Reviews of the new releases in crime fiction May, 2025.

Featuring:

A Beautiful Way to Die Eleni Kyriacou 

The Doorman Chris Pavone 

Going Home in the Dark Dean Koontz

Two Adam Lapid Mysteries Jonathan Dunsky 

Kill Pill David Barbaree 

A Death in the Afternoon Julie Anderson

The Lady in the Park David Reynolds 

Death by Intent Jacqueline Harrett  

The Golden Age of Murder Martin Edwards

Motives Unknown An Anthology of Writing From the North Ed. Nathan Connolly & Harriet Hirshman

Rum Punch Elmore Leonard 

Noted new release - not reviewed - Whistle Linwood Barclay

Paul Burke writes for Monocle Magazine, Crime Time, Crime Fiction Lover and the European Literature Network, Punk Noir Magazine (fiction contribution). He is also a CWA Historical Dagger Judge 2025. His first book An Encyclopedia of  Spy Fiction will be out early 2026.

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