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Squeaky Clean by Callum McSorley

13 December, 2023

Glasgow author Callum McSorley’s award-winning debut novel brings us Scottish crime fiction with a new flavour. The book might be titled Squeaky Clean, but this is a story that’s rancid and filthy, in which every bodily fluid you can imagine is amply spilled, and if…

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The Girl in the Eagle’s Talons by Karin Smirnoff

By Sonja van der Westhuizen

22 September, 2023

Translated by Sarah Death — She’s back. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo is no longer the Lisbeth Salander we were introduced to 18 years ago in Stieg Larsson’s first Millennium novel. Now older and more responsible, Lisbeth is co-owner of Milton Security with her…

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The Red Door season 2: Noir Italiano on Walter Presents

By crimefictionlover

12 September, 2023

Who better to investigate a murder than a murder victim, right? That’s the concept behind the Italian crime show The Red Door – La Porta Rossa – and it’s a good one. In the UK, Channel 4’s foreign crime show streaming service Walter Presents has…

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The Siberia Job by Josh Haven

By RoughJustice

12 September, 2023

The collapse of the Soviet Union was one of the most important geopolitical events of the last half century, the effects of which are still being felt. The disappearance of the controlled economy and its hierarchy left a chaotic vacuum which is fertile ground for…

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Central Park West by James Comey

By Paul Burke

6 June, 2023

There’s always a question over whether a senior government figure can hack it when they turn to writing crime. Often, it’s smarter to satisfy the urge by collaborating with established writers as the Clintons have done – Bill with James Patterson on The President’s Daughter…

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Cast a Cold Eye by Robbie Morrison

By Paul Burke

3 May, 2023

Some TV shows open a door for crime fiction, and surely the popularity of Peaky Blinders, though entirely fictional, reminds us that ganglands are as old as cities and didn’t arrive with the Krays in 1960s London. Scottish author Robbie Morrison’s 2021 debut crime novel,…

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Tina, Mafia Soldier by Maria Rosa Cutrufelli

By Sonja van der Westhuizen

23 March, 2023

Translated by Robin Pickering-Iazzi — Fact and fiction fuse in feminist Italian author Maria Rosa Cutrufelli’s first novel, Tina, Mafia Soldier, which is also the author’s first to be translated into English. Originally published in 1994, Tina Cannizzaro’s story was inspired by that of Emanuela…

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Death of a Dancing Queen by Kimberly G Giarratano

By RoughJustice

16 February, 2023

Datura Books is a new imprint from Angry Robot that specialises in crime fiction, and its very first title is Death of a Dancing Queen by Kimberly G Giarratano. This novel details the mystery behind the murder of Starla Wells, a New Jersey stripper who…

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Squeaky Clean by Callum McSorley

The Girl in the Eagle’s Talons by Karin Smirnoff

The Red Door season 2: Noir Italiano on Walter Presents

The Siberia Job by Josh Haven

Central Park West by James Comey

Cast a Cold Eye by Robbie Morrison

Tina, Mafia Soldier by Maria Rosa Cutrufelli

Death of a Dancing Queen by Kimberly G Giarratano

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