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The Moai Island Puzzle

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Written by Alice Arisugawa, translated by Ho-Ling Wong — Golden Age mysteries are formulaic and, far from being a flaw, it’s a major part of their appeal. The stories follow patterns, and the reward for readers is not in being tricked by a new and…
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The Kept Woman

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Written by Karin Slaughter — Keeping tabs on the myriad plot strands in a Karin Slaughter novel is like knitting with jelly, and number eight in the American author’s Will Trent series is a particularly slippery customer. Will hasn’t been around since 2013 and Unseen –…
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Blackout

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Written by Ragnar Jonasson, translated by Quentin Bates — Icelandic writer Ragnar Jonasson and his young detective Ari Thor had established a considerable fan base, even before Iceland’s football team amazed us with their storming performance. This is the third book published by Orenda in the…
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Clare Mackintosh wins at Harrogate!

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Crime author Clare Mackintosh has won the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year 2016 for her book I Let You Go. She was handed the award by Simon Theakston and broadcaster Mark Lawson tonight at the Crime Writing Festival, which began today in Harrogate, West…
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The Dead House

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Written by Harry Bingham — The body of a young woman is found in the annexe of a tiny church in the sleepy hamlet of Ystradfflur, deep in the remote Welsh countryside. The room has a history going back to medieval times and was a ‘dead house’ where bodies would…
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A quiet life, a quiet death

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On the Radar — Fans of Tartan noir have something new to get their teeth into this week as we lead off with a new novel from Scotland – but this one’s a bit different as it’s set in the 1950s. There are two more books…
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