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A Bag Full of Stones by A Molotkov

By Vicki Weisfeld

12 June, 2025

This is one of those crime stories that you hope isn’t based on real-life events, but expect it could be. A Molotkov’s debut crime novel, A Bag Full of Stones, explores what might happen when a person whose mental faculties are teetering at the edge…

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Creepy Crawly by Andrew Lowe

By DeathBecomesHer

9 June, 2025

Meet DI Jake Sawyer. He’s a tad different from your average British copper and as we first meet him he’s enduring a crowded train journey from London to Sheffield. As they speed through the flatlands of Bedfordshire, passengers are studiously ignoring a bit of a…

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Interview: Rosy Fenwicke

By crimefictionlover

6 June, 2025

“If not now, when?” This is the question that buzzed in the head of Rosy Fenwicke when she retired from medicine and started her first novel. After conquering that challenge with Hot Flush – about a midlife woman who develops superpowers and solves crimes –…

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The Putney Bridge Killer by Biba Pearce

By DeathBecomesHer

22 May, 2025

Fans of the good ol’ police procedural enjoy nothing more than a nice, juicy series, which is why many followers of this sub-genre will already be familiar with author Biba Pearce and her creation, the London-based DCI Rob Miller. We are on book eight, after…

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Nightshade by Michael Connelly

By DeathBecomesHer

20 May, 2025

It’s rare for Michael Connelly to release a novel in the springtime – and that’s just one of the things that feels a little different about Nightshade, his 40th book and the first in a new series featuring Detective Stilwell, based on Santa Catalina Island,…

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First look: Nightshade by Michael Connelly

By crimefictionlover

16 May, 2025

Just a short post so that you can take a gander at the latest novel from Michael Connelly. Nightshade is a new direction for the author, leaving behind the streets of Los Angeles and his A-list crime fiction characters Harry Bosch, Mickey Haller and Renee…

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No Quarter by Paul Finch

By RoughJustice

14 May, 2025

Last year’s Rogue was an outrageous man on a mission thriller. After six years away, British author Paul Finch seemed to come out of nowhere to send DS Mark ‘Heck’ Heckenberg up into the Scottish hinterland to wreak havoc on those responsible for the Ace…

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Splintered Justice by Kim Hays

By Sonja van der Westhuizen

24 April, 2025

Kim Hays returns with Splintered Justice, the fourth book in her Polizei Bern series and we get to return to the seemingly serene yet sometimes shadowy Swiss city. In this latest instalment, detectives Giuliana Linder and Renzo Donatelli take on two cases that force them…

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A Bag Full of Stones by A Molotkov

Creepy Crawly by Andrew Lowe

Interview: Rosy Fenwicke

The Putney Bridge Killer by Biba Pearce

Nightshade by Michael Connelly

First look: Nightshade by Michael Connelly

No Quarter by Paul Finch

Splintered Justice by Kim Hays

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