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The Corpse Role by Keith Nixon

By DeathBecomesHer

6 April, 2015

The Corpse Role is the latest novel from our very own contributor Keith Nixon, as the author follows up his quirky Brit grit novel The Fix with his first police procedural. The central character is DI Charlotte Granger, a tough, no-nonsense Kent police officer who…

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Into the Night by Jake Woodhouse

By DavidPrestidge

29 March, 2015

When a corpse is found, minus its head and with both hands blowtorched to a crisp, Amsterdam cop Inspector Jaap Rykel realises he has something unusual to deal with. Even more disturbing is that the man’s mobile phone contains pictures of Rykel and his houseboat…

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The Jackdaw by Luke Delaney

By Raven

14 March, 2015

Ex-police officer Luke Delaney has carved out an enjoyable niche in British crime fiction with his DI Sean Corrigan. With his books being so influenced by his former career, Delaney’s reputation as an intuitive and informed writer is well deserved and, fourth in the series,…

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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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The Corpse Role by Keith Nixon

Into the Night by Jake Woodhouse

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

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