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Resurrection Walk by Michael Connelly

By DeathBecomesHer

16 November, 2023

Two men, connected by blood but at very different stages of life, are the unbroken thread that runs through Michael Connelly’s latest novel, Resurrection Walk. We’re talking half-brothers Hieronymus ‘Harry’ Bosch and Mickey Haller, the Lincoln Lawyer, of course. Fans of this author’s books (or…

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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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To Die in June by Alan Parks

By Paul Burke

12 June, 2023

Alan Parks is rapidly setting the benchmark for dark Scottish crime fiction. Last year he won an Edgar with Bobby March Will Live Forever and the McIlvanney Prize for May God Forgive. Now that we’ve arrived in June 2023 and the sixth Harry McCoy has appeared…

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The Man Who Lived Underground by Richard Wright

By Paul Burke

6 March, 2023

Richard Wright is best known for his literary novel Native Son and the bestselling memoir of his early years, Black Boy. The pioneering African American author, born to Mississippi sharecroppers, addressed race and prejudice in his country head on. And racism is the theme of…

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Hell of a Mess by Nick Kolakowski

By RoughJustice

20 October, 2022

Hell of a Mess is number four in American indie author Nick Kolakowski‘s Love and Bullets series featuring Fiona and Bill, a married couple who are also New York criminals. Think Nick and Nora, but fighting for crime rather than against it. Fiona is all-action,…

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Truth is a Flightless Bird by Akbar Hussain

By Paul Burke

5 October, 2022

We still don’t see much authentic African crime fiction in Britain or America, less still from Kenya, so this promising debut is to be welcomed for helping to pave the way. Truth is a Flightless Bird is an intriguing mystery about the drugs trade and…

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Movieland by Lee Goldberg

By Sonja van der Westhuizen

5 August, 2022

American author Lee Goldberg returns with his fourth Eve Ronin novel, which he loosely bases on chilling series of real-life killings that took place in Malibu, California in 2018. Research scientist Tristan Beaudette was shot dead while camping in Malibu Creek State Park with his…

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A Good Day to Die by Amen Alonge

By Paul Burke

16 February, 2022

The man with no name returns to the London’s streets after 10 years away and bodies start dropping here in Amen Alonge’s debut novel, A Good Day to Die. This action laden thriller is populated with fascinating characters and the best of them is the…

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Resurrection Walk by Michael Connelly

The Red Door season 2: Noir Italiano on Walter Presents

To Die in June by Alan Parks

The Man Who Lived Underground by Richard Wright

Hell of a Mess by Nick Kolakowski

Truth is a Flightless Bird by Akbar Hussain

Movieland by Lee Goldberg

A Good Day to Die by Amen Alonge

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