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On the Radar: Vodka on the rocks

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Yes, yes, it’s a criminal headline but we’re specialists in the field. So we lead with Karin Smirnoff’s new Salander novel, which has the chilling title The Girl With Ice in Her Veins. There are cuts as in film edits with Richard ‘Thorin Oakenshield’ Armitage…
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Committed by Chris Merritt

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Committed is a spy story cum conspiracy thriller with some psychological noir in the mix, and perhaps this isn’t surprising given the author’s background. The British writer Chris Merritt is a former diplomat, a psychologist specialising in PTSD and works as a cyber security consultant….
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On the Radar: Lies and crime fiction

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The title and themes of Linwood Barclay’s latest novel have got us thinking. Is making up fiction the same as lying? Are crime authors really mendacious malingerers? Well, we know they aren’t but The Lie Maker looks deliciously intriguing… in a deceptive kind of way….
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