The Latest selection of Crime, Mystery and Thriller fiction reviewed by Paul Burke.

 The Books:
Every Trick in the Book Bernard O'Keefe (Muswell Press PB)
Gathering Storm Lynne McEwan (Canelo, PB)*
The Harlem Detectives Chester Himes intro. SA Cosby (Everyman HB)
Taken Dinuka MacKenzie (Canelo PB)
Has Anyone Seen Charlotte Salter Nicci French (Simon & Schuster HB)
Every smile You Fake Dorothy Koomson (Headline Review HB)
The Descent Paul E Hardisty (Orenda PB)
To the River Vikki Wakefield (No Exit Press HB)*
Point Zero Seicho Matsumoto (Bitter Lemon Press PB)  Trans, Louise Heal Kawai
The Dancer Óscar Gudmundson (Corylus PB) trans. Quentin Bates
Deep Harbour Tove Alsterdal (Faber PB) Trans. Alice Menzies
The Lagos Wife Vanessa Walters (Hutchinson Heineman HB)
Original Sins Erin Young (Hodder & Stoughton HB)
Smoke Kings Jahmal Mayfield (Melville House Press)
End of Story AJ Finn (Harper Collins, HB)
Rising Tide Alan Bardos (Sharpe PB)
Bridges to Burn  Marion Todd (Canelo PB)*
Nobody's Coming Home Alec Cizak (ABC Group Documentation PB)

*Thank you to Lynne, Vikki and Marion for thier elevator pitches.

Paul Burke writes for Crime Time, Crime Fiction Lover and the European Literature Network. He is also a CWA Historical Dagger Judge 2023. His first book An Encyclopedia of  Spy Fiction will be out in 2025.

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