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The Whisperer’s Game by Donato Carrisi

By Paul Burke

14 July, 2022

Translated by Katherine Gregor — Hot on the heels of The Mirror Man by Lars Kepler comes a very different but equally chilling serial killer thriller from Italian maestro Donato Carrisi. It’s a decade since his debut, The Whisperer, which terrified readers across the continent….

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Listen to Me by Tess Gerritsen

By Vicki Weisfeld

7 July, 2022

The popular Boston Police Department duo detective Jane Rizzoli and forensic pathologist Maura Isles return in their 13th crime thriller, Listen to Me. It’s been five years since the previous novel in the series, I Know a Secret. There was also a TV series based…

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Trick of the Night by Joy Ellis

By DeathBecomesHer

24 June, 2022

Do former police detectives ever stop, erm, detecting? Not if Matt Ballard and Liz Haynes are anything to go by. With a dining room turned into an incident suite and an unerring nose for a mystery, this pair of sleuths wouldn’t dream of putting their…

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Bad for Good by Graham Bartlett

By Paul Burke

21 June, 2022

Graham Bartlett spent 30 years in the police, including a spell as Chief Superintendent in Brighton, the location of his debut novel Bad for Good. He has advised many of our favourite crime writers and TV shows on policing issues in the past including Anthony…

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Made to be Broken by Emma Salisbury

By crimefictionlover

13 June, 2022

DS Kevin Coupland has become a mainstay in British indie crime fiction. Based in the city of Salford – part of Greater Manchester – he’s appeared in seven previous novels by Emma Salisbury. In Made to Be Broken, this cynical, sarcastic, driven detective makes his…

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May God Forgive by Alan Parks

By Paul Burke

12 May, 2022

May is a good month for the Scottish crime fiction author Alan Parks. In 2022, it has seen him win the Edgar Award for Best Paperback Original for Bobby March Will Live Forever, alongside the launch of the latest book in his ‘months’ series, May…

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The Last to Disappear by Jo Spain

By Paul Burke

11 May, 2022

Jo Spain’s fingers have been on fire since her first novel in 2015. There’s the highly rated Tom Reynolds series, a clutch of clever standalones, several screenwriting projects (Taken Down and Harry Wild) and now a new international mystery. The Last to Disappear is set…

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The Dark Flood by Deon Meyer

By Sonja van der Westhuizen

14 April, 2022

Translated by KL Seegers — The infamous police detective and recovering alcoholic, Benny Griessel, is back in South African author Deon Meyer’s 14th crime novel. This time the setting is Meyer’s home town, Stellenbosch, and real life events and fiction merge into a compelling, rip-roaring…

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The Whisperer’s Game by Donato Carrisi

Listen to Me by Tess Gerritsen

Trick of the Night by Joy Ellis

Bad for Good by Graham Bartlett

Made to be Broken by Emma Salisbury

May God Forgive by Alan Parks

The Last to Disappear by Jo Spain

The Dark Flood by Deon Meyer

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