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Sister Margaret by Travis Myers and Natasha Myers Marsiguerra

By DeathBecomesHer

1 June, 2020

Brother and sister team Travis Myers and Natasha Myers Marsiguerra are behind this debut police procedural, the first in a series featuring veteran NYPD detective Tommy Keane. He’s just over a year from retirement and should be coasting it, but after committing a breach of…

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Shh by Jocelyn Dexter

By DeathBecomesHer

12 May, 2020

Books with a deaf protagonist are pretty unusual. Two recent ones include Dark Pines by Will Dean and The Silent House by Nell Pattison. Now we’ve got Shh by Jocelyn Dexter – a police procedural and psychological thriller rolled into one neat package. And it’s…

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Crime in the Heat by Catherine Moloney

By DeathBecomesHer

2 May, 2020

Crime double acts, we all love ’em, from Hercule Poirot and Captain Hastings, Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson to, in more recent times, Washington Poe and Tilly Bradshaw and Harry Bosch and Renee Ballard. It’s that meeting of minds, yin and yang that creates such…

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The Lantern Men

By DeathBecomesHer

23 April, 2020

We’re at book 12 of the series featuring forensic archaeologist Dr Ruth Galloway, and Elly Griffiths shows no sign of taking her eye off the ball and letting her readers down. Ruth has left her beloved Norfolk and is working at Cambridge University. She also…

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Broken by Don Winslow

By crimefictionlover

18 April, 2020

The lockdown for coronavirus won’t last forever, but if it means you’re taking a break from a busy lifestyle it’s the perfect time to dive into some of Don Winslow’s epic crime novels such as The Power of the Dog, The Cartel and The Border….

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The Secret Admirer by Carol Wyer

By DeathBecomesHer

14 April, 2020

Fans of Carol Wyer’s series of police procedurals featuring DI Natalie Ward were left with their mouths agape at the end of her last book, The Blossom Twins. Ward had suffered a devastating loss, and as The Secret Admirer opens it is just three months…

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The Museum of Desire by Jonathan Kellerman

By crimefictionlover

10 April, 2020

Visiting LA after reading a Jonathan Kellerman novel is a wonderful experience. Described in sparse but vivid prose, the city and its suburbs, strip malls and beach-side bars are such a part of his mysteries, that once you’ve read a few novels in the 35-strong…

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Bitter Wash Road by Garry Disher

By DeathBecomesHer

3 April, 2020

Australia can lay claim to some pretty good exports – think Kylie Minogue, Vegemite, didgeridoos and Hugh Jackman for starters – but of late my favourite has been the wealth of crime writing talent that has made the trip from its shores to our book…

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Sister Margaret by Travis Myers and Natasha Myers Marsiguerra

Shh by Jocelyn Dexter

Crime in the Heat by Catherine Moloney

The Lantern Men

Broken by Don Winslow

The Secret Admirer by Carol Wyer

The Museum of Desire by Jonathan Kellerman

Bitter Wash Road by Garry Disher

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