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The Quiet Tenant by Clémence Michallon – Review
By Sandra Callard This tightly written thriller could be based anywhere – which is all to the good as the ... -
Death of a Bookseller by Alice Slater – Review
By Sandra Callard This original and obsessively good new novel revolves mainly around two young women who work as booksellers ... -
Death of an Author by E.C.R Lorac – Review
By Sarah Morgan As every crime fiction-loving reader knows, many authors have their own detective, a familiar presence, usually with ... -
Final Acts, edited by Martin Edwards – Review
By Sarah Morgan Will the curtain ever come down on the British Library’s Classic Crime collection? Let’s hope not, otherwise ... -
Meantime by Frankie Boyle – Review
By Sandra Callard Frankie Boyle, mainly known for rude comedy and scabrous political satire, has graduated into an extremely fine ... -
Murder in the Falling Snow, edited by Cecily Gayford – Review
By Sarah Morgan Band Aid once claimed “It’s Christmas time, there’s no need to be afraid.” Clearly they had no ... -
Death on the Downbeat by Sebastian Farr – Review
By Sarah Morgan What do Les Liaisons dangereuses, Dracula, Carrie and Bridget Jones’s Diary have in common? Top marks go ... -
We Know You Remember by Tove Alsterdal – Review
By Karl Hornsey Despite being an avid reader of Scandi noir novels for many years, the books of Swedish author ... -
Auld Acquaintance by Sofia Slater – Review
By Sandra Callard Here is a crime novel with a theme that has been covered countless times. A collection of ... -
The Thirty-One Doors by Kate Hulme – Review
By Sandra Callard Most people love a good murder mystery and this new novel was hailed as such, so I ... -
Sometimes People Die by Simon Stephenson – Review
By Sarah Morgan Literature and medicine. The pair might not appear to fit together well, and yet there’s a surprisingly ... -
Death of Jezabel by Christianna Brand – Review
By Sandra Callard Here is another one from the wonderful selection of old books republished by the British Library in ...