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Death in the Aviary by  by Victoria Dowd
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There is something deeply pleasant about reading a classic whodunnit from the Golden Age of crime writing. Back in the day it felt that there was a proper set of rules to a crime and solving it. Set so long ago that people call these cases cozy but is there anything cozy about murder? I may have...

Article by Sam Tyler on 15th September 2025
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Murder is in the eye of the beholder and Brandi Bradley’s Pretty Girls Get Away with Murder is the perfect example of how different people can see the same events. The police are always suspicious, open to any leads, until they find the person they think is the prime suspect. This suspect...

Article by Sam Tyler on 5th September 2025
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Lies and Dolls by  by Nev Fountain
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I try not to collect too much stuff, choosing to live in the now. If I kept every book that I ever read, every toy that I ever played with, or birthday card I received, I would have no room in my house. I certainly do not keep things “mint in box.” You could have an attic full...

Article by Sam Tyler on 2nd September 2025
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A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies. The man who never reads lives only one.
- George R. R. Martin
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Fleet Landing by  by Wendy Gee
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There are so many angles and directions that you can tackle the crime genre in. Being a police officer is obvious, but you also get Private Investigators, or even the local busybody or vicar solving a crime. I enjoy all these approaches, but if you are drawn to particularly thoughtful and...

Article by Sam Tyler on 17th June 2025
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Cheddar Luck Next Time by  by Beth Cato
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I find most comfy crime novels an oxymoron as they usually deal with a hideous murder. The cosiness comes in the telling and the setting. I blame Agatha Christie’s Miss Marple books with that inquisitive pensioner solving crimes that were hideous, gruesome, committed for money, revenge, or...

Article by Sam Tyler on 22nd April 2025
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The Last Quarry by  by Max Allan Collins
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Never say never when it comes to being a hired hitman. You may not want to kill for money anymore, but if you are anything like Quarry in The Last Quarry by Max Allan Collins you may just end up getting in a situation that relies on your old skills and if you get paid for it all the better. This...

Article by Sam Tyler on 3rd April 2025
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The Get Off by  by Christa Faust
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A good life is a life well lived full of new adventures, meeting new people, and experiencing new things. On this criteria Angel Dare has had one of the best lives, she is always meeting new people and finding herself in new places, but not for the reasons she would want. From adult film star to...

Article by Sam Tyler on 21st March 2025
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Midnight Streets by  by Phil Lecomber
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Agatha Christie would have us believe that inter-War murder was cosy, taking place in a picturesque village or on a mode of transport whilst taking in the sites of the Grand Tour. Whilst Marple was eating muffins and Poirot was drinking Prosecco, most of us would have been thrown into the daily...

Article by Sam Tyler on 13th March 2025
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A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies. The man who never reads lives only one.
- George R. R. Martin
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The Contest by  by Jeff Macfee
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Puzzle me this. Whilst other kids were outside climbing trees or knocking a football around, you would often find me indoors or under a tree reading a book or doing puzzles. That has led to two lifelong consequences; a love of puzzles and a problem with weight. Puzzler was always my favourite,...

Article by Sam Tyler on 14th February 2025
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The Ninja Daughter by  by Tori Eldridge
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There are many reasons that an investigator in fiction gets involved in a case. Perhaps they are a Detective, and it is their job, or they are a Private Investigator getting paid. You may stumble across a body and suddenly find yourself drawn into a mystery. All these paths lead to a different...

Article by Sam Tyler on 21st January 2025
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Finding Katarina M by  by Elizabeth Elo
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I have read a few novels recently that have protagonists that seemingly have little control over their destiny, instead stepping into the stream of the narrative and being carried along. On occasion this is a flood and the character flails around with no impact on the wider story, but there is...

Article by Sam Tyler on 6th January 2025
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Culprits by  by Richard Brewer
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Your average heist movie ends in one of two ways; a cliffhanger or the job complete. You rarely get to see what happens to the criminals as they make it off with their ill-gotten gains, or when they are thrown into the slammer. Unless you are Oceans 11, then you just get a couple more heists a...

Article by Sam Tyler on 12th December 2024
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