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The Optician's Wife by Betsy Reavley

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Every single thing about Deborah Campaign seems to be ordinary. If they notice her at all, people see frizzy hair, a slightly pear-shaped build, charity shop clothes and an unremarkable checkout girl in Woolworths. At home, in the anonymous terraced house in a quiet Cambridge…
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Can't wait for Saturday

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On the Radar — Ever since Friday on My Mind came out on 2 July last year, Nicci French fans have been waiting for the Saturday instalment of the author’s days of the week series. It’s our lead book this week, and is followed by…
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Should have gone to SpecSavers?

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On the Radar — Get your reading glasses, if you need them, because we start off this week’s new releases with a peculiar novel about a woman who starts off marrying an optician and ends up selling her body and involved in a murder case….
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Summertime, and the living is EZ

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On the Radar — Ezekiel ‘Easy’ Rawlins returns this week for another neon-lit adventure among the hills and boulevards of Los Angeles. We’ve also got a new printing of Dashiell Hammett’s short stories, and a great selection of further crime novels to try. Charcoal Joe…
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