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DeathBecomesHer: Top five books of 2024

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27 December, 2024

As the months of 2024 whizzed past, there were times when real life seemed way stranger than fiction. But when everything around you is going to hell in a handcart it’s the perfect opportunity to lose yourself within the pages of a book – and…

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Deadly Animals by Marie Tierney

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20 December, 2024

In a world populated by off-kilter characters, it takes a certain something to make a protagonist memorable for a crime fiction reader. For me there are just a handful that stick out – Elizabeth in Emma Healey’s Elizabeth is Missing, for example; Liz Nugent’s Strange…

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Murder Town by Shelley Burr

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21 November, 2024

Where would Australian crime fiction be without its small, isolated outback towns, complete with crime rates to rival Midsomer Murders? The likes of Chris Hammer, Jane Harper and Garry Disher have put such places on the map – and long may they continue to do…

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Midnight and Blue by Ian Rankin

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24 October, 2024

Crime fiction has been invaded by a veritable army of silver sleuths in recent years, from Richard Osman’s Thursday Murder Club series to books by Elly Griffiths and Steph Broadribb. But leading the charge is Ian Rankin and his creation John Rebus. However, like Michael…

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The Waiting by Michael Connelly

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14 October, 2024

For fans of Michael Connelly and his characters Harry Bosch and Renee Ballard, a year always seems like a long time to wait for a book featuring one or both of them. Throw in Connelly’s besuited Lincoln Lawyer into the mix, things can get even…

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Here One Moment by Liane Moriarty

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9 October, 2024

From the days of reading fairy tales, we’ve been conditioned to mistrust the solitary old lady. Think Red Riding Hood’s grandma, Snow White’s stepmother or even Baba Yaga… You have been warned! Which brings us to Cherry Lockwood, a nondescript elderly woman who makes no…

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Will End in Fire by Nicole Bokat

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30 September, 2024

Guilt, whether earned or simply perceived, is a rich vein that runs through Nicole Bokat‘s Will End in Fire – and it will have you second-guessing its central character, Ellie, from the get-go. Mind you, Ellie has plenty of second-guessing of her own to do…

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Mick Herron's Slow Horses reaches season four on Apple TV+

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3 September, 2024

With a loud trump and a pithy put-down, Jackson Lamb and his motley bunch of MI5 failures return to Apple TV+ from 4 Sept 2024, for the fourth season of Slow Horses, based on the award-winning novels of Mick Herron. The latest outing takes its…

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