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Kitty Peck and the Child of Ill Fortune by Kate Griffin

By Raven

3 July, 2015

Following Kate Griffin‘s debut Victorian crime thriller, Kitty Peck and the Music Hall Murders, we once again find ourselves transported back to the 1880s to the gaslit alleyways of Limehouse. Kitty has now inherited Paradise, a criminal network previously ruled by the fearsome Lady Ginger….

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A Shadowed Livery by Charlie Garratt

By DavidPrestidge

30 May, 2015

Autumn, 1938. Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain, who is the MP for Edgebaston in Birmingham, has just returned from Munich clutching a piece of paper which, he proclaims, promises peace in our time. Meanwhile, in another part of Birmingham, Detective Inspector James Given watches, ashen faced,…

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The Albino's Treasure by Stuart Douglas

By RoughJustice

29 May, 2015

The year is 1896 and Holmes and Watson are again sharing rooms at Baker Street. The pair are woken up in the night by Inspector Lestrade. A portrait of Lord Salisbury in the National Gallery has been vandalised and the culprit, a member of the…

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Sherlock Holmes and the Eye of Mad Bear by John Elvin

By crimefictionlover

24 April, 2015

Every so often crime fiction lovers stage that old debate – should the famous characters of the genre be laid to rest with their authors when they pass on, or can we allow other writers to take them up and give them new mysteries to…

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The Strings of Murder by Oscar de Muriel

By crimefictionlover

21 March, 2015

Although he works for Scotland Yard, Inspector Frey is shocked when he’s actually sent to Scotland by none other than Lord Salisbury, the prime minister, to look into the case of a murdered violinist. It’s a sensitive issue because the year is 1888 and the man…

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Gods of War by James Lovegrove

By RoughJustice

20 June, 2014

Last year we reviewed The Stuff of Nightmares, a Holmesian pastiche with science fiction and steampunk elements in which Lovegrove successfully steered a line between pleasing fans of traditional Conan Doyle mysteries and provided something new for readers. He returns now with an adventure set…

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Kitty Peck and the Child of Ill Fortune by Kate Griffin

A Shadowed Livery by Charlie Garratt

The Albino's Treasure by Stuart Douglas

Sherlock Holmes and the Eye of Mad Bear by John Elvin

The Strings of Murder by Oscar de Muriel

Gods of War by James Lovegrove

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