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John B Peoples by Michael Cowan

By Vicki Weisfeld

7 May, 2026

Lawyer Michael Cowan’s new crime novel, John B Peoples, is a fascinating trip through the ambiguous places where the ragged edges of law, ethics and justice meet up. For a book of fewer than 250 pages, it packs in a lot! John Peoples is a…

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The Dead Ringer by Dane Bahr

By RoughJustice

30 April, 2026

In 2024, Stag put Dane Bahr firmly on the radar of crime fiction lovers – a retro serial killer thriller that mixed violence and dread with a poignant relationship between the two older protagonists assigned to investigate the murders. It was Bahr’s second novel and…

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The Meaning of the Murder by Walter B Levis

By Vicki Weisfeld

2 September, 2025

Billed as a literary approach to the topic of murder, Walter B Levis’s The Meaning of the Murder has a lot of plusses and, for me, a few minuses. He avoids all the cheap-shot cop story tropes, the too-easy slotting of characters into good cop/bad…

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Mortal Zin by Diane Schaffer

By Sonja van der Westhuizen

26 August, 2025

Diane Schaffer’s debut crime novel, Mortal Zin, begins as corporate attorney Nollaig Cooper returns to the Santa Cruz wine valley in California after a decade in Ireland. She wants to make a fresh start. Noli’s childhood mentor, John Fitzgerald, has offered her a position at…

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Interview: Emma Stonex

By crimefictionlover

28 April, 2025

When The Lamplighters came out in 2021, it captivated readers with a tale full of mystery and a haunting atmosphere. Set in 1972 on the Cornish coast, the book explored the disappearance of three lighthouse keepers, and author Emma Stonex created a world readers felt…

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The Weekend Guests by Liza North

By Vicki Weisfeld

17 February, 2025

The plot of Liza North’s psychological thriller The Weekend Guests is reminiscent of the many stories that are heirs to the Agatha Christie favourite, And Then There Were None. You know the gist: a once tight-knit group of old friends, sorority sisters, wedding guests, spa…

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Tell Me What You Did by Carter Wilson

By RoughJustice

6 February, 2025

Psychological noir and secrets go hand in hand like strawberries and cream, so hats off to bestselling American author Carter Wilson for creating the premise of his latest novel. Can you imagine a better set up than having your protagonist host a true-crime podcast whose…

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Edda Green by Peter Sarda

By Paul Burke

13 January, 2025

Edda Green concludes Peter Sarda’s Hamburg Noir trilogy featuring detectives Ritter and Beck, though the pair who first appeared in One Way Ticket take a backseat here. This is very much Edda Green’s story. It’s a violent, gritty tale steeped in the left-wing politics and…

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John B Peoples by Michael Cowan

The Dead Ringer by Dane Bahr

The Meaning of the Murder by Walter B Levis

Mortal Zin by Diane Schaffer

Interview: Emma Stonex

The Weekend Guests by Liza North

Tell Me What You Did by Carter Wilson

Edda Green by Peter Sarda

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