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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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Ordeal by Jorn Lier Horst

By crimefictionlover

23 March, 2016

What is it about William Wisting? He’s getting on a bit, and he doesn’t really have the cannon ball-style impact of Harry Hole. Nor does he quite match Inspector Sejer for psychological intensity. And yet this quiet Norwegian detective is gaining a big following just…

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Murder Never Knocks by Mickey Spillane and Max Allan Collins

By RoughJustice

7 March, 2016

As the creator of the iconic PI Mike Hammer, hardboiled author Mickey Spillane needs no introduction. Nor should Max Allan Collins. The latter’s original series about Quarry, the hit-man who targets other hitmen, is about to become a TV series. At the same time publisher…

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Behind Closed Doors

By DavidPrestidge

5 January, 2016

Elizabeth Haynes is back with a psychological thriller. Fifteen-year-old Scarlett Rainsford disappears while on a family holiday in Rhodes, then re-appears 10 years later in her hometown, a broken young woman working in a local brothel. DCI Louisa Smith has to find out what happened, trawling…

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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

Ordeal by Jorn Lier Horst

Murder Never Knocks by Mickey Spillane and Max Allan Collins

Behind Closed Doors

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