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Vengeance by JK Flynn

By DeathBecomesHer

14 September, 2023

Fans of the police procedural should add the name of JK Flynn to their TBR list as an author to watch out for. Flynn’s debut, The Art Merchant, introduced us to DS Esther Penman, who is based in the fictional English town of Belfield and…

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The Raging Storm by Ann Cleeves

By DeathBecomesHer

30 August, 2023

North Devon tourist board must have been rubbing their hands with glee when Ann Cleeves announced that her new series of books featuring DI Matthew Venn was to be set in their neck of the woods – after all, look what the Vera and Shetland…

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Case Sensitive by AK Turner

By DeathBecomesHer

10 August, 2023

A mysterious knocking on the side of a canal boat provides the opening gambit in Case Sensitive, the latest book from AK Turner. A bit of flotsam? A disgruntled swan perhaps? Nope, the culprit is a body – and when the person woken by the…

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The Trap by Catherine Ryan Howard

By Paul Burke

8 August, 2023

The Irish author Catherine Ryan Howard won the Irish Book Award in the crime fiction category in 2021 for her novel 56 Days. One of the first books in the genre to really countenance the COVID pandemic, it was a nerve-tingling thriller exploring the intensity…

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The Last Dance by Mark Billingham

By Sharon Richardson

20 July, 2023

Author Mark Billingham has been involved in many creative endeavors over the years. In his early days, he worked as an actor and as a stand-up comedian. These days he is known primarily for his successful DI Tom Thorne series along with standalones like Rabbit…

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The Murder of Anton Livius by Hansjörg Schneider

By crimefictionlover

17 July, 2023

Translated by Astrid Freuler — Following the Basel Killings and Silver Pebbles, The Murder of Anton Livius is the third novel in the Inspector Peter Hunkeler series by the Swiss playwright and author Hansjörg Schneider. Originally written in the Schweizerdeutsch dialect, the novels give crime…

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Retribution by Robert McCaw

By Vicki Weisfeld

2 July, 2023

Retribution is the fifth in Robert McCaw’s series of police procedurals set on the Big Island of Hawai`i that feature Chief Detective Koa Kāne. If you’re in the mood for a visit to Hawai`i, get hold of these books! The atmosphere is thick with tropical…

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A Disappearance in Fiji by Nilima Rao

By Erin Britton

22 June, 2023

Nilima Rao’s debut novel, A Disappearance in Fiji, is a historical mystery that sheds light on the devastating consequences of a British colonial policy that is little discussed today. In so doing, she presents a very different image of Fiji from the tropical paradise and…

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Vengeance by JK Flynn

The Raging Storm by Ann Cleeves

Case Sensitive by AK Turner

The Trap by Catherine Ryan Howard

The Last Dance by Mark Billingham

The Murder of Anton Livius by Hansjörg Schneider

Retribution by Robert McCaw

A Disappearance in Fiji by Nilima Rao

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