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Holy F*ck by Joseph Incardona

By RoughJustice

27 April, 2026

Translated by Sam Taylor — It’s an adage that sometimes a blessing can be a curse. That’s certainly the case for 19-year-old Stella Thibodeaux, who has been taken under the wing of an elderly fortune teller working in a Georgia carnival. Santa Muerte quickly recognised…

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An Enigma by the Sea by Carlo Fruttero and Franco Lucentini

By Paul Burke

13 February, 2026

Translated by Gregory Dowling — A lot of Italian crime fiction in English is dark, mafia-related or snowbound. Manzini, Carlotto, de Cataldo and Roberto Saviano spring to mind. The Fruttero and Lucentini novels are different, lighter, witty, slightly eccentric and colourful but no less steeped…

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Thirty Days of Darkness by Jenny Lund Madsen

By Sonja van der Westhuizen

22 May, 2023

Translated by Megan E Turney — From Ruth Galloway to Eve Ronin, if there’s one thing readers can’t complain about in recent years it’s a lack of strong female protagonists in crime novels. Now, debut Danish author Jenny Lund Madsen introduces Hannah Krause-Bendix, who is…

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This Train by James Grady

By Paul Burke

15 November, 2022

James Grady was 23 in 1974 when he wrote is iconic conspiracy novel Six Days of the Condor, in which the sole survivor of a wiped out a covert CIA unit has to figure out who and what is behind the massacre. Reconfigured for the…

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The Deal Goes Down by Larry Beinhart

By Paul Burke

14 September, 2022

The Deal Goes Down sees a welcome return for Larry Beinhart’s long-standing PI creation Tony Casella. Time has moved on for the detective. Now he’s an ex-PI living in the Catskills with zero chance of living out a happy, peaceful retirement thanks to the bank….

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A Certain Hunger by Chelsea G Summers

By Paul Burke

20 July, 2022

Chick-lit cannibalism is how Chelsea G Summers describes her new dramedy thriller – and that gives you a flavour of it, the novel is a tongue-in-cheek fable. A niche sub-genre maybe, but it’s wicked funny if you have the stomach for it. Hell hath no…

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Whatever Gets You Through the Night by Charlie Higson

By Sonja van der Westhuizen

2 March, 2022

UK readers will know Charlie Higson as one of the comedians behind The Fast Show, the seminal 1990s BBC sketch programme. In the comedy world, he has also worked with greats such as Vic Reeves, Bob Mortimer and Harry Enfield. However, there’s a darker side…

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By Philip Rafferty

24 April, 2018

Written by Christopher Moore — Bestselling author Christopher Moore has carved out a niche for himself as a prominent satirist. His novels span multiple genres and he has poked fun at everything from vampires in Bloodsucking Fiends and Bite Me: A Love Story to Shakespeare…

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Holy F*ck by Joseph Incardona

An Enigma by the Sea by Carlo Fruttero and Franco Lucentini

Thirty Days of Darkness by Jenny Lund Madsen

This Train by James Grady

The Deal Goes Down by Larry Beinhart

A Certain Hunger by Chelsea G Summers

Whatever Gets You Through the Night by Charlie Higson

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