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Meet the crime-solving 'monkstables'

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On the Radar — This week the crime scenes range from a Colorado ski resort threatened by an ancient mystery to the distinctly unfashionable suburbs of Birmingham as we bring you the latest releases. There are also stops in Miami, and Mississippi but we’ll start…
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Touching Distance by Graham Hurley

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For years DS Jimmy Suttle made cameo appearances alongside his former boss, Joe Faraday, mixing it with ruthless Portsmouth gangsters like Bazza McKenzie. But the enigmatic Faraday died by his own hand, and McKenzie perished in a hail of police bullets. Suttle has given up…
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The PI Case Files - Part 3

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We’re getting deeper into the Crime Fiction Lover filing cabinet. This week, The PI Case Files brings you three more American greats in the genre including the private detective who started it all. Read on as we continue our series looking at the 12 greatest…
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On the Radar: People are strange

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We’ll start off this week with some World War II intrigue. There are other crime releases set in Stockholm, Texas and Liverpool too, but we’re making a special effort not to overlook Whitley Bay. And, we’ve also got a book featuring a modern monk who…
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The PI Case Files - Part 2

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Welcome to the second of four articles we’re presenting, in which we’ll tell you about 12 of the best private investigators throughout all of crime fiction. This week’s feature is an all-American showdown taking us from dusty Montana, via gritty Boston, to rusty Detroit. In…
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Jockeying for a bestseller

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On the Radar — If books were racehorses, who would you bet on? Today we bring you champion jockey AP McCoy’s crime writing debut, but it’s up against a whole stable of thoroughbreds. Patricia Cornwell, Michael Connolly, Graham Hurley and more. In fact, I don’t…
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