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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 Burn Line by Jonathan Sims

By RoughJustice

24 August, 2026

If you spend any time in the online book community, then you may have noticed the rise of Summerween – a cultural (and retail) phenomenon where people extend the spooky season forwards into the summer. Jonathan Sims’s third novel is perfectly placed to ride that…

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Interview: Neville Blackwood

By crimefictionlover

18 August, 2026

Authenticity is such an important quality in a police procedural crime novel. It’s an elusive quality in writing, too. As readers, we want to be captivated by the world the author gives us through the language they use, and to believe in it. This is…

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First look: The Vanishing Room by Andrew Lowe

By crimefictionlover

17 August, 2026

Last year, the English crime author Andrew Lowe began a new series of dark police procedurals with The Whispering Bones. Introducing the somewhat aging DCI Lennox and his young underling DC Blackwood, Lowe added to his already successful Jake Sawyer thriller series. Only this time,…

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Time to Burn by Ellery Lloyd

By Vicki Weisfeld

4 August, 2026

If you’re the kind of reader who likes to become totally immersed in a book, Ellery Lloyd’s new time-travel crime thriller Time to Burn could be just what you’re waiting for. Crime Fiction Lover reviews have jumped into other future-oriented techno-thrillers, teetering on the edge…

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Appointment in Paris by Jane Thynne

By Chris Connor

7 April, 2026

Jane Thynne is best known for her series of novels following Clara Vine, an Anglo-German actress working for British intelligence during World War II. She started a new series in 2024 with Midnight in Vienna, which followed cast-out spy Harry Fox and Stella Fry, fresh…

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What I Told My Friends by Alice Leigh

By Sonja van der Westhuizen

25 March, 2026

Alice Leigh’s debut is pitched as a coming-of-age dark academia thriller, leaving her with big expectations to fulfil. While it contains all the essential ingredients of the subgenre, its style and themes align more closely with young adult fiction. The setting of High Hill Manor…

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What Happened That Night by Nicci French

By DeathBecomesHer

13 February, 2026

Husband and wife writing team Nicci Gerrard and Sean French are probably best known for their series of books featuring psychotherapist Frieda Klein, but in recent years they’ve been gradually building up a new collection, with DI Maud O’Connor as the strangely not-quite-central character. Maud…

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A Fatal Legacy by Charlotte Vassell

The Burn Line by Jonathan Sims

Interview: Neville Blackwood

First look: The Vanishing Room by Andrew Lowe

Time to Burn by Ellery Lloyd

Appointment in Paris by Jane Thynne

What I Told My Friends by Alice Leigh

What Happened That Night by Nicci French

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