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Land of Shadows

30 June, 2014

There’s certainly no shortage of fictional LA cops and PIs. Marlowe, Rawlins, Bosch and Cole, to name but four, have all trodden the mean streets. Elouise Norton is the new kid on the block in this taut procedural. Her new partner, Colin Taggart poses a…

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Gods of War by James Lovegrove

By RoughJustice

20 June, 2014

Last year we reviewed The Stuff of Nightmares, a Holmesian pastiche with science fiction and steampunk elements in which Lovegrove successfully steered a line between pleasing fans of traditional Conan Doyle mysteries and provided something new for readers. He returns now with an adventure set…

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Interview: Ari Marmell

By RoughJustice

7 June, 2014

Today we welcome the American author Ari Marmell to the site. The author of Hot Lead, Cold Iron, has a big reputation in horror and fantasy circles, and in his latest novel has blended Celtic mythology with crime fiction. His latest here, Mick Oberon, has…

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Hot Lead, Cold Iron by Ari Marmell

By RoughJustice

2 June, 2014

Mick Oberon belongs to the classic school of the pulp PI. He works out of a cramped office with two chairs and a battered filing cabinet. His cases don’t bring in much money, and it sure isn’t glamorous traipsing the mean streets of 1930s Chicago…

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King of the Weeds by Mickey Spillane and Max Allan Collins

By RoughJustice

23 May, 2014

Once again, Max Allan Collins reprises his role as literary executor and with King of the Weeds he has completed another of Mickey Spillane’s unfinished manuscripts. Whereas the last two books produced in this fashion – Lady, Go Die! and Complex 90 – went further…

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Land of Shadows by Rachel Howzell Hall

By RoughJustice

18 May, 2014

Land of Shadows is the first in a new series featuring LAPD homicide detective Elouise Norton. She is married to a computer game programmer, Greg, whose work takes him out of the country a lot, giving him the opportunity to have affairs. Elouise has already…

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Who Thinks Evil by Michael Kurland

By RoughJustice

25 March, 2014

Kurland’s Professor Moriarty series began in 1979 with The Infernal Device. It was an Edgar Award finalist and was also nominated for an American Book Award. Death by Gaslight, The Great Game, and The Empress of India followed. The series’ conceit is to tell stories…

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The Revenant of Thraxton Hall by Vaughn Entwistle

By RoughJustice

24 March, 2014

Crime fiction lovers might just remember the BBC TV series from 2001, The Murder Rooms: The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes. In it, David Pirie dramatised the early life of Arthur Conan Doyle, including his father’s death from alcoholism and his experiences as a medical…

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Land of Shadows

Gods of War by James Lovegrove

Interview: Ari Marmell

Hot Lead, Cold Iron by Ari Marmell

King of the Weeds by Mickey Spillane and Max Allan Collins

Land of Shadows by Rachel Howzell Hall

Who Thinks Evil by Michael Kurland

The Revenant of Thraxton Hall by Vaughn Entwistle

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