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The Black Echo by Michael Connelly, narrated by Titus Welliver

By DeathBecomesHer

7 October, 2021

Anyone who has watched the series on Amazon Prime knows Titus Welliver IS Harry Bosch, so it was a no brainer to get the actor to narrate the audiobook versions of Michael Connelly’s hugely popular novels. After all, the man could recite the ingredients panel…

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Black Reed Bay by Rod Reynolds

By Paul Burke

7 October, 2021

Following last year’s gripping Blood Red City, a contemporary financial thriller set in London’s Square Mile, British writer Rod Reynolds has returned to the setting of his earlier novels, the United States. You may remember his post war trilogy which opened with The Dark Inside…

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A guide to the Inspector Montalbano series by Andrea Camilleri

By Paul Burke

6 October, 2021

The writer Simonetta Agnello Hornby argued that Andrea Camilleri should have been put forward for the Nobel Prize. He was a major cultural figure in Italy, and in the arts across Europe. Of course, he’s better known in the English speaking world as the creator…

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Death Threats and Other Stories by Georges Simenon

By Paul Burke

12 September, 2021

Translated by Roz Schwartz — This anthology of five Maigret stories, three of which appear for the first time in English, completes the Penguin Classics Maigret collection. It’s a project that began on 7 November 2013, and each month since then – more or less…

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The Heron's Cry by Ann Cleeves

By DeathBecomesHer

7 September, 2021

It is two years almost to the day since Ann Cleeves launched Detective Matthew Venn into the cutthroat world of crime fiction. He was new and green and had some tough acts to follow. After all, Cleeves is the creator of the hugely popular Vera…

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The Doctor will see you now... Sarah Hilary

By DeathBecomesHer

6 September, 2021

The second in a series of posts featuring Dr Jacky Collins – AKA Dr Noir – in consultation with leading crime fiction authors has award-winning writer Sarah Hilary as guest. She’s best known for her hugely popular police procedural series featuring the complex copper DI Marnie Rome,…

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The Dark Remains by William McIlvanney and Ian Rankin

By Paul Burke

3 September, 2021

Laidlaw’s first big case. When William McIlvanney died in 2015, the importance of his Laidlaw novels to Scottish crime fiction was just beginning to be properly recognised. He’s now rightly seen as the godfather of Tartan noir. Intriguingly, McIlvanney left behind a half-written manuscript for…

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The Devil's Throat – a taste of Bulgarian crime fiction on Walter Presents

By crimefictionlover

12 August, 2021

COVID-19 has limited travel options for just about everyone except Barnard Castle tourists, but one thing we have been able to do is travel the world via subtitled crime shows. It’s something readers of Crime Fiction Lover have been doing since long before the pandemic….

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The Black Echo by Michael Connelly, narrated by Titus Welliver

Black Reed Bay by Rod Reynolds

A guide to the Inspector Montalbano series by Andrea Camilleri

Death Threats and Other Stories by Georges Simenon

The Heron's Cry by Ann Cleeves

The Doctor will see you now... Sarah Hilary

The Dark Remains by William McIlvanney and Ian Rankin

The Devil's Throat – a taste of Bulgarian crime fiction on Walter Presents

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