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Capital Punishment

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Written by Robert Wilson — A chaotic, booze-fueled night out for a group of London 20-somethings results in confusion and a random stabbing on a Covent Garden pavement. A drunk girl is whisked away from the carnage in a taxi. But it isn’t a real…
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Stark Contrasts

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Written by Peter Carroll — Have you ever wanted to snatch the iPod away from that youth in the next seat on the train, and fling it the length of the carriage? When you were sitting in the restaurant, deafened by the City wide boy…
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The Necessary Death of Lewis Winter

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Written by Malcolm Mackay — In this debut novel by the Stornaway-based author Malcolm Mackay, we enter the cold world of Glasgow contract killer, Calum Maclean. With the venerable but respected hitman Frank McCloud recovering from a hip operation, young Calum is much in demand. He…
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Not All Stars Sparkle

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Written by Carys Jones — Chicago lawyer Aiden Connolly, exhausted and fearing that his marriage and sanity are at risk from his lifestyle, sells up and moves south to the town of Avalon. He has been appointed partner to Edmond Copes. His new life seems…
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The Party

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Written by JD Carter — Those who enjoy a subtle crime mystery, an intricate plot and a collection of sympathetic characters should look away now. On the other hand, if you want a relentless, violent and visceral  story peopled by deeply unpleasant members of the London…
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Interview: Stuart Neville

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Today sees the release of Stuart Neville’s fourth book, Ratlines. Just as James Ellroy picked at the scab of America’s political upheavals in the 1960s – from the Bay of Pigs to the assassinations of Martin Luther King Jr, and the Kennedys – in his…
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Ratlines by Stuart Neville

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It is 1963, and in a few weeks John F Kennedy, the young, charismatic president of America will arrive in Dublin to visit his ancestral homeland. The Irish justice minister, Charles Haughey, is faced with a dilemma. His government, compromised over its controversial neutrality during…
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