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Backwater by James Sallis

24 September, 2026

In his novel The Killer is Dying back in 2011, James Sallis considered how a life of crime comes to an end, among other things. Essentially, it looked at a hitman who was not just losing his touch, but slowly losing his battle with a…

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The Intrigue by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

By Sonja van der Westhuizen

26 August, 2026

Mexican-Canadian author Silvia Moreno-Garcia has the uncanny ability to jump effortlessly between genres. Gothic horror, fantasy adventure, historical fantasy or sci-fi, magic realism, vampire noir, crime noir, coming-of-age or historical drama, she’s done it all. With The Intrigue, she presents us with a combination of…

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Wisdom Corner by David Heska Wanbli Weiden

By RoughJustice

23 July, 2026

A gritty, enthralling depiction of life on an Indian reservation, Winter Counts by David Heska Wanbli Weiden was an excellent book by any measure. Published in 2020, it won an Anthony, a Thriller, a Barry and a Macavity Award. It also won Editor’s Choice For…

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Blood River Witch by TJ Martinson

By RoughJustice

24 June, 2026

Alicia Moore is a deputy sheriff in a small, socially conservative, deeply religious town in rural Kentucky. She’s married to Bill and has a son, Bart, in the seventh grade. She’s also the daughter of a well-respected former sheriff of the town. In short, she’s…

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First Look: Backwater by James Sallis

By crimefictionlover

17 June, 2026

In January 2025, the crime fiction world lost one of its greats with the passing of the American author James Sallis. However, when he passed away of pneumonia aged 81, the author left behind one last manuscript – Backwater – and it’s coming out in…

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The Dead Ringer by Dane Bahr

By RoughJustice

30 April, 2026

In 2024, Stag put Dane Bahr firmly on the radar of crime fiction lovers – a retro serial killer thriller that mixed violence and dread with a poignant relationship between the two older protagonists assigned to investigate the murders. It was Bahr’s second novel and…

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Six Mile Store by AM Belsey

By Vicki Weisfeld

24 April, 2026

Six Mile Store, the engaging debut crime novella by AM Belsey, is narrated mostly by a young woman in her early 20s named Honey. The story at first appears to be almost a picaresque, as she colourfully describes her encounters with the customers of the…

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The Drowning Place by Sarah Hilary

By DeathBecomesHer

15 April, 2026

Sarah Hilary’s heady mix of razor-sharp characterisation and 4K-ready sense of place have stood her in good stead since 2014, when she debuted with Someone Else’s Skin and in the process introduced London-based DI Marnie Rome to crime fiction lovers. We reviewed that first novel…

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Backwater by James Sallis

The Intrigue by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

Wisdom Corner by David Heska Wanbli Weiden

Blood River Witch by TJ Martinson

First Look: Backwater by James Sallis

The Dead Ringer by Dane Bahr

Six Mile Store by AM Belsey

The Drowning Place by Sarah Hilary

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