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Halley Sutton: The Lady Upstairs
Blackmail, Corruption – All in a Day’s Work Jo, Lou and Jackal all work for the Lady Upstairs. Lou is the only one who has direct contact with Lady. She delivers the targets, and they get to work. The targets: wealthy men who are somehow on Lady’s radar. Generally, cheating, corrupt, thieving, assholes. Jackal didn’t…
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Christopher Swann: Never Turn Back
Ethan Faulkner lives a moderate life as an English professor. There is much in his past, namely the survival of a home invasion, that he’s worked at forgetting. Along with his sister Susannah, he is taken in by his Uncle Gavin. Ethan coped well, but Susannah…she had issues. Issues, that in the end, Ethan couldn’t…
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Simon Maltman: Witness
How have things come to this? ‘Lord is this your will?‘ Pastor Tom has a past. Many do in East Belfast post-Troubles. Sure there’d been times he’d been called upon to inflict a ‘punishment beating.’ But that’s all behind him. Has been for years. He lives the straight life now with his lovely wife and…
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Jason Beech: American Spartan +Interview +Bonus Book-1 Review
SOFTLY, SOFTLY Ricky Nardilo is a cop in the small town where he grew up. His position there is tenuous – he doesn’t know who on the police force he can trust. Everyone in town is owned by Vale. Vale who haunts his life and watches his every step. It wasn’t a great town when…
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Trace Conger: Mirage Man
Fans of Trace Connor will immediately recognize, through writing alone, that Connor Harding is the brother of Finn Harding from the award winning Mr. Finn Series. The Harding brothers have other things in common besides family. They are both quick to act and both see things through. Both have taken lives, but one brother without…
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‘Tis the Season
May this Holiday Season bring you happiness and many blessings. It may not be your usual celebration so clap your hands, honour your elders, blow a horn, salute the veterans, throw a kiss, thank our helpers, and be as joyful as you can. Meantime, a short hiatus for me đ ~ June Lorraine  MurderInCommon.com is…
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Gray Basnight: Madness of the Q
Sam speaks truth to power The Madness The Quelle or Q document is a translated manuscript that purports to be the New Testament Gospels of Matthew and Luke. Their unveiling causes religious upheaval and a contagion of suicide. This time mathematics professor Sam Teagarden is approached by the FBI who, in the prequel, made him…
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S.A. Cosby: Blacktop Wasteland
Beauregard Montage is in danger of losing his garage. Well, much more than that really as “Bug” can lose everything close to his heart if he takes part in a diamond heist. Bug is known over several states as the best wheel-man around. He’s been straight for a few years, but circumstances have him in…
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Dietrich Kalteis: Cradle of the Deep
Bobbi Ricci makes her way in the world the best she can. These days, she’s the girlfriend of Lonzo ‘Maddog’ Palmieri. He’s pretty long in the tooth and not quite the fearsome mobster he used to be, but he likes to play-up the mad dog persona. Bobbi has plans for the money hidden in his…
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Brian Selfon: The Nightworkers
Don’t open it, don’t weigh it, don’t hold it up to the light Welcome to Brooklyn Noir and the neighbourhood of Bushwick. In one tidy home lives Shecky, Kerasha and Henry. Kerasha, 21, is a cousin who had a heroin addicted mother and rotating doors of foster homes. Henry 23, is his nephew, once a…
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Stephen J. Golds: Say Goodbye When I’m Gone
The nail that sticks out will be hammered down My waiting with veiled patience for Say Goodbye When I’m Gone has paid off. This debut by Stephen J Golds is one urgent, breathless trip and certainly not for the prim and squeamish. It’s noir with a capital N. It’s the blunt end of the sword…
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Simone St. James: The Sun Down Motel
With Halloween 2-weeks away, here’s some deliciously spooky crime fiction. The Sun Down Motel has been around for years, and so have the ghosts haunting it. The cigarette smoker, the battered woman in the floral dress, and the little boy who drowned in the pool. They all appear in this story, but not all are…