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Guest review: THE QUARRYTHE QUARRY by Kim Hunt (2023) Reviewed by Alyson Baker Seeing something you shouldn't have makes life on the margins a...
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Ankh-Morpork City Watch and Iron Maiden gigs: an interview with MW CravenKia ora and haere mai, welcome to the 234th instalment of our long-running author interview series, 9mm - but only the third in the past two...
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Guest Review: EL FLAMINGOEL FLAMINGO by Nick Davies (2023) Reviewed by Alyson Baker With no role in sight and nothing to lose, actor Lou Galloway...
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Guest Review: RESURRECTIONRESURRECTION by Roger Simpson (Simon & Schuster, 2023) Reviewed by Alyson Baker Jane Halifax is back in a twisted...
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Guest Review: DICEDICE by Claire Baylis (Allen & Unwin, 2023) Reviewed by Alyson Baker Four teenage boys invent a sex game based...
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"A kinetic, fascinating tale" - THE PIT reviewTHE PIT by Peter Papathanasiou (MacLehose Press, 2023) Reviewed by Craig Sisterson With DS Manolis on leave in Greece, Senior...
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Murakami sleuths and Parisian film watching: an interview with Tom BaragwanathKia ora and haere mai, welcome to the 233rd instalment of our long-running author interview series, 9mm - but the first in around a year,...
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"Nails all the steps with aplomb" - review of THE LAST DANCETHE LAST DANCE by Mark Billingham (Atlantic, 2023) Reviewed by Craig Sisterson Meet Detective Miller: unique, unconventional, and...
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Guest Review: MAMI SUZUKI: PRIVATE EYEMAMI SUZUKI: PRIVATE EYE by Simon Rowe (Penguin, 2023) Reviewed by Alyson Baker Beneath the sheen of its orderly streets...
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Review: SING HER DOWNSING HER DOWN by Ivy Pochoda (MCD, 2023) Reviewed by Craig Sisterson Florence “Florida” Baum is not the hapless innocent she...
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Review: AFTER THAT NIGHTAFTER THAT NIGHT by Karin Slaughter (HarperCollins, 2023) Reviewed by Craig Sisterson Fifteen years ago, Sara Linton's life...
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Guest review: RETURN TO BLOODRETURN TO BLOOD by Michael Bennett (Simon & Schuster, 2024) Reviewed by Alyson Baker Two murders. Two decades apart. ...
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Review: END OF STORYEND OF STORY by AJ Finn (Atlantic, 2024) Reviewed by Craig Sisterson "I'll be dead in three months. Come tell my story." ...
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Review: HARBOR LIGHTSHARBOR LIGHTS by James Lee Burke (Atlantic, 2024) Reviewed by Craig Sisterson Harbor Lights is a story collection from one of the...
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Review: EVERYONE ON THIS TRAIN IS A SUSPECTEVERYONE ON THIS TRAIN IS A SUSPECT by Benjamin Stevenson (Michael Joseph, Feb 2024) Reviewed by Craig Sisterson When the...
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Review: THE LAST WORDTHE LAST WORD by Elly Griffiths (Quercus, Jan 2024) Reviewed by Craig Sisterson Natalka and Edwin are running a detective agency...
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Review: EVERYBODY KNOWSEVERYBODY KNOWS by Jordan Harper (Faber, 2023) Reviewed by Craig Sisterson In Hollywood, nobody talks. But everybody...
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Character first: 2023 Ngaio Marsh Awards winners deep-dive into the personal and societal impact of violence and tragedy2023 Ngaio Marsh Award for Best Novel winner Charity Norman (right) with New Zealand's modern 'queen of crime' Vanda Symon...
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Mina, Russell, McSorley and Morrison: 2023 McIlvanney finalists revealedThis morning the finalists for the 2023 McIlvanney Prize have been announced, with the following four books emerging from a very...
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Review: PROM MOMPROM MOM by Laura Lippman (Faber, 2023) Reviewed by Craig Sisterson New York Times bestseller Laura Lippman tells the story of...
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History and humanity: 2023 Ngaio Marsh Awards finalists revealedHistory and humanity: 2023 Ngaio Marsh Awards finalists plunge readers into page-turning tales about who we are From...
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Poker, poverty, and the power of storytelling: 2023 Ngaio Marsh Award longlist revealedPoker, poverty, and the power of storytelling: 2023 Ngaio Marsh Award longlist revealed A poker-playing sleuth, a poet’s gritty take on...
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Murder in Merton: Crime in the LibraryLast night I had the pleasure of attending a fun crime writing event at one of the libraries in my local London borough, Merton, with the...
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"Flows smoothly and easily": LIFE AND DEATH IN BIRKENHEAD reviewLIFE AND DEATH IN BIRKENHEAD (Mary Egan Publishing, 2022) Reviewed by TJ Ramsay Within the small suburb of Birkenhead...
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"Social inequality, blurry line between right and wrong": POOR PEOPLE WITH MONEY reviewPOOR PEOPLE WITH MONEY by Dominic Hoey (Penguin, 2022) Reviewed by Alyson Baker Monday Woolridge is a fighter with a face...
