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The Pale House

By DavidPrestidge

6 October, 2015

Luke McCallin does the next-to-impossible, and makes a sympathetic and credible character out of a German military policeman in 1945 Sarajevo. Gregor Reinhardt is adrift in a sea of treachery, brutality and panic, as vengeful partisans tighten the noose on the German army. Amidst the…

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CIS: A classic revisited - Vertigo

By Andre

12 September, 2015

While an Alfred Hitchcock adaptation was always a coup for any author, ultimately the master’s movie tended to overshadow the book – and that is certainly the case with Vertigo (1958). Hitchcock’s psychological thriller is now recognised as one of the best films of the…

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The Pale House by Luke McCallin

By DavidPrestidge

8 September, 2015

It’s early spring, 1945, and the German army and its allies is being squeezed on all sides. British and American armies are pushing ever deeper into France, the Red Army is grinding closer towards Berlin, and in the Balkans, the Partisans are set to liberate…

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The Tiger in the Smoke by Margery Allingham

By Andre

15 July, 2015

As one of the so-called queens of the Golden Age of crime fiction, Margery Allingham’s an author whose works have remained in print decades after they were first published. Her amateur sleuth Albert Campion, an affable aristocrat, appeared in 19 novels by Allingham. Following her…

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Without the Moon by Cathi Unsworth

By DeathBecomesHer

7 July, 2015

It was in July 2012 that I submitted by first review for Crime Fiction Lover and that book was Weirdo, by Cathi Unsworth. It’s still a favourite of mine and one I can recall after three years and countless other book reviews, which must say…

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Ruins of War by John A Connell

By DavidPrestidge

17 May, 2015

This is a crime debut for John A Connell, a Paris-based author. Once a cameraman, he has worked both in Hollwood and for the small screen. Ruins of War features a former cop – Mason Collins – who is working as a criminal investigator with…

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The House That Jack Built by Jakob Melander

By Jeremy Megraw

13 May, 2015

Copenhagen detective Lars Winkler can’t seem to get much respect lately. His wife has left him for his boss Ulrik, and when we catch up with him in the book’s opening he has just returned to the Homicide and Violent Crime Unit after taking some…

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The Lady from Zagreb by Philip Kerr

By DavidPrestidge

1 April, 2015

The German policeman Bernie Gunther returns for his 10th outing. Fans of the series will know that the books are not in a chronological sequence and that Kerr has positioned Gunther as a man who served in World War I and II, and survived long…

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The Pale House

CIS: A classic revisited - Vertigo

The Pale House by Luke McCallin

The Tiger in the Smoke by Margery Allingham

Without the Moon by Cathi Unsworth

Ruins of War by John A Connell

The House That Jack Built by Jakob Melander

The Lady from Zagreb by Philip Kerr

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