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Blood Vengeance by Douglas Jackson

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The third of Douglas Jackson’s Warsaw Quartet follows Blood Roses and Blood Sacrifice and sees Polish investigator Jan Kalisz taken from occupied Warsaw and dropped in to northern Scotland at the orders of Winston Churchill himself. Krystina Kowolska, resistance agent and a mionor member of…
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A classic revisited: The Night Manager

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John le Carré needs no introduction at this point; his legacy is immortalised on both the page and screen. While his Smiley novels are staples the world over, from Call for the Dead to his re-introduction to the world of The Circus in 2017’s A…
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On the Radar: An NYC Sherlock?

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Is New York City ready for a modern day Sherlock Holmes, who is also a spy? American author Jefferey Siger thinks so and has come up with a novel new series for the city. That’s were we get started in this week’s new books column,…
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What Boys Learn by Andromeda Romano-Lax

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Canadian author Andromeda Romano-Lax’s new psychological thriller What Boys Learn arrives at a timely moment. In many countries there’s an ongoing discussion about the rise of toxic masculinity and the perceived unhappiness of men in modern society. A perceptive counsellor like this book’s protagonist, Abby…
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On the Radar: Groundhog Day

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The idea of reliving an event and perhaps reliving it better the next time, and the time after that, is an interesting branch of metafiction. It can be hilarious too, as our lead book, a debut by CE Hulse, aims to prove. Coming out of…
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