Criminal Shorts
Crime Fiction Reviews
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We Solve Murders – Richard Osman
Write what you know… … like how a famous author writes, travels the globe by private jet, and helps a bodyguard turn detective. A brand new series.An iconic new detective team.And a thrilling new murder to solve . . . Steve Wheeler is enjoying retired life. He does the odd bit of investigation work, but he Read more
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I Will Ruin You – Linwood Barclay
This book will ruin your plans… Linwood Barclay doing what he does best, serving up a multi layered, domino effect, thrill ride. WHEN IT’S LIFE OR DEATH, WHO CAN YOU TRUST? Teacher Richard Boyle certainly never thought he would find himself talking down a former student intent on harming others, but when Mark LeDrew shows Read more
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The Work Retreat – J E Rowney
Team building X Bear Grylls What could be worse than being stranded on an island?Try being there with six coworkers that you hate. Jonathan Jackson and Mark Thompson are the very definition of workplace toxicity. As their bickering and infighting threatens to destroy the company, the CEO has no alternative but to send them and Read more
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Profile K – Helen Fields
Criminal Profiling for the A. I. Generation He’s going to kill you. He just doesn’t know it yet. Midnight Jones is an analyst trained to understand the human mind. But everything changes when, in the course of her work, she discovers Profile K’s file – because K stands for killer, and she knows that someone more Read more
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The Cracked Mirror – Chris Brookmyre
A ‘cracking’ detective crossover, prepare for a book hangover because when realisation dawns it’s like a bucket of iced water being tipped over your head. FORGET WHAT YOU THINK YOU KNOW THIS IS NOT THAT CRIME NOVEL You know Johnny Hawke. Hard-bitten LAPD homicide detective. Always in trouble with his captain, always losing partners, but Read more
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The Dead Friend Project – Joanna Wallace
Prepare to open the floodgates of your emotions, this one will tap into them all, and you’ll enjoy every single moment. Everyone needs a hobby… Things haven’t been going well for Beth. Her husband has left her for one of her friends. Her fellow school mums judge her for swearing too much and not shifting Read more
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The Photo – A J McDine
An easy to listen to in one binge-sitting as it can in bite-sized chunks. I thought he was dead. Until I saw him staring back at me… Ten years have passed since my beloved sister was murdered, leaving behind her sweet five-year-old daughter, Lily. I’m trying my best to care for Lily and salvage what’s left Read more
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Love Letters to a Serial Killer – Tasha Coryell
As startling a read in places as it is in its insights into obsession. I too was obsessed. Hannah’s love life? Dying. Career? Dead. New pen pal? Deadly. Hannah Wilson can’t text her ex again – it’s too sad. She can’t snap back at the new boss who took her promotion either – she’ll be Read more
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Murder at an English Pub – Alice Castle
Quintessentially English mystery, an easy and entertaining read. When retired doctor Sarah Vane moves to Merstairs, she has no idea that the quaint seaside town isn’t quite as friendly it seems, and something sinister is bubbling under the picturesque surface… Recently widowed and looking for a fresh start away from city life, Sarah Vane moves into a Read more
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The Mystery of the Crooked Man – Tom Spencer
Like an expert level jigsaw. At first, difficult to get your head round, but when the pieces fall into place, creates a satisfying bigger picture Meet Agatha Dorn, cantankerous archivist, grammar pedant, gin afficionado and murder mystery addict. When she discovers a lost manuscript by Gladden Green, the Empress of Golden Age detective fiction, Agatha’s Read more
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