Kirkus Reviews: Best Indie Thrillers and Mysteries of 2021
Weekly book lists of exciting new releases, bestsellers, classics, and more. The lists are curated by the editors of Kirkus Reviews.
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The Guardian: Reservoir 13 by Jon McGregor review
The rural village, the missing girl, the search for a body … then life goes on, as an archetypal story is rekindled with explosive results
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NPR: Take A Dangerous Ride Through 'Blacktop Wasteland'
S.A. Cosby’s latest is being marketed as a crime novel — but that crime is the least important element in this wrenching story about race, family, and the temptation to take that one last job.
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Foreword Reviews: Review of Vera Kelly Is Not a Mystery
Vera Kelly Is Not a Mystery: In Rosalie Knecht’s Vera Kelly is Not a Mystery, a former CIA agent balances her work duties with romance in her new role as a private investigator. Vera hoped for a more normal life after being abandoned by the CIA, but when she loses her…
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Crime Fiction Lover: This Is What Happened
The new Mick Herron standalone espionage thriller would be a Hitchcock film if he were alive today, says our reviewer RoughJustice
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Roy Freirich’s Deprivation is a Beautifully Crafted Trap
Deprivation is a must-read Roy Freirich’s Deprivation (Meerkat Press, March, 2020) is a book that could be described as a beautifully crafted trap. At first, the reader imagines that it will be one of those classic horror-thriller books, as all the ingredients are there: a vacation island, likable but life-scarred characters, strange events leading to […] More
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NB Magazine: Chasing Hares by Christina James
Chasing Hares is a pure joy to read and I savoured every page. I realise I have been missing out because this is the eighth DI Yates book and yet this is the first time I have ventured into the south Lincolnshire Fens – shame on me! James’ love of crime fiction shines out in …
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Foreword Reviews: The Dead Girls Club by Damien Angelica Walters
The Dead Girls Club: In Damien Angelica Walters’s occult thriller “The Dead Girls Club”, there are some childhood secrets that can’t be outgrown. When they were young, Heather and her best friend, Becca, were fascinated by all things dark and creepy. With two…
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NB Magazine: Cage by Lilja Sigurdardottir
Cage completes an original, intensely dark triptych that chronicles post crash Iceland. This is a gritty, textured, bitter-sweet tale of life for a small group of ordinary people caught up in the financial collapse and it’s aftermath. People who have gravitated to or been pushed toward the edges of society, people who struggle to cope. …
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Kirkus Reviews: DEPRIVATION by Roy Freirich
In this cinematic thriller, crippling insomnia infects the tourists and residents of a small town following the appearance of a mysteriously silent orphan.
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NB Magazine: Little Siberia by Anti Tuimainen
I first discovered this author when I read his novel The Healer, a post-apocalyptic story set in a Helsinki beset by the effects of calamitous flooding and climate change. It was a brilliant novel – and with climate change increasingly seen as an emergency – one that was ahead of its time. I next encountered …
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Kirkus Reviews: A PILGRIMAGE TO DEATH by Alexa Padgett
A reverend in New Mexico tries her hand at sleuthing when a recent homicide shares similarities with her twin sister’s unsolved murder in this mystery.
