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Interview: David Fairer

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Originally from Hull and now based in Leeds, David Fairer was a Professor of English at Leeds University before he retired. After a career teaching about some of the greatest novels in the English language he started writing historical mysteries. Now, he’s taken up the…
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On the Radar: Criminal masterminds

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Yes, it’s true. Every book in this week’s roundup features a criminal masterminds of one kind or another, and in three of them we’re talking about proper anti-hero types. We’ve got the latest from Gary Phillips, Saima Mir, Paul D Brazill, Maryann Webb, Douglas Jackson…
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Meet the author: James Ellson

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Policing is an incredibly difficult job and, often, the drama and trauma we read about in the pages of crime novels are a reflection of real life. Crime author James Ellson’s career is a case in point. Today he writes crime novels full of action…
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