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On the Radar: Follow the desert star

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28 October, 2022

Bosch and Ballard are back to head up our round-up of new crime books this week, and we have a review on the way of Michael Connelly’s Desert Star. Perfect timing – hopefully it will tide you over if you’re waiting for the second season…

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A Heart Full of Headstones by Ian Rankin

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23 October, 2022

It comes as something of a shock to realise that John Rebus has been around for 35 years – he first appeared in Knots and Crosses, way back in 1987. A Heart Full of Headstones is the irascible ex-cop’s 24th outing in print and these…

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On the Radar: Get ready to be spooked

By DeathBecomesHer

16 September, 2022

It might be a little early to start planning for Halloween but if you’re looking for some horror x crime fiction then this week’s lead book is for you. A Sliver of Darkness by British author CJ Tudor includes 11 short stories full of terror….

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Grave Issue by Julia Vaughan

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15 September, 2022

On the face of it DCI Kath Fortune isn’t your typical crime fiction protagonist. She runs a cold case team in Shropshire, smokes like a chimney, has recently lost weight, is finally in a relationship with a man she has loved from afar for years…

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The doctor will see you now... SK Tremayne

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14 September, 2022

He’s an author who successfully merged crime fiction with a sense of other-worldliness in The Ice Twins, and SK Tremayne has taken a similar approach with The Drowning Hour, which came out in the summer. Now he is in the chair for a new edition…

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A Perfect Family by Sarah Sheridan

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12 September, 2022

You don’t get a more dramatic start to a crime novel than the discovery of six bodies, hanging side by side in the conservatory of a fairly run-of-the-mill Buckinghamshire family home. And they are a family, three generations of the Bryants to be precise. Was…

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1989 by Val McDermid

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2 September, 2022

The 1980s are having something of a renaissance right now thanks to TV series like The Newsreader and Stranger Things. Just ask Kate Bush, whose 1986 hit Running Up That Hill took on a new life after featuring in the latter show on Netflix. Val…

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The Cliff House by Chris Brookmyre

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13 August, 2022

As much as we all love crime fiction, sometimes it can get stuck in an irritating groove. Remember when every other book had ‘Girl’ in the title? Recently there has been an onslaught of dodgy new neighbours causing havoc in quiet suburban cul-de-sacs. And as…

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On the Radar: Follow the desert star

A Heart Full of Headstones by Ian Rankin

On the Radar: Get ready to be spooked

Grave Issue by Julia Vaughan

The doctor will see you now... SK Tremayne

A Perfect Family by Sarah Sheridan

1989 by Val McDermid

The Cliff House by Chris Brookmyre

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