crime fiction

  • Short Story: The Groundskeeper by J. Kyle Turner

    Short Story: The Groundskeeper by J. Kyle Turner

    Crime-Fiction / Whodunnit?

    This is a guest post by J. Kyle Turner. Please see the author’s links if you enjoyed this piece.

    Dunstan Harrows sat in the near darkness of the groundskeeper’s cottage while the setting sun glared through the window behind him.

    He often came here in the evening to shed the heat of the day while his callouses hardened and the mud dried to dirt under…

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  • Short Story: Crisp Lines by A. J. Evley

    Short Story: Crisp Lines by A. J. Evley

    Crime Fiction / Murder Mystery

    This is a guest post by A. J. Evley. Please see the author’s links if you enjoyed this piece.

    The phone rings at twenty past eight while I’ve got my arms elbow deep in the washing up. I tap the loudspeaker with my driest finger.

    “Marion Turner?”

    “Speaking.”

    “DC Dana Hartfield, Thames Valley cold case unit. Sorry to call so late…

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  • The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins – Book Review

    The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins – Book Review

    Thriller

    I remember seeing this book everywhere a few years back.
    At home, book in hand, I read what it was about and immediately thought that it would not make for my kind of reading. It sounded like it just wouldn’t be my thing. I like action, adventure, fast-paced escapism from anything everyday, but I turned to the first page to see and I’ll fairly say that it hooked me in from…

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