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The Silent Killer by Trevor Wood

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Trevor Wood gained a legion of followers with his Jimmy Mullen trilogy, which began with The Man on the Street. His homeless protagonist got readers thinking about the way society treats its poorest people and how their vulnerability places them at risk of crime and…
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Into the Flames by James Delargy

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James Delargy’s incendiary new crime thriller Into the Flames follows his two previous novels set in rural southeastern Australia. Inspiration for his latest may have been the terrifying 2019-20 bushfire season in New South Wales, and reminiscent of wildfires in Western Canada and the United…
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The Other Murder by Kevin G Chapman

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We’ve reviewed several of his New York-based police procedurals featuring NYPD Detective Mike Stoneman on this site, and Kevin G Chapman sticks with the Big Apple for his latest work, The Other Murder. The action begins inside one of the city’s landmark green spaces, Washington…
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The Teacher by Tim Sullivan

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Tim Sullivan’s The Teacher is the newest in his entertaining series of police procedurals whose titles come from the murder victim’s profession and we’ve previously reviewed The Monk. When thinking ahead to 2024, and the kinds of crime books that are likely on the horizon,…
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The Dancer by Óskar Guðmundsson

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Translated by Quentin Bates — The Dancer is Icelandic author Óskar Guðmundsson’s second book translated into English, following The Commandments in 2021. It’s a fast-paced psychological thriller linked to the world of dance. Tony has trained as a dancer since childhood with lessons from his…
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