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Blown by the Same Wind by John Straley

15 December, 2022

John Straley is both a criminal investigator and an award-winning crime novelist. His home is Alaska, he clearly loves the place, and he was the state’s writer laureate from 2006 to 2008. His fine storytelling and literary skills are on full burn in Blown by…

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Sleep Well, My Lady by Kwei Quartey

By Sonja van der Westhuizen

8 February, 2021

The butler did it. Or in this case, the chauffeur. Well, at least that’s who the Ghana police pin it on when renowned fashion designer, Lady Araba, is found bludgeoned to death in her luxury villa in a gated estate in Trasacco Valley – the…

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This Is How It Ends by Eva Dolan

By crimefictionlover

1 February, 2018

“Eva Dolan nails it.” There. That’s the review. It’s all you need to know about this book. Sorry? What? Yeah, OK, I guess you’re right. I should make more of an effort here. And I will. However, what I said is true. Just buy this…

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An English Murder

By Philip Rafferty

13 January, 2018

Written by Cyril Hare — Faber and Faber’s new reissue of Cyril Hare’s 1951 novel An English Murder could not be more timely as division and extremism make for fraught politics. Trump and his white supremacists versus the deep blue Democrats, Brexiters and Corbynistas, and…

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Pleasantville by Attica Locke

By MarinaSofia

10 April, 2015

We’ve come to expect politics to play a part in Attica Locke’s intelligent thrillers. The author was one of our Women to Watch in 2013 and Pleasantville is her third book, set in the midst of a hard-fought election in 1996 in Houston, Texas. It’s…

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First look: The Illegalists

By crimefictionlover

20 March, 2015

One thing we wish we had more of on Crime Fiction Lover is graphic novels. So we were really pleased to hear from writer Stefan Vogel when he got in touch with news about The Illegalists, a new graphic novel he’s putting together with artist Attila…

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Death Reveals All by David Foster

By DavidPrestidge

14 March, 2015

It is London, late in 1940. A Royal Navy sailor, on the last night of his leave is having a quiet pint in a pub. His wife is in bed at home and their twin baby sons are tucked up in their cot in the…

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Falling Fast by Neil Broadfoot

By DeathBecomesHer

22 August, 2014

This debut novel was recently shortlisted for the Deanston Scottish Crime Book of the Year alongside the likes of Peter May, Louise Welsh and Chris Brookmyre. In that company, it certainly has a lot to live up to. No problems there, for Falling Fast is…

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Blown by the Same Wind by John Straley

Sleep Well, My Lady by Kwei Quartey

This Is How It Ends by Eva Dolan

An English Murder

Pleasantville by Attica Locke

First look: The Illegalists

Death Reveals All by David Foster

Falling Fast by Neil Broadfoot

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