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Oranges and Lemons by Christopher Fowler

22 August, 2020

Nursery rhymes, as we all know, often have disturbing and violent messages. The old London rhyme Oranges and Lemons is no exception. When the speaker of the House of Commons Michael Claremont is badly injured under a delivery of citrus fruit near St Clement’s Church,…

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When We Fall

By Catherine Turnbull

8 July, 2020

Two women and an airman with ice blue eyes are in jeopardy, and at the heart of this smart World War II thriller by Carolyn Kirby. Vee Katchatourian is a pilot ferrying new aircraft to RAF airfields in England when she meets Polish-born flier Stefan…

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Are you ready for virtual Harrogate?

By Catherine Turnbull

3 July, 2020

Theakston Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival may not be happening in Harrogate this year at the Old Swan Hotel, but a free, virtual festival will be streamed by Harrogate International Festivals over the long weekend of 23 to 26 July. The HIF Weekender begins with a bang,…

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When We Fall by Carolyn Kirby

By Catherine Turnbull

7 May, 2020

From the moment you are captive in the cockpit with pilot Vee Katchatourian as she makes an emergency landing in fog in 1943, you will be pulled in to the drama of this World War II thriller. Within seconds she meets Polish-born RAF flier Stefan…

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Cancelled crime fiction festivals go online

By Catherine Turnbull

30 April, 2020

With much of the world on lockdown due to Covid-19, many crime fiction festivals have cancelled this year’s events. Instead, some are offering crime fiction lovers the opportunity to join virtual festivals online and interact with authors at live events and book launches, or watch…

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Hitler's Secret

By Catherine Turnbull

23 April, 2020

Cambridge professor Tom Wilde has risked his life over three previous thrillers by Rory Clements to spy for and protect his adopted Britain and native United States of America, mainly from the evil Fascists at home and in Germany. Hitler’s Secret takes us two years into…

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Hitler's Secret

By Catherine Turnbull

28 January, 2020

Written by Rory Clements — Cambridge professor Tom Wilde has more than an academic interest in espionage. He has risked his life over three previous thrillers to spy for and protect his adopted Britain and native United States of America, mainly from the evil Fascists at…

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The Vanished Bride

By Catherine Turnbull

20 January, 2020

Charlotte, Emily and Anne Brontë become female detectives when they set off across the wet and wild Yorkshire moors in pursuit of the truth in 1845, with this crime debut for Rowan Coleman, writing as Bella Ellis. A young bride is missing from her home…

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