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CIS: A classic revisited - Savage Season by Joe R Lansdale

By RoughJustice

1 September, 2015

Joe R Lansdale is a veteran writer of more than 25 years. He started out writing short stories for the independent press – mainly horror and thrillers. It’s something he still does, but has now achieved considerable mainstream success. His crime novel Cold in July was recently filmed with…

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Black Eyed Susans by Julia Heaberlin

By DeathBecomesHer

13 August, 2015

The Black Eyed Susans of the title are an attractive daisy-like flower and the cover as a whole is eye-catching, innocuous enough. There’s no sign of violence; this red haired girl could just be sleeping…. Lulled into a false sense of security, we begin with a…

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Life or Death by Michael Robotham

By DeathBecomesHer

20 July, 2015

Avid readers will relate to what I’m about to say: Sometimes, life just gets in the way. I mean, why waste time working, eating or sleeping when you’re in the thrall of a gripping book like Life or Death? Because believe me, this book snags…

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First look: the latest from Robotham, with treats

By crimefictionlover

10 July, 2015

Michael Robotham’s new book has arrived at Crime Fiction Lover HQ and it’s come with a bundle of treats. For Daddy there’s booze, for Mummy there’s chocolate and for Teddy we’ve got a neat little flashlight to play with. But seriously, welcome as these extras…

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Attica Locke talks about Pleasantville

By crimefictionlover

21 April, 2015

After The Cutting Season and Black Water Rising, African-American author Attica Locke returned to the crime bookshelves earlier this month with the release of Pleasantville. We’ve been sent a short video with the author, where she talks about her writing. It might surprise you to…

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Pleasantville by Attica Locke

By MarinaSofia

10 April, 2015

We’ve come to expect politics to play a part in Attica Locke’s intelligent thrillers. The author was one of our Women to Watch in 2013 and Pleasantville is her third book, set in the midst of a hard-fought election in 1996 in Houston, Texas. It’s…

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Dark Country by Darren E Laws

By DavidPrestidge

19 January, 2015

With the eloquent subtitle Songs of Love and Murder, this is the follow up to Laws’ 2008 novel, Turtle Island. The central character once again is FBI agent Georgina O’Neil, but we find her in a bad place. Having been on the verge of losing…

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NTN: Ed Kurtz interviewed

By RoughJustice

30 November, 2014

Today we talk to Ed Kurtz, whose novels The Forty-Two, Freight and Angel of the Abyss, represent some of the best indie crime fiction written this year. We’ve reviewed the latter two recently on the site and they both scored five stars. Kurtz’s stories combine…

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CIS: A classic revisited - Savage Season by Joe R Lansdale

Black Eyed Susans by Julia Heaberlin

Life or Death by Michael Robotham

First look: the latest from Robotham, with treats

Attica Locke talks about Pleasantville

Pleasantville by Attica Locke

Dark Country by Darren E Laws

NTN: Ed Kurtz interviewed

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