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The top 10 crime novels on Kobo, with Simon Brett

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SimonBrett_Kobo_300Kobo is Canada’s answer to the Kindle. It’s a device that millions of people prefer to use for their e-reading pleasure. The company has recently come through with a list of the 10 bestselling crime novels of the last five years via the Kobo Store. The British author Simon Brett presents the top 10 in the video, which you can watch above. It could help you plan your summer holiday reading.

If you don’t feel like watching, here’s that list in reverse order. It’s got a few stalwarts that you’d expect to see there, such as Stieg Larsson’s Girl With the Dragon Tattoo series, as well as a few surprises too, including the number one novel! But watch the video, Simon Brett and co-host Emma Kenny are more fun.

10 – Taken by Jacqui Rose

9 – Never Tell by Alafair Burke

8 – The Detective’s Daughter by Lesley Thomson
For more on Lesley Thomson, including our interview, click here.

7 – The Girl Who Played With Fire by Stieg Larsson

6 – The Girl Who Kicked The Hornets’ Nest by Stieg Larsson

5 – The Cuckoo’s Calling by Robert Galbraith
This one has been reviewed on Crime Fiction Lover.

4 – Gone Again by Doug Johnstone
We have reviewed a few Dough Johnstone books – click here for more – but not this one.

3 – The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson

2 – The Husband’s Secret by Liane Moriarty

1 – One Cold Night by Katia Lief

Have you read any of these books. If so, let us know what you thought in the comments below.

For more on Kobo, click here.


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