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The Hunting Dogs

30 June, 2014

“Where have you been all my life?” asked our reviewer Jeremy Megraw when he discovered this Glass Key winning novel by Jorn Lier Horst. The Norwegian detective William Wisting is shocked when he hears that his own department is implicated in a corruption scandal. His…

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All Day and a Night by Alafair Burke

By RoughJustice

24 June, 2014

The title All Day and a Night refers to prison slang for a sentence of life without parole – precisely the sentence given to Anthony Amaro almost 21 years ago for the murder of six women. Five murders were in upstate New York, in the…

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The Hunting Dogs by Jorn Lier Horst

By Jeremy Megraw

21 June, 2014

The Norwegian detective William Wisting is an upright, honest, and morally unambiguous good cop with an impeccable career seeking truth and justice. So it comes as a backhanded slap when his own department is accused of corruption, and worse, of planting evidence. The news comes…

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A Killing of Angels by Kate Rhodes

By Andre

9 June, 2014

It’s several years since the financial crisis hit but it seems there’s no let-up in the banker bashing. In the case of the second book in the Alice Quentin series, bankers have to endure a bit more than a bashing for their sins. A Killing…

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The Axe Factor by Colin Cotterill

By Jeremy Megraw

2 June, 2014

Frustrated journalist Jimm Juree, hemmed down by family obligations and with no romantic life to speak of, has left her career as a reporter in the big city to help her mother run their shack of a hotel in the small village of Maprao on…

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Interview: Belinda Bauer

By Andre

21 May, 2014

Five novels into her crime career, Belinda Bauer has become a favourite among critics and readers alike. Her 2010 debut, Blacklands won the CWA Gold Dagger in 2010. Rubbernecker, which features an anatomy student who stumbles across a crime amidst the cadavers, was recently longlisted…

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The Bones Beneath by Mark Billingham

By DavidPrestidge

17 May, 2014

In Tom Thorne’s last outing, The Dying Hours, having been busted down to uniform for one too many indiscretions, our hero ends up hospitalised with a bullet wound. His boss says, “I’ve got good news and bad news….” Not far into The Bones Beneath we…

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Straight Jacket by Adrian Deans

By nagaisayonara

13 May, 2014

I’m an advocate of judging a book by its cover. When you’re walking through a bookstore, or even browsing on Amazon, a simple, intriguing cover, a good blurb and a couple of choice quotes can really make a book stand out. Straight Jacket by Adrian…

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The Hunting Dogs

All Day and a Night by Alafair Burke

The Hunting Dogs by Jorn Lier Horst

A Killing of Angels by Kate Rhodes

The Axe Factor by Colin Cotterill

Interview: Belinda Bauer

The Bones Beneath by Mark Billingham

Straight Jacket by Adrian Deans

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