- The Notting Hill Mystery by Charles Warren Adams
- The Female Detective by Andrew Forrester
- The Return of the Thin Man by Dashiell Hammett
- Hard Twisted by C. Joseph Greaves
- Gold Digger by Frances Fyfield
- Scratch Deeper by Chris Simms
- Vulture Peak by John Burdett
- Killing the Emperors by Ruth Dudley Edwards
Laura Wilson with a new crime fiction roundup. Her reviews at guardian.co.uk.
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