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Justice: Those Who Kill on iPlayer and Prime

21 November, 2024

The Danish criminal profiler Louise Bergstein returns to help her police colleagues try to solve a spate of gangland killings in Justice: Those Who Kill, now available on the BBC iPlayer and Amazon Prime. It’s the fourth season in the series, which stars Natalie Madueño…

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Rogue by Paul Finch

By RoughJustice

4 November, 2024

When Kiss Of Death was published in 2018, I doubt Paul Finch expected his readers to have to wait six years to see how he resolved the astounding cliff-hanger DS Heckenburg faced at the conclusion of that novel. But it seems not even best-selling authors…

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Ocean Drive by Sam Wiebe

By Sharon Richardson

17 September, 2024

Canadian author Sam Wiebe is a master of gritty noir, and Ocean Drive hit the bestsellers list in British Columbia before it launched in Canada earlier this year. This will be no surprise to anyone who’s read the Dave Wakeland series. Ocean Drive is a…

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Living is a Problem by Doug Johnstone

By Sharon Richardson

13 September, 2024

In the sixth book in this popular series by Doug Johnstone, the Skelf women hope to make a fresh start after the trauma of the previous book, The Opposite of Lonely. In Living is a Problem, they want a positive future, but perhaps not everyone…

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The Night of Baba Yaga by Akira Otani

By Sonja van der Westhuizen

30 July, 2024

Translated by Sam Bett — Even though strong female protagonists are nothing new in contemporary manga or animé, it’s not often we come across them in Japanese crime fiction novels. Yoriko Shindo is not only a memorable character, she also defies traditional gender roles in…

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The Wrong Hands by Mark Billingham

By Sharon Richardson

25 June, 2024

Last year Mark Billingham introduced us to the unpredictable Detective Sergeant Declan Miller in The Last Dance, a book that takes a different tone to the author’s Thorne novels. The Wrong Hands continues Declan’s story along with the mix of genres seen in the first…

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First look: The Night of Baba Yaga by Akira Otani

By crimefictionlover

21 May, 2024

Do you ever feel like it’s time to try something new? Well, a first look at The Night of Baba Yaga, out in September and written by Akira Otani, tells us that this is crime fiction that will take you to a different place. The…

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The Debt Collector by Steven Max Russo

By Vicki Weisfeld

8 May, 2024

Here’s a new crime thriller that will upend your expectations at every turn – Steven Max Russo’s The Debt Collector. The literati say there are only two plots in all of literature: a person goes on a journey or a stranger comes to town. This…

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Justice: Those Who Kill on iPlayer and Prime

Rogue by Paul Finch

Ocean Drive by Sam Wiebe

Living is a Problem by Doug Johnstone

The Night of Baba Yaga by Akira Otani

The Wrong Hands by Mark Billingham

First look: The Night of Baba Yaga by Akira Otani

The Debt Collector by Steven Max Russo

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