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Suspect by Robert Crais

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During the time I’ve been writing reviews for Crime Fiction Lover, I’ve laughed, screamed, jumped in fright, and even startled my husband with cries of anguish at the final, shocking twist of a book. Now, dammit, Robert Crais, you made me blub. I’m ashamed to…
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Suspect

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Do you have a soft spot for dogs? Then you might enjoy this story from Robert Crais. The story switches between the absolute hell of Afghanistan, and the slightly safer streets of downtown Los Angeles. A human death, authorities who try to minimise the personal…
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Poppy Plays Fair by Leigh Russell

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Roll up! Roll up! The annual summer fair has arrived in Ashton Mead, bringing with it the customary mayhem, mistrust… and murder? While many villagers complain about the crowds of townies the fair draws in, to say nothing of the litter, vandalism and petty crime,…
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The Wanted

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Written by Robert Crais — The Wanted is the 17th novel in the best-selling series about Los Angeles private detective Elvis Cole and his strong-arm sidekick Joe Pike. It also marks the 30th anniversary of their debut in The Monkey’s Raincoat. That novel collected the…
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Resurrection Bay by Emma Viskic

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Over the five years I’ve been reviewing for Crime Fiction Lover, some of my most memorable reads have featured protagonists who are that little bit different. There was Maggie Quinn, terrified of the dark in Dianne Gallagher’s Too Dark to Sleep; Alison Gaylin’s hyperthymestic syndrome sufferer,…
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The Day That Never Comes

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Written by Caimh McDonnell — It was during New Talent November last year that we first met Paul Mulchrone, the failed ‘granny whisperer’ and all-around trouble magnet in Caimh McDonnell’s debut novel A Man With One of Those Faces. Now Paul is back, and, yes, he’s in trouble…
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