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Harm by Sólveig Pálsdóttir

20 September, 2022

Translated by Quentin Bates — Following on from The Fox and Silenced, Harm is the latest in the Dark Iceland series by Sólveig Pálsdottir, in which Reykjavik detectives Gudgier Fransson and Elsa Gudrún investigate murder cases. As Iceland has a small population and a minuscule…

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Grave Issue by Julia Vaughan

By DeathBecomesHer

15 September, 2022

On the face of it DCI Kath Fortune isn’t your typical crime fiction protagonist. She runs a cold case team in Shropshire, smokes like a chimney, has recently lost weight, is finally in a relationship with a man she has loved from afar for years…

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What Follows by Dylan H Jones

By Paul Burke

30 August, 2022

What Follows is the first in a new California-set series featuring detective Roscoe Tanner of the Oakland Homicide Division. It’s written by the Welsh writer Dylan H Jones, who now lives on the West Coast and has clearly soaked up the local vibe. He’s also…

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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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Harm by Sólveig Pálsdóttir

Grave Issue by Julia Vaughan

What Follows by Dylan H Jones

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

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