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Beg for Mercy by Keith Nixon

By DeathBecomesHer

17 June, 2018

Followers of Keith Nixon’s Solomon Gray series have had something of a love/hate relationship with the Kent copper. But we’re at book three now and Gray has certainly mellowed since that spiky first acquaintance in Dig Two Graves. Maybe his age has something to do…

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Blood Standard by Laird Barron

By RoughJustice

23 May, 2018

Alaskan ex-patriate Laird Barron now lives in New York State, where this debut crime novel is set. Barron, by the way, is no ingénue; Blood Standard may be his first straight-up crime effort, but the hardboiled school of writing has been an obvious influence on…

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Blue Night by Simone Buchholz

By Philip Rafferty

10 March, 2018

Translated by Rachel Ward — Chastity Riley, once a hotshot state prosecutor, has suffered a demotion after bringing down one of her superiors on corruption charges. As Blue Night opens, Chastity is trying to make sense of her new life working in a dull witness…

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An Aegean April

By crimefictionlover

17 January, 2018

Written by Jeffery Siger — It is Easter time on the Greek Island of Lesvos and the shipping tycoon Mihalis Volandes is about to become the saviour of so many refugees who cross the straits from Turkey seeking freedom in Europe. He has a plan,…

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The End of Lies by Andrew Barrett

By Vicki Weisfeld

8 January, 2018

“How can you tell if you’re lying to yourself?” this crime thriller begins, and it’s a good question. Middle-aged librarian Becky and her police inspector husband Chris appear to have been lying to themselves for some time. Becky and Chris have been planning a crime,…

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NTN: Scream Blue Murder Tony J Forder

By Purity Brown

9 November, 2017

Published by indie outfit Bloodhound books, Scream Blue Murder is the third novel this year by new author Tony J Forder. An action thriller, it features the bad tempered protagonist Mike Lynch. He’s your average guy out on the road for business who ends up getting drawn…

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NTN: The Extraditionist

By Vicki Weisfeld

7 November, 2017

Written by Todd Merer — A debut thriller that shines a light into a particularly dark corner of the legal world, The Extraditionist is the story of a talented lawyer who’s made his comfortable living representing the leaders of drug cartels at risk of being…

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Getting Carter: Ted Lewis and the Birth of Brit Noir

By Catherine Turnbull

21 October, 2017

Written by Nick Triplow — Meticulous and thorough detective work is at the heart of this compelling and detailed biography of Ted Lewis, the Humberside author of nine novels, who was a huge influence on Brit Noir and remains so for leading names in crime fiction…

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Beg for Mercy by Keith Nixon

Blood Standard by Laird Barron

Blue Night by Simone Buchholz

An Aegean April

The End of Lies by Andrew Barrett

NTN: Scream Blue Murder Tony J Forder

NTN: The Extraditionist

Getting Carter: Ted Lewis and the Birth of Brit Noir

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