Debuts are the lifeblood of crime fiction. Without new authors and new ideas, the genre would become stale and boring. Every year we see an influx of new authors,...
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Coming up with the Best Books of the Year is always a challenging task. The idea of ranking and rating books never really sits right with me, as so much comes down to...
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Every year there are piles of books released with a fanfare of manufactured publicity by publishers, and certain reviewers, while other equally good books quietly find...
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Fans of the thrillers by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child are in for a real treat in 2026! Coming in January is an origin story for their popular series about the...
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Tartan Noir certainly gets off to a good start in 2026 with books by two of the quietly performing champions of the genre. A Death In Glasgow by Eva Macrae (Century, 8...
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This week in the Canberra Weekly I reviewed three very different new thrillers about new and old crimes. Silent Bones by Val McDermid (Little, Brown, 23 October 2025)...
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