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Reykjavik Nights by Arnaldur Indridason

By Raven

17 September, 2014

Translated by Victoria Cribb — Following the teasing, ambiguous and melancholy end to Strange Shores – which is said to be the final novel in the Erlendur series – Reykjavik Nights doesn’t tell us what happened to our hero. Instead, it’s a prequel to the…

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A Song from Dead Lips by William Shaw

By Andre

15 September, 2014

Crime writers are occasionally given to complaining about how technology has made life harder when it comes to plotting. Many Golden Age authors would certainly have been scuppered by mobile phones or CCTV. So, in theory, the historical crime novel should make life simpler. However,…

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The Meating Room by TF Muir

By DeathBecomesHer

11 September, 2014

St Andrews is headquarters of the Royal and Ancient and the home of golf. Obviously, it is a sedate, peaceful place where the only sound to be heard is the smacking of golf balls and the occasional muttered curse from someone stuck in a bunker….

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Damned if You Do by Michael Brandman

By RoughJustice

7 September, 2014

The late Robert B Parker will always be remembered for Spenser, the Boston PI who polled at number six in our best 12 private eyes feature. That character was kept alive by Ace Atkins in the novel Wonderland and now Jesse Stone, another of Parker’s…

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Gods of Gold by Chris Nickson

By DavidPrestidge

30 August, 2014

In the Yorkshire city of Leeds, there is a massive gulf between the rich and the poor. It is 1890, and the rich industrialists are getting richer beyond their wildest dreams. The chimneys belch out smoke but the grime turns to gold for the factory…

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The Harbour Master by Daniel Pembrey

By DavidPrestidge

16 August, 2014

Amsterdam copper Henk van der Pol is old school. Now in his 50s, his daughter is away at university, and all around him bright young things are moving up through the police ranks. He has been an institution man for much of his working life…

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Hardcastle's Quartet by Graham Ison

By DavidPrestidge

13 August, 2014

It’s the summer of 1918 and people are tired of a war which was supposed to over by Christmas four years earlier. On the Western Front, the Germans are finally on the back foot, but in London the war against crime still goes on. Divisional…

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Mr Mercedes by Stephen King

By Andre

29 July, 2014

Suspense has always been Stephen King’s stock-in-trade, but he’s increasingly turning to crime too. The much-admired Joyland was published last year in the Hard Case Crime series, and his latest book more than lives up to the publisher’s description of a riveting mystery thriller. This…

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Reykjavik Nights by Arnaldur Indridason

A Song from Dead Lips by William Shaw

The Meating Room by TF Muir

Damned if You Do by Michael Brandman

Gods of Gold by Chris Nickson

The Harbour Master by Daniel Pembrey

Hardcastle's Quartet by Graham Ison

Mr Mercedes by Stephen King

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