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No Name Lane by Howard Linskey

By DeathBecomesHer

13 March, 2015

“Suffer the little children to come unto me,” is the New Testament phrase that drives the serial killer in this book. The faceless, deluded murderer of young girls sees it as an invitation to send the poor victims to the ‘safety’ of heaven and as…

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No Place to Die by Clare Donoghue

By Jeremy Megraw

9 March, 2015

DCI Jane Bennett has her hands full. Ever since the Southeast London murder squad’s last big case, her boss DC Mike Lockyer has not been the same. His career may even be threatened by his handling of the now infamous Stevens case, which formed the…

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The Dangerous Game by Mari Jungstedt

By DavidPrestidge

1 March, 2015

Translated by Tiina Nunnally — While on a photoshoot for a top fashion magazine on the beautiful Swedish island of Gotland, the chief photographer Markus Sandberg is found in his cabin within an inch of death. He has been brutally attacked with an axe. It’s…

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Prayer for the Dead by James Oswald

By DavidPrestidge

24 February, 2015

Edinburgh DI Tony McLean is back, and there seems to be a rather nasty killer on the loose. When an investigative journalist is found both naked and dead – his throat cut – that’s one thing. Quite another is that his body has been found…

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Interview: James Craig

By DavidPrestidge

19 February, 2015

James Craig is the author of the popular London-based crime thrillers featuring Inspector John Carlyle, which began with London Calling just about when we started Crime Fiction Lover in 2011. With the new episode, Sins of the Fathers, just published, he talks to us about himself, his…

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Tell Tale by Mark Sennen

By DeathBecomesHer

18 February, 2015

It is always something of a lottery for a reader to discover an author and character mid-series. Will you feel left out of a tight-knit clique, or be welcomed to the fold with open arms? Tell Tale is the fourth Sennen novel to feature DI…

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The Evil Thereof by Iain McDowall

By DavidPrestidge

16 February, 2015

Iain McDowall was born in Scotland, but now lives in the English Midlands, wherein lies his fictional town of Crowby. Inspector Frank Jacobson last appeared in Envy The Dead (2009), and now he returns as sharp as ever, but with an inch or so more…

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Silent Scream by Angela Parsons

By nagaisayonara

14 February, 2015

You’d be forgiven for thinking you’d seen everything when it comes to serial killer novels. It’s been a while since something really different has come out in the sub-genre, and in its opening Angela Marsons’ Silent Scream does little to separate itself from the norm….

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No Name Lane by Howard Linskey

No Place to Die by Clare Donoghue

The Dangerous Game by Mari Jungstedt

Prayer for the Dead by James Oswald

Interview: James Craig

Tell Tale by Mark Sennen

The Evil Thereof by Iain McDowall

Silent Scream by Angela Parsons

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