

Interview: Chris Ewan

You Don't Exist by Pablo D'Stair and Chris Rhatigan

The Corpse with the Platinum Hair by Cathy Ace

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