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On the Radar: They're here...

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Yes, This is the Night They Come for You is here and it’s a good choice to lead off our weekly new books report. Robert Goddard’s new book is a mystery tinged by the dying age of empire – with the French getting the boot…
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On the Radar: From Norway with scales

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Just as COVID restrictions have eased we’ve now got the heightened worry that every living thing on the planet could soon be vaporised in a nuclear cataclysm… but at least there’s our weekly newsletter to distract you. And anyway, as crime fiction lovers, we’re used…
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The Interview by CM Ewan

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Job interviews are a nightmare, aren’t they? The last one I attended started off just fine, even though it was scheduled for 5pm on a Friday. Everything was going OK but then the recruitment expert asking the questions started to get very passive-aggressive with his…
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Interview: Sarah Sheridan

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Sarah Sheridan arrived on the scene early last year with The Convent and has quickly become a popular and prolific thriller writer. Centred on the exploits of an inquisitive nun called Sister Veronica, it has been followed by two sequels and a standalone novel. On…
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The Promise looks promising on BBC Four

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When Anne Landois was working on the French TV crime hit Spiral, she would consult with police detectives from time to time. Some of the most interesting and important stories, she felt, were the ones where the police actually failed to solve difficult cases. The…
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