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The Next to Die by Elliot Sweeney

By DeathBecomesHer

9 February, 2023

If you are a fan of gritty, urban thrillers it’s time to add crime fiction debutant Elliot Sweeney to the reading list, because The Next to Die could be right up your litter-strewn street. Meet Dylan Kaspernick, a former Met police officer who has fallen…

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Damascus Station by David McCloskey

By Vicki Weisfeld

26 January, 2023

Fans of realistic spy fiction will enjoy David McCloskey’s debut thriller Damascus Station, newly available in paperback in the UK. I listened to the audio version narrated by Andrew B Wehrlen and found it an utterly engaging tale. The story, in the early days of…

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The House at the End of the World by Dean Koontz

By DeathBecomesHer

23 January, 2023

There’s a balancing act to be performed while reading the House at the End of the World. You may need to keep a dictionary at hand to fathom out some of the little-used words that this author sprinkles liberally through his prose – but on…

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Dead Winner by Kevin G Chapman

By DeathBecomesHer

5 December, 2022

Readers have really taken to Kevin G Chapman’s series of books set in New York and featuring NYPD detective Mike Stoneman. They manage to capture a flavour of the city while also offering some pretty tricksy plotting. Dead Winner is a standalone which features both…

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1989 by Val McDermid

By DeathBecomesHer

2 September, 2022

The 1980s are having something of a renaissance right now thanks to TV series like The Newsreader and Stranger Things. Just ask Kate Bush, whose 1986 hit Running Up That Hill took on a new life after featuring in the latter show on Netflix. Val…

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The Whisperer’s Game by Donato Carrisi

By Paul Burke

14 July, 2022

Translated by Katherine Gregor — Hot on the heels of The Mirror Man by Lars Kepler comes a very different but equally chilling serial killer thriller from Italian maestro Donato Carrisi. It’s a decade since his debut, The Whisperer, which terrified readers across the continent….

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Architect of Courage by Victoria Weisfeld

By DeathBecomesHer

13 July, 2022

Over the years, several Crime Fiction Lover contributors have gone on to write their own additions to the genre. It proves that the passion for crime fiction cuts across readers, reviewers and writers. Latest in that list is Victoria Weisfeld, an accomplished short story writer…

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The doctor will see you now... Mark Edwards

By DeathBecomesHer

12 July, 2022

There’s a life-sized cardboard cutout in view in the latest of Dr Jacky Collins’ The Doctor Will See You Now video interviews – and no, we’re not talking about Mark Edwards, author of No Place to Run, which is out now. The cutout is female,…

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The Next to Die by Elliot Sweeney

Damascus Station by David McCloskey

The House at the End of the World by Dean Koontz

Dead Winner by Kevin G Chapman

1989 by Val McDermid

The Whisperer’s Game by Donato Carrisi

Architect of Courage by Victoria Weisfeld

The doctor will see you now... Mark Edwards

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