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OxCrimes 3: Christopher Fowler

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Exclusive extracts from OxCrimes — Yesterday saw the release of a special crime fiction anthology by Profile Books. OxCrimes brings you short stories by 27 top crime authors and will benefit the global anti-poverty charity Oxfam. To support the launch, we’re working with Profile to…
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OxCrimes 2: Martyn Waites

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Exclusive extracts from OxCrimes – On 15 May, Profile Books will be releasing OxCrimes, a special anthology that includes 27 short stories by some of the world’s best crime authors. To support the launch of the book, we’re working with Profile to bring you extracts…
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OxCrimes 1: Adrian McKinty

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Exclusive extracts from OxCrimes — On 15 May, Profile Books will be releasing OxCrimes, a special anthology that includes 27 short stories by some of the world’s best crime authors. They include Mark Billingham, Ann Cleeves, Neil Gaiman, Val McDermid, Yrsa Sigurdardottir, Fred Vargas and…
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Book Club

Sorrow Bound

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We interviewed former journalist David Mark after his previous novel Original Skin won universal praise in crime fiction circles. The intriguingly named lynchpins of that book, Aector McAvoy and Trish Pharoah are back. Their stamping grounds remain the unlovely Humberside port of Hull. In an…
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This Dark Road to Mercy

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Cash’s first novel, A Land More Kind Than Home was widely admired. Here he tells a tale which is equally gripping and endearing. Easter Quillby is a girl on the verge of womanhood, and she and her younger sister are in care. Their mother is…
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