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John Ferguson’s Death of Mr. Dodsley

John Ferguson’s Death of Mr. Dodsley, a London Bibliomystery, is the latest in the British Library Crime Classics series. A relatively forgotten figure in mystery fiction, Ferguson produced just under a half dozen books featuring crime reporter Francis McNab and … Continue reading

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Anthony Horowitz’s A Line to Kill

Anthony Horowitz’s A Line to Kill is the latest book teaming a fictionalized version of the author with detective Daniel Hawthorne. On this occasion the two are invited to an event on the island Alderney, where even before the bodies … Continue reading

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Tove Alsterdal’s You Will Never Be Found

Tove Altserdal’s You Will Never Be Found is the second book featuring her detective Eira Sjödin. As a sequel to We Know you Remember, this book has a lot to live up to given that volume’s slate of awards. In … Continue reading

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Claire Douglas’s The Girls Who Disappeared

Claire Douglas’s The Girls Who Disappeared is the latest novel from a woman with a great deal of experience in the form. It also makes clever use of the True Crime podcast genre. It’s not a rare setup these days, … Continue reading

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Ben Aaronovitch‘s Foxglove Summer (Rivers of London #5)

Two children have gone missing in Herefordshire, and Peter Grant is sent out to check on a retired old wizard in the area, just in case he might be involved (or aware of something the regular police won’t ask him … Continue reading

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Roger Zelazny’s The Dead Man’s Brother

This long-lost little gem of a thriller from the great Roger Zelazny starts with a bang. Er, well, with a body on the kitchen floor. With a rather substantial knife sticking out of it. The kitchen floor (and knife) belong … Continue reading

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M.C. Beaton with R.W. Green’s Down The Hatch

M.C. Beaton with R.W. Green’s Down The Hatch is the 32nd book in the Agatha Raisin series. It also represents one of the first pieces of Beaton’s work published after the unfortunate passing of a part of that pseudonym. With successful … Continue reading

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Tamera Berry’s Buried in a Good Book

Tamara Berry’s Buried in a Good Book is the first volume in the new By the Book series. Like many series there are familiar elements to fans of the genre. With any such series it is the specific mix of … Continue reading

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Kerry Greenwood’s The Lady with the Gun Asks the Questions: The Ultimate Miss Phryne Fisher Short Story Collection

Kerry Greenwood’s The Lady with the Gun Asks the Questions: The Ultimate Miss Phryne Fisher Short Story Collection is pretty much exactly what it says on the cover. Featuring more than 16 stories related to the character, the fact the … Continue reading

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James Lee Burke’s Last Car to Elysian Fields

David Kidney, in his review of the previous novel in this series, Purple Cane Road, noted: ‘Dave Robicheaux is a middle-aged guy, trying to get along. Still haunted by his experiences in Viet Nam, troubled by his relationship with his … Continue reading

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