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The Shut Eye by Belinda Bauer

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Expectations are always high for a new novel from Belinda Bauer, winner of the CWA Gold Dagger for her debut, Blacklands, and the most recent recipient of the Theakston’s Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year (for Rubbernecker). Yet while quality is always assured, you’re…
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Interview: Belinda Bauer

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Five novels into her crime career, Belinda Bauer has become a favourite among critics and readers alike. Her 2010 debut, Blacklands won the CWA Gold Dagger in 2010. Rubbernecker, which features an anatomy student who stumbles across a crime amidst the cadavers, was recently longlisted…
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Rubbernecker by Belinda Bauer

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Having won the CWA Gold Dagger for her audacious 2010 debut Blacklands, about a 12-year-old boy who corresponds with a jailed child killer, Belinda Bauer promised to be one of those writers capable of leading the reader into some unsettling places. She’s done it again…
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Meet the author: Mark S Bonta

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Often, crime fiction and music seem to go hand in hand. For example, Ian Rankin’s Rebus novels frequently reference musical tracks and you can find Rebus playlists on Spotify. Mark S Bonta is a South Florida crime author who has gone one step further. When…
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On the Radar: Meet the New Zealand Nancys

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Kiwi crime fiction kicks things off in this week’s new books report, and RWR McDonald’s debut novel, inspired by Nancy Drew truly does look… inspired! Can’t wait to tuck into that one. Plus we’ve got a book with a rock soundtrack by Mark S Bonta,…
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The 007 best spy shows to try in 2025

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With season five of Slow Horses set to begin streaming on Apple TV+ from 24 September 2025, we realised that over the last few years there’s been a deluge of espionage on television and across the streaming services. For anyone who’s been bitten by the…
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