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The Heights by Ian Rankin

By Chris Connor

14 October, 2026

Ian Rankin is one of the UK’s most recognisable authors, having created the hugely popular Rebus series, which began with Knots and Crosses in 1997. He’s one of the author’s responsible for the rise of Tartan noir over the last 40 years, has inspired a…

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London Station by David McCloskey

By Vicki Weisfeld

8 October, 2026

Ever since David McCloskey arrived with his debut espionage novel Damascus Station in 2021, we’ve looked forward to the next, and the next. It was followed by Moscow X, The Seventh Floor and The Persian, and the former CIA analyst has earned a reputation as…

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The Party at No 5 by Shelley Smith

By Erin Britton

23 September, 2026

There is something distinctly unsettling about the idea of being trapped in your own house. It should be the place where you can retreat from the outside world, shut the door and feel safe. But what happens when the person making your life unbearable is…

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The Honourable Member for Murder by David Weir

By Erin Britton

16 September, 2026

Politics and murder. Both involve secrets, competing agendas, carefully managed public appearances and, occasionally, people prepared to do almost anything to get what they want. In The Honourable Member for Murder, David Weir brings the two together in a debut that combines Westminster intrigue and…

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Fall from Grace by Leye Adenle

By Paul Burke

15 September, 2026

Crime is a broad genre and at Crime Fiction Lover we are on top of all the trends. Cosy mysteries and high concept thrillers are both really big with readers at the moment, but there is so much more out there and always room for…

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Slow Horses Season 6 comes to Apple TV

By Chris Connor

8 September, 2026

Few shows on Apple TV have captured the attention quite like Slow Horses. The adaptation of Mick Herron’s novels has earned rave reviews and awards recognition for writer Will Smith and the cast. Marquee names from Gary Oldman and Kristin Scott Thomas to Hugo Weaving,…

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The Vanishing Room by Andrew Lowe

By Chris Connor

2 September, 2026

With British detective fiction so congested, crafting a compelling new detective, sidekick and ensemble seems a daunting prospect. Andrew Lowe managed this in fine style with the first entry in the Lennox and Blackwood series, The Whispering Bones, which introduced us to DCI Oswald Lennox…

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A Fatal Legacy by Charlotte Vassell

By Erin Britton

25 August, 2026

All is not well at the Horatio Combe Institute in Priory Square, Camden, London. And it’s not just the mokomokai who are looking peaky. Owner/operator Digby Coombe-Watson – descendent of notorious colonial pilferer Horatio Coombe – has been murdered. And on a rug rumoured to…

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The Heights by Ian Rankin

London Station by David McCloskey

The Party at No 5 by Shelley Smith

The Honourable Member for Murder by David Weir

Fall from Grace by Leye Adenle

Slow Horses Season 6 comes to Apple TV

The Vanishing Room by Andrew Lowe

A Fatal Legacy by Charlotte Vassell

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