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First Born by Will Dean

By Paul Burke

23 May, 2022

When you read First Born by Will Dean, you will discover that it is a book of two halves – literally. This twisty murder mystery doesn’t so much take unexpected turns as flip a complete 180. Without giving away any spoilers, just when you think…

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Outside by Ragnar Jonasson

By crimefictionlover

28 April, 2022

Translated by Victoria Cribb — Here on Crime Fiction Lover we’ve been following the career of this Icelandic author since he first appeared in English translation with Snowblind in 2015. That was the first in Ragnar Jonasson’s Ari Thor series, about a small town cop…

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After Everything You Did by Stephanie Sowden

By DeathBecomesHer

19 April, 2022

Crime fiction land is awash with whodunnits, but whydunnits are a little thinner on the ground. Time to swell those sparse ranks with this gripping and original debut novel by Manchester author Stephanie Sowden. The setting couldn’t be much further away from Sowden’s home city…

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Dead Wind by Tessa Wegert

By Sonja van der Westhuizen

6 April, 2022

In the third novel in Tessa Wegert’s Shana Merchant series, our protagonist and her colleague, Tim Wellington, are called out to Wolfe Island, Ontario, where the body of a middle-aged woman has been found at the base of a wind turbine at a wind farm…

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This Might Hurt by Stephanie Wrobel

By DeathBecomesHer

3 April, 2022

She debuted with a bang, the publication of The Recovery of Rose Gold (Darling Rose Gold in the USA) attracting a tsunami of approval from crime fiction readers and reviewers looking for something a little different. Now Stephanie Wrobel is back with another cleverly conniving…

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The Undiscovered Deaths of Grace McGill by CS Robertson

By Paul Burke

21 March, 2022

Death cleaning is a sad necessity we don’t want to think too much about. The clearing of the homes of those who die unmourned and unmissed is carried out by local council workers like Grace McGill. It happens every day of the week. It’s something…

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Five Days Missing by Caroline Corcoran

By DeathBecomesHer

14 February, 2022

Romilly has just given birth to her first child, a baby girl. Time for her and husband Marc to celebrate. But when he arrives at her room in a hospital not far from their home in the north west of England, cute yellow helium balloon…

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Interview: Sarah Sheridan

By crimefictionlover

14 February, 2022

Sarah Sheridan arrived on the scene early last year with The Convent and has quickly become a popular and prolific thriller writer. Centred on the exploits of an inquisitive nun called Sister Veronica, it has been followed by two sequels and a standalone novel. On…

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First Born by Will Dean

Outside by Ragnar Jonasson

After Everything You Did by Stephanie Sowden

Dead Wind by Tessa Wegert

This Might Hurt by Stephanie Wrobel

The Undiscovered Deaths of Grace McGill by CS Robertson

Five Days Missing by Caroline Corcoran

Interview: Sarah Sheridan

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