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The Mysterious Case of the Alperton Angels by Janice Hallett

By Erin Britton

19 January, 2023

Long-buried truth meets long-awaited fiction with deadly consequences in The Mysterious Case of the Alperton Angels, the third fiendishly complex novel by Janice Hallett. Having skewered the venerable pastimes of amateur dramatics and children’s literature in her previous books, this time round Hallett focuses her…

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Rook by Stephen G Eoannou

By crimefictionlover

2 August, 2022

True crime and crime fiction that feels like true crime are very popular at the moment. Sometimes it’s hard to tell whether the story you’re reading actually happened or not. Which is fine, as long as it’s a good story. With Rook, Buffalo-based author Stephen…

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More Than You’ll Ever Know by Katie Gutierrez

By Sonja van der Westhuizen

27 July, 2022

Katie Gutierrez’s debut novel is a story of family, secrets, trauma and the complexity of relationships, told through the eyes of two women – Dolores Rivera and Cassie Bowman. Cassie is an aspiring true crime writer, but for the moment she earns her money by…

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Chasing the Boogeyman by Richard Chizmar

By Sonja van der Westhuizen

23 September, 2021

From the founder and publisher of Cemetery Dance Magazine, a publication specialising in horror and suspense, comes a spine-chilling story about a serial killer terrorising a small town in the state of Maryland. A metafictional retelling of events that took place in 1988, Chasing the…

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The Doctor will see you now... Matt Wesolowski

By DeathBecomesHer

15 September, 2021

Tyneside-based author Matt Wesolowski has garnered a loyal crime fiction following by thinking outside of the box, and in our third featured interview from Dr Jacky Collins’ entertaining The Doctor will see you now series, he explains how serendipity has played a part in his…

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The Hunt for a Killer - Swedish true crime comes to BBC Four

By crimefictionlover

30 August, 2021

Not content with dominating in the crime drama category, those Scandinavian television geniuses are taking a highly accurate shot at true crime as well. Earlier in 2021 The Investigation presented a mind-blowing new take on the genre from Denmark, and now the Swedes are getting…

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True Crime Story

By Rafe McGregor

9 July, 2021

Joseph Knox presents a perfectly-pitched melange of fact and fiction in his first standalone novel. The story of the disappearance of Manchester university student Zoe Nolan is told in a series of interviews and emails conducted and exchanged seven years later. The plot is set…

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True Crime Story by Joseph Knox

By Rafe McGregor

10 June, 2021

True Crime Story is Joseph Knox’s fourth novel. It’s his first standalone after three instalments of his urban noir series featuring Detective Constable Aidan Watts of Greater Manchester Police. The ‘true’ in the title and the ‘novel’ in the subtitle immediately establish a tension between…

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The Mysterious Case of the Alperton Angels by Janice Hallett

Rook by Stephen G Eoannou

More Than You’ll Ever Know by Katie Gutierrez

Chasing the Boogeyman by Richard Chizmar

The Doctor will see you now... Matt Wesolowski

The Hunt for a Killer - Swedish true crime comes to BBC Four

True Crime Story

True Crime Story by Joseph Knox

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