Bongo Fury (Bongy Fury #1)
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From the Bestselling author of A Chaser on the Rocks and More Faces, comes the noir novella series:...
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Books Editor (673 KP) shared own list
Sep 26, 2017
Without doubt, there has been some big releases for lovers of all the main crime fiction genres.
Camino Island
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A gang of thieves stage a daring heist from a secure vault deep below Princeton University’s...
Want You Gone
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Want You Gone is the superb new psychological thriller from million-plus award-winning bestseller...
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Say Nothing
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Judge Scott Sampson doesn’t brag about having a perfect life, but the evidence is clear: A...
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The Girl Before
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THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER THE SUNDAY TIMES THRILLER OF THE MONTH THE SIMON MAYO RADIO 2 BOOK CLUB...
Jericho's War
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Jericho's War is a relentlessly powerful novel of our times from 'the best thriller writer in the...
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A Missing, Presumed
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A RICHARD & JUDY BESTSELLER 72 HOURS TO FIND HER...'Hits the sweet spot between literary and crime...
Mystery & Mayhem
Robin Stevens, Frances Hardinge, Katherine Woodfine and Julia Golding
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Twelve mysteries. Twelve authors. One challenge: can YOU solve the crimes before the heroes of the...
The Sea Detective
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The first mystery in a truly unique crime series. 'There comes a time when a novel raises the bar...
Pulp Fiction (1994)
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The lives of two mob hit men, a boxer, a gangster's wife, and a pair of diner bandits intertwine in...
Mayhawke (97 KP) rated Elevator Pitch in Books
Jun 28, 2019
Over a decade ago I stopped reading crime fiction from the U.S. because I found what seemed to be a an unpleasant dwelling on the suffering of victims; a voyeurism which I found uncomfortable, and highly unpleasant. It was as though American crime writers were incapable of exploring the darkness of humanity, or giving clarity to events without relishing the pain and terror that must have been experienced by those on the receiving end of them.
Of course this was never true of all U.S. crime fiction, but I couldn't be asked to keep searching for the other kind. It was easier to just stay away from it all.
So, this is the first American crime novel I have read in nearly fifteen years.
What a joy it was. Barclay sets out a gripping thriller, an excellently plotted story which will educate you just a bit more than is comfortable on the ease of hacking lift controls in the technical age, whilst carefully leading you up and down the garden path a couple of times. The reading style is comfortable, the exposition is well paced. Eventually you arrive at a satisfying, and prompt conclusion. Barclay avoids the temptation to draw out the end like a cheerleader pulling gum, something that only works in Golden Era crime, and I always feel is out of place in otherwise fast-paced books of a more recent age.
Against this the characters have a slightly superficial feel, as though they have only been given the complexity they need for the book, and the denouement was not a huge surprise, though it was batted back and forth between two potential subjects nicely. But these really are minor complaints I really enjoyed this book and I will definitely be going back and reading some more of Linwood's books on the basis of this one.
Dark
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A missing child sets four families on a frantic hunt for answers as they unearth a mind-bending...
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The Chocolate Lady (94 KP) rated Light Shining In The Forest in Books
Oct 7, 2020
Falconer's Crusade
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Oxford University, in 1264, the savage murder of a young girl kindles a frenzy of suspicion between...
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