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Kill Show by Daniel Sweren-Becker

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Author Daniel Sweren-Becker must have been well tuned in to the zeitgeist when he conceived Kill Show, his newly published ‘true crime’ novel, as it delves into growing critiques of the genre. Before you think that description is an oxymoron, this is definitely fiction, but…
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Valley of Refuge by John Teschner

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Valley of Refuge, the new thriller by John Teschner, starts off more like a mystery. At least it was a mystery to me, with three intriguing stories evolving at once. First, social media magnate Frank Dalton is doing something big on the Big Island of…
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The Good Ones by Polly Stewart

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Two ways to sum up the experience of reading Polly Stewart’s mystery/thriller The Good Ones come immediately to mind. One is: ‘Everyone’s a hero of their own story,’ and narrator Nicola Bennett is fixated on what she sees as her own role in the disappearance…
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Reputation by Sarah Vaughan

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Sarah Vaughan has been on the Crime Fiction Lover radar before, her intelligently written, precisely plotted thrillers making reviewers sit up and pay attention. Back in 2018 we took a look at Anatomy of a Scandal, part psychological thriller, part courtroom drama, with an MP…
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Deity by Matt Wesolowski

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There are times when crime fiction reading can feel a little bit like Groundhog Day, with the same old tropes, characters and situations occurring again and again. Just when the palate feels a little jaded though, along comes an author who shatters the mould. Matt…
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