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The most wanted crime novels of 2023

1 January, 2023

The year 2023 is upon us. With the economy in the doldrums, war in Europe and plenty of uncertainty ahead, if you’re a crime fiction lover at least there will be plenty of opportunity to immerse yourself in a good mystery. Plenty of good books…

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RoughJustice: Top five books of 2018

By RoughJustice

22 December, 2018

2018 may have been a pretty terrible year for politics, but a look at the books selected below, as well as those in the lists of my fellow contributors, will confirm it’s been another banner year for crime fiction. In fact, politics and crime fiction…

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New crime fiction talent: the seven best debuts of 2018

By DeathBecomesHer

8 November, 2018

Familiar characters and long-running series are mainstays of crime fiction, but this is a genre that also welcomes fresh blood with open arms. Although we aren’t running our New Talent November event this year, it has been a vintage one for debut novels and the…

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Charlesgate Confidential

By RoughJustice

3 October, 2018

Scott Von Doviak’s debut is the complete package. It has ambition. The narrative is split in to three parts, 1946, 1986, and 2014. There is no shortage of intrigue as ex-cons, students and detectives all try to acquire the missing fruit of an unsolved museum…

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Charlesgate Confidential by Scott Von Doviak

By RoughJustice

14 September, 2018

Written by Scott Von Doviak — Last year was a banner year for debuts. Jane Harper’s The Dry and Jordan Harper’s A Lesson in Violence both won widespread critical acclaim and topped two of our reviewer’s year’s best lists. It’s too soon to judge if…

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The most wanted crime novels of 2023

RoughJustice: Top five books of 2018

New crime fiction talent: the seven best debuts of 2018

Charlesgate Confidential

Charlesgate Confidential by Scott Von Doviak

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