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Perilous Gambit by Kevin G Chapman

By DeathBecomesHer

7 December, 2021

Detectives Mike Stoneman and Jason Dickson are as New York as a hot pastrami bagel, but one of the great things about Kevin G Chapman’s series of books featuring the pair is that they tend to get about a bit. In Lethal Voyage, we had…

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The Shadows of Men by Abir Mukherjee

By Paul Burke

1 December, 2021

The fifth Wyndham and Banerjee mystery is a delight to read because author Abir Mukherjee is such a wonderful storyteller. It’s a narrative that’s easy to get lost in. The 1920s colonial India setting is rich and colourful but also ripe with all the best…

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Turf Wars by Olivier Norek

By Sonja van der Westhuizen

24 November, 2021

Translated by Nick Caistor — It’s been almost a year since we’ve reviewed the first of Olivier Norek’s The Lost and the Damned. The French author’s debut in English was one of our top crime fiction novels of 2020. The question is can he match…

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Good Cop Bad Cop by Simon Kernick

By Paul Burke

18 November, 2021

Hero or villain? That’s the central question in Good Cop Bad Cop by the prolific British thriller author Simon Kernick. Is Met Detective Constable Chris Sketty an honest to goodness white knight, the hero of the Villa Amalfi siege, or a manipulative and calculating criminal…

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Five Decembers by James Kestrel

By RoughJustice

11 November, 2021

Hawaii, late November 1941, and the United States will soon be drawn in to World War II when Japan bombs the fleet at Pearl Harbour. Police detective Joe McGrady has just finished his shift and is winding down in a bar, contemplating a weekend with…

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The Dark Hours by Michael Connelly

By DeathBecomesHer

10 November, 2021

Here at Crime Fiction Lover we love a clever book title, and this one is a case in point. At first glance it seems all too obvious – after all, the main protagonist, LAPD Detective Renee Ballard, is on permanent night duty, working the graveyard…

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The Commandments by Óskar Gudmundsson

By crimefictionlover

9 November, 2021

Translated by Quentin Bates — You’ll be able to guess from the cover of this debut novel by Icelandic author Óskar Gudmundsson that it has a religious theme. More specifically, it’s about historic abuse in the church – a topic that has come to light…

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The Quiet People by Paul Cleave

By Vicki Weisfeld

28 October, 2021

The title of award-winning author Paul Cleave’s new crime thriller, The Quiet People, is both straightforward and ironic. On one hand, it refers to news coverage of heinous crimes, in which neighbours so often say, ‘Unbelievable! He was always so quiet.’ On the other, the…

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Perilous Gambit by Kevin G Chapman

The Shadows of Men by Abir Mukherjee

Turf Wars by Olivier Norek

Good Cop Bad Cop by Simon Kernick

Five Decembers by James Kestrel

The Dark Hours by Michael Connelly

The Commandments by Óskar Gudmundsson

The Quiet People by Paul Cleave

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