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Mayhem

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Written by Sarah Pinborough — As a setting Victorian London seems to be a mainstay in crime fiction. It will always of course be associated with that most famous of detectives, Sherlock Holmes, but there is also Sexton Blake, Dickens’ Bleak House, and The Moonstone…
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You are cordially invited... to die!

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On the radar — Welcome to our weekly report on new books. Waiting for your predilection are a new case for Stav Sherez’s detectives Carrigan and Miller, and the launch of a new mystery series from debut crime writer Jonelle Patrick. Starting things off, though, we…
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Deadly Deceit

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Written by Mari Hannah — It’s a strange law of nature in publishing, but the third novel is very often the breakout novel for a new crime fiction author. Deadly Deceit is no exception. Good though the previous two books in the Kate Daniels series were,…
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A day with Lynda La Plante

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With her work on series like Prime Suspect, Trial and Retribution and Above Suspicion, British writer Lynda La Plante is regarded by many to be the godmother of television crime drama. She’s also had huge success in the bookstores, with copies of her eight Anna…
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The Carrier

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Written by Sophie Hannah — When I read Sophie Hannah’s first novel, Little Face, I was shocked and amazed. It was as though the author had rummaged around in the deepest, darkest recesses of my mind, and unearthed all the items I try to keep well-hidden,…
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The Devil In Her Way

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Written by Bill Loehfelm — Maureen Coughlin, the protagonist of Loehfelm’s previous novel The Devil She Knows, is back. But the author has traken her from Staten Island, New York to New Orleans. She has left waitressing behind and joined the New Orleans Police Department….
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