Crime novel

Litchfield Reviews Call the Witness by Edna Sherry for the Lancashire Post

Lancashire Post book review by Nicholas Litchfield: A newly minted partner at a prestigious law firm must fight for his reputation and freedom when he stands trial for his wife’s murder in Call the Witness, a taut 1960s crime novel steeped in small-town suspicion, legal intrigue, and simmering class tensions.

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Indies Today Gives Hessman’s Necklace a 4-Star Review

In a glowing review featured today, Nicky Flowers at Indies Today praises *Hessman’s Necklace*, calling it “a snarky crime noir with a decadent streak.” Flowers notes that the story offers “punchy storytelling, fully embracing the grit, grime, and sleazy charm that defines the retro thriller genre,” ultimately declaring, “Classing up crime and giving noir a bold new gloss, *Hessman’s Necklace* is a thrilling ride with a polished 1950s flair.”

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Litchfield Reviews So Many Doors by Oakley Hall

First published by Random House in 1950, So Many Doors is the debut novel by Pulitzer Prize-nominated American writer Oakley Hall, an English professor emeritus at UC Irvine and author of 25 books, who died in 2008. During his distinguished career, Hall won numerous awards, including the Wrangler Award and the Western Writers of America

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Book Review of Zero Avenue By Dietrich Kalteis for The Lancashire Post

Nicholas Litchfield Reviews Zero Avenue by Dietrich Kalteis for The Lancashire Post: Set in 1979 in the savage, seedy bars and back alleys of Vancouver’s fearsome Eastside, Zero Avenue is a tough, edgy crime novel focused on a female singer’s struggle to stop being the dope-running girlfriend of a powerful drug dealer and position her band to ride the wave of the emerging punk music scene.

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