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Sleeping Dogs by Russ Thomas

By Paul Burke

6 November, 2024

Sleeping Dogs is the fourth outing for DS Adam Tyler and life just keeps getting harder for the South Yorkshire detective sergeant. One way or another he’s been in trouble ever since he first appeared in Firewatching in 2020. Between his bosses and the criminals…

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Foul Play at the Seaview Hotel by Glenda Young

By DeathBecomesHer

28 September, 2023

Seaside landladies are the stuff of British folklore and the butt of many a 1970s comic’s jokes. They’re depicted as tough, unwielding, no-nonsense types, who delight in cutting corners and have little or no sense of humour. Thankfully, Helen Dexter, the heroine of Glenda Young‘s…

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Unnatural Ends by Christopher Huang

By Sonja van der Westhuizen

21 June, 2023

Canadian author Christopher Huang’s new crime caper might not have the brutal one-liners of Succession, but it does have an unscrupulous patriarch who takes pleasure in manipulating and pitting his three children against one another – even after his death. April 1921: Sir Lawrence Linwood…

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The Cherrywood Murders by Penny Blackwell

By Erin Britton

26 May, 2023

It’s pure madness that people are still moving to picturesque country villages in search of rest and relaxation when they or someone they know is far more likely to be murdered and/or accused of murder. At least, that’s what cosy crime fiction will lead you…

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Harker – The Black Hound - Part Two by Roger Gibson & Vincent Danks with Andrew Richmond

By RoughJustice

22 February, 2023

We first came across DCI Harker and his right hand man DS Critchley back in 2012 when Titan Books published the first graphic novel featuring the peripatetic detectives, The Book of Solomon. Time Bomb Comics picked up the second story, The Black Hound, republishing it…

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Happy Valley the book?

By crimefictionlover

7 February, 2023

The British crime show Happy Valley wrapped up on Sunday night (5 Feb 2023) with over 7.5 million people tuning in – a hugely successful programme that is already being dubbed Britain’s best police drama. Over its three seasons in 2014, 2016 and 2023, crime…

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Dancing with Dusty Fossils by Karen Charlton

By DeathBecomesHer

3 January, 2023

We first met Bobbie and Jemma of the York Ladies’ Detective Agency in Smoke and Cracked Mirrors in April 2022, and now the historical crime fiction whirlwind that is Karen Charlton is treating us to book two in the series. Britain is embroiled in World…

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Happy Valley returns to the BBC for season three

By crimefictionlover

2 December, 2022

Happy Valley might not be the best title for this hit crime drama. It’s not about a Chinese takeaway and nor does the Calder Valley, where it’s set, seem a particularly happy place. Not in a show dealing with violence against women, rape, suicide, addiction,…

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Sleeping Dogs by Russ Thomas

Foul Play at the Seaview Hotel by Glenda Young

Unnatural Ends by Christopher Huang

The Cherrywood Murders by Penny Blackwell

Harker – The Black Hound - Part Two by Roger Gibson & Vincent Danks with Andrew Richmond

Happy Valley the book?

Dancing with Dusty Fossils by Karen Charlton

Happy Valley returns to the BBC for season three

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