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All Through the Night by MP Wright

By DavidPrestidge

13 April, 2016

After first appearing in the 2014 novel Heartman, private detective JT Ellington returns. Born in Barbados where he became a policeman, JT now lives in Bristol and is putting his skills to use. The book is set in the 1960s and JT approached by an austere woman from…

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Fever City

By DavidPrestidge

10 April, 2016

Tim Baker brings us a high voltage tale of kidnapping, the plot to murder JFK, and dark family secrets. His title can point us in one direction only, and it’s everyone’s favourite crime fiction location – The City of Angels. Baker flits back and forward between…

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A Time of Torment by John Connolly

By DavidPrestidge

6 April, 2016

John Connolly’s distinctive blend of human villainy and supernatural forces have won him a huge army of admirers since he first came on the scene with Every Dead Thing in 1999. He has attained that enviable status where each new book is a serious event…

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The Unexpected Inheritance of Inspector Chopra by Vaseem Khan

By Vicki Weisfeld

12 March, 2016

Though debut crime fiction author Vaseem Khan was born in London, his experience working in the Indian subcontinent comes through clearly in his convincing portrayal of the people, culture, and politics of the complicated city of Mumbai. He’s managed to marry that deep knowledge with…

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If I Run by Terri Blackstock

By DavidPrestidge

9 March, 2016

In a house in Shreveport, Louisiana, a journalist lies dead. He has bled out from savage stab wounds, inflicted by someone who knew exactly where to plunge the knife. A young woman flees the scene. Her bloody footprints surround Brent Pace’s corpse, his blood is…

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Interview: Jeffery Deaver

By DeathBecomesHer

8 March, 2016

“Technology is everywhere: it makes our lives easier, our connections faster and journeys quicker. But in the hands of someone smart enough, every piece of technology can be a murder weapon.” So reads the blurb of the latest Lincoln Rhyme thriller from the pen of…

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Murder Never Knocks by Mickey Spillane and Max Allan Collins

By RoughJustice

7 March, 2016

As the creator of the iconic PI Mike Hammer, hardboiled author Mickey Spillane needs no introduction. Nor should Max Allan Collins. The latter’s original series about Quarry, the hit-man who targets other hitmen, is about to become a TV series. At the same time publisher…

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Fever City by Tim Baker

By Keith Nixon

16 January, 2016

A buzz has been building about this book, and it started long before its release, when the early copies went out to – how shall we put it? – the opinion formers of the crime fiction world. We listed Fever City as one of our…

Crime Fiction Lover

All Through the Night by MP Wright

Fever City

A Time of Torment by John Connolly

The Unexpected Inheritance of Inspector Chopra by Vaseem Khan

If I Run by Terri Blackstock

Interview: Jeffery Deaver

Murder Never Knocks by Mickey Spillane and Max Allan Collins

Fever City by Tim Baker

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