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For Those Who Know the Ending

By DeathBecomesHer

29 July, 2016

Written by Malcolm Mackay — Martin Sivok wakes up in a deserted warehouse. He is tied to a chair and the balaclava he was wearing earlier has gone. Who is Martin and what led him to this pretty pickle? We’re about to find out. For Those Who Know the…

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The Second Life of Nick Mason

By crimefictionlover

7 July, 2016

Steve Hamilton’s modern noir novel, as the title suggests, is centred on Nick Mason. His first life went royally wrong when he was put away for 25 years for felony homicide. But, guess what, he’s free! A Chicago crime lord has sprung him from jail…

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Tommy Red by Charlie Stella

By RoughJustice

6 June, 2016

It is nearly four years since Rough Riders, a fictionalisation of Boston gangster Whitey Bulger‘s story, topped my end of year list. A lot has happened in the crime fiction field since then, most notably the genre-devouring Gone Girl and the whole phenomenon that is domestic noir….

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The Second Life of Nick Mason by Steve Hamilton

By RoughJustice

15 May, 2016

Shall we start with the first life of Nick Mason? He was born in Canaryville, an Irish suburb of Chicago. He grew up in difficult circumstances, without a father, and gravitated to crime. From stealing cars he graduated to robbing dealers and then to armed…

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Long Time Lost by Chris Ewan

By crimefictionlover

8 May, 2016

You’re a long time dead. So the saying goes. And if you happen to cross one of North West England’s most notorious gangsters, Connor Lane, you might as well be dead. Unless, that is, you get the help of Nick Miller and his team of…

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A Fine House in Trinity by Lesley Kelly

By DeathBecomesHer

24 April, 2016

Remember the old saying ‘you can choose your friends, but you can’t choose your family’? Well, what if you have a pretty bad taste in friends too? Many people seem to have this problem, including Joe Staines, or Stainesie as he’s better known in his…

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Three Little Pigs

By Jeremy Megraw

10 April, 2016

Apostolos Doxiadis used to write graphic novels, but here brings a fresh take on mafia revenge, told from the perspective of a mysterious old man. When a man in old Brooklyn kills another in a drunken brawl, it turns out the victim is the local…

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Three Little Pigs: A Story by Apostles Doxiadis

By Jeremy Megraw

25 March, 2016

Already known for inventing the genre of mathematical fiction with his peculiar novel Uncle Petros and Goldbach’s Conjecture, and with a best-selling graphic novel under his belt in the form of Logicomix, Greek writer Apostolos Doxiadis turns his hand to something equally unique – a…

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For Those Who Know the Ending

The Second Life of Nick Mason

Tommy Red by Charlie Stella

The Second Life of Nick Mason by Steve Hamilton

Long Time Lost by Chris Ewan

A Fine House in Trinity by Lesley Kelly

Three Little Pigs

Three Little Pigs: A Story by Apostles Doxiadis

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