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Dead Wind by Tessa Wegert

6 April, 2022

In the third novel in Tessa Wegert’s Shana Merchant series, our protagonist and her colleague, Tim Wellington, are called out to Wolfe Island, Ontario, where the body of a middle-aged woman has been found at the base of a wind turbine at a wind farm…

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A Life for a Life by Carol Wyer

By DeathBecomesHer

22 March, 2022

Out in the real world, Staffordshire sounds like a pretty peaceable place to live. Not so in crime fiction land – over here, it’s a haunt for all manner of nasty pieces of work. Oh, and a surfeit of serial killers, thanks to the tender…

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The Corpse Flower by Anne Mette Hancock

By Paul Burke

8 March, 2022

Translated by Tara Chase — This chilly thriller from Anne Mette Hancock will really appeal to you if you love Nordic noir that plumbs the darkest depths of the soul. The Corpse Flower is an accomplished debut, a prize winner in Hancock’s native Denmark and…

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The Locked Room by Elly Griffiths

By DeathBecomesHer

3 February, 2022

CFL double award winner Elly Griffiths had written a book a year about forensic archeologist Dr Ruth Galloway for the past 13 years. When 2020 came around, she was in a quandary – should she include the COVID-19 pandemic or leave it out altogether? In…

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New crime drama The Responder coming to BBC One

By DeathBecomesHer

14 January, 2022

Best known to crime fiction lovers for his starring roles in the likes of Sherlock and Fargo, Martin Freeman is stepping into very different shoes for The Responder, written by author Tony Schumacher and set in Liverpool, which launches on BBC One at 9pm on…

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Silver Pebbles by Hansjörg Schneider

By RoughJustice

13 January, 2022

Translated by Mike Mitchell — Basel CID Inspector Peter Hunkeler, first seen in translation in last year’s The Basel Killings, is stuck in traffic on his way to the train station. The Basel police department has received a tip off from their German counterparts that…

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The Engine House by Rhys Dylan

By crimefictionlover

12 January, 2022

Welsh crime fiction is looking forward to a big boost in 2022 with the Gwyl Crime Cymru Festival in Aberystwyth at the end of April, and The Engine House by Rhys Dylan is a good choice if you want to be transported to the wet,…

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The Devil's Line by Marrisse Whittaker

By DeathBecomesHer

6 January, 2022

If gritty police procedurals are your crime fiction fix, then maybe it’s time to add Marrisse Whittaker to that ever-growing list of authors to explore. Set in the North East of England, The Devil’s Line is her follow up to The Magpie, which was shortlisted…

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Dead Wind by Tessa Wegert

A Life for a Life by Carol Wyer

The Corpse Flower by Anne Mette Hancock

The Locked Room by Elly Griffiths

New crime drama The Responder coming to BBC One

Silver Pebbles by Hansjörg Schneider

The Engine House by Rhys Dylan

The Devil's Line by Marrisse Whittaker

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