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New Crime and Detective Fiction for June

By Neil

Welcome to this month’s selection of newly acquired crime and detective fiction titles.

Welcome to this month’s selection of newly acquired crime and detective fiction titles. As always, we have lined up a selection of likely suspects for you to peruse.

First up we have Death on the Lusitania by R.L Graham; an Agatha Christie-esque mystery set aboard the ill-fated ocean liner. Next, we have a couple of excellent titles from authors originally hailing from Aotearoa, the first of which is Kim Hunt’s superb The Quarry. We recently had the great pleasure of hosting a Ngaio Marsh event at Te Puna Waiora Newtown Library, in which Kim took part.

Dark deeds Down Under. Volume 2 is the second volume of the  acclaimed anthology, featuring specially commissioned New Zealand and Australian crime and detective short stories, collated by Ngaio Marsh  Awards mastermind and maestro Craig Sisterson.

Murder on the Allotment by Julie Wassmer is the latest instalment of the hugely popular cosy crime series. Wassmer’s books have become synonymous with great characterisation, coupled with lots of thrills and tension but with none of the gore associated with other crime genres. Fans of the chef, allotment holder and detective Pearl Nolan will be pleased to hear the books have now been adapted for television.

We also have a compelling and sinister debut novel, The Hunter’s Daughter by Nicola Solvinic, where the detective in the novel is the secret offspring of a serial killer. In contrast to the previous offerings, we  also have a collection of twelve Shakespearean-themed murder mysteries set in Elizabethan London in the shape of Peter Tremayne’s Made for Murders: a collection of twelve Elizabethan mysteries featuring Master Hardy Drew, Constable of the Bankside Watch. Deadly Animals by Marie Tierney is another debut novel, the daring and dark premise of which is a thirteen-year-old girl on the hunt of a serial killer in Britain. Our final pick comes from the bestselling Swedish author Tove Alsterdal called Deep Harbour when her detective Eira Sjodin’s investigates a decades-old murder.