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Black Lake Manor by Guy Morpuss

2 October, 2022

British author Guy Morpuss was a barrister and QC, and saw some unusual cases during his 30-year legal career, but certainly none so strange as the one he crafts in Black Lake Manor. His second novel after Five Minds, it’s a dark, complex mystery, set…

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The Devil Takes You Home by Gabino Iglesias

By RoughJustice

2 August, 2022

Texan author Gabino Iglesias’ two previous novels, Coyote Songs and Zero Saints, earned him an enviable reputation for being able to blend genres. Writers who can pull this off successfully – like Elizabeth Hand, Laird Barron and Cynthia Pelayo – manage to meet readers’ expectations…

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Hokuloa Road by Elizabeth Hand

By crimefictionlover

19 July, 2022

Maine-based author Elizabeth Hand writes widely across the crime fiction and dark fantasy genres. With her crime novels we’ve grown used to cold climate settings, and the Cass Neary series has taken readers from New England to Iceland, across the UK and over to Sweden….

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Hide by Kiersten White

By RoughJustice

7 June, 2022

Out in the middle of the desert exists an abandoned amusement park with a terrible hidden history. Fourteen young adults, desperate for fame or money, have signed up to try and win a $50,000 contest. If they spend a week in the park without getting…

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The Doctor will see you now... Johann Thorsson

By crimefictionlover

22 March, 2022

Are you looking for something new? Something with an unusual twist? Something creepy and a touch mystical? If so, our crime fiction compatriot, Dr Jacky Collins, has found it. Whitesands by Icelandic author Johann Thorsson has all of those things and more. But before you…

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This Charming Man by CK McDonnell

By Paul Burke

22 February, 2022

Vampires are a myth, everyone knows that… Or do they? Look at what happened in Manchester last year as chronicled in The Stranger Times. The city was the epicentre of dark and disturbing events which proved the existence of monsters, in various guises including the…

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The Book of the Most Precious Substance by Sara Gran

By RoughJustice

13 February, 2022

For her eighth novel, American author Sara Gran has chosen to self-publish under her own imprint, Dreamland Books. It’s a brave move for an established author, but the quality of her writing coupled with her experience in book retail gives her a great chance of…

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Cold by Mariko Tamaki

By Sonja van der Westhuizen

9 February, 2022

We don’t often review young adult crime fiction, but Cold by Canadian comic book writer Mariko Tamaki is a good place to make an exception. Inventive and innovative in its narrative style, this is the kind of YA novel that will convince you that nobody…

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Black Lake Manor by Guy Morpuss

The Devil Takes You Home by Gabino Iglesias

Hokuloa Road by Elizabeth Hand

Hide by Kiersten White

The Doctor will see you now... Johann Thorsson

This Charming Man by CK McDonnell

The Book of the Most Precious Substance by Sara Gran

Cold by Mariko Tamaki

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