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The Crossing by Michael Connelly audiobook

By Vicki Weisfeld

19 December, 2015

Written by Michael Connelly, narrated by Titus Welliver — What a pleasure it is to enter the Los Angeles airspace of Harry Bosch and his half-brother Mickey Haller. Teaming up his two protagonists from the Bosch and Lincoln Lawyer series was a brilliant move by…

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NTN: Eyes Full of Empty by Jérémie Guez

By MarinaSofia

27 November, 2015

Translated by Edward Gauvin — Jérémie Guez is a highly-praised young author in his native France. I’ve been reading him for a while now and was hoping his books would appear English, and now Unnamed Press has translated his third novel for English-speaking readers. Eyes Full of Empty is…

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Interview: Conrad Williams

By RoughJustice

4 November, 2015

Hailing from Warrington, in the North West of England, Conrad Williams has made a name for himself in the areas of horror and dark fantasy. While his latest novel retains the dark, instead of fantasy Dust and Desire is the author’s first stab at detective…

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Career of Evil by Robert Galbraith audiobook

By Vicki Weisfeld

30 October, 2015

Narrated by Robert Glenister — In the Acknowledgements for this new crime thriller, Robert Galbraith (JK Rowling) says she’s never enjoyed writing a book more than this one, and it shows. It starts with a bang, and the energy never flags. Devotees of the heavy…

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Dust and Desire by Conrad Williams

By RoughJustice

28 October, 2015

Dust and Desire marks the entry into crime fiction for this British author best known for his work in the horror and dark fantasy fields. Subtitled a Joel Sorrell novel, it is the first of three to be published by Titan Books. Sorrell is a…

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CIS: The Joe Kurtz novels by Dan Simmons

By RoughJustice

22 September, 2015

Dan Simmons was already well into his writing career when he began the Joe Kurtz series. Prior to the first book, Hardcase (2001), Simmons was known as first a science fiction and then later as a horror writer. Most recently Simmons has been writing books…

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The Girl with the Deep Blue Eyes by Lawrence Block

By crimefictionlover

15 September, 2015

You know what you’re in for within the first few pages with this pulp detective story set in Florida. Block begins the book with his main character, Doak Miller, performing anal sex with the estate agent who’s recently sold him a house in Gallatin County….

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CIS: A classic revisited - The Long-Legged Fly

By Zachary Colbert

11 September, 2015

This spartan but stylish New Orleans noir was James Sallis’s debut novel and the first book in his Lew Griffin series. The Long-Legged Fly introduces us to the grizzled private detective through an exchange that’s the epitome of crime noir – beautiful and brutal in…

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The Crossing by Michael Connelly audiobook

NTN: Eyes Full of Empty by Jérémie Guez

Interview: Conrad Williams

Career of Evil by Robert Galbraith audiobook

Dust and Desire by Conrad Williams

CIS: The Joe Kurtz novels by Dan Simmons

The Girl with the Deep Blue Eyes by Lawrence Block

CIS: A classic revisited - The Long-Legged Fly

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