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The River at Night

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Written by Erica Ferencik — The buzz for this thriller started last year, when an advance proof arrived in a waterproof pouch with a little torch, map and protein bar. It transpires that all of these things would have been more use to the characters in…
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Jericho Road by Douglas Watkinson

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Nathan Hawk. The name conjures up a superhero or a big, bruising, bad guy, doesn’t it? Sorry to disappoint – meet Nathan Hawk, a former police officer with 30 years on the job, who was made to retire early because of ‘anger management disorder’ and now…
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DeathBecomesHer: Top Five Books of 2016

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It’s the most wonderful time of the year – and I don’t mean the Holidays. No, I’m referring to the torture that is ‘My Top Five Books of 2016’. I’ve reviewed around 45 books this year and honestly, it’s like choosing a favourite child! So I’ve…
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A Suitable Lie

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Written by Michael J Malone — A lonely widower, bringing up his son alone, isn’t really in the market for romance but finds it all the same – surely the stuff of Victorian potboilers and Barbara Cartland? Early signs are good as Andy Boyd finally…
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Night School

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Written by Lee Child — We’ve got to number 21 in the Jack Reacher series and the big man is as unpredictable as ever. As is his creator, because this time Lee Child has taken Reacher back 20 years and our 35-year-old hero is still…
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The Bone Collection

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Written by Kathy Reichs — Temperance Brennan has come a long way in 18 books, but readers have never really learned how she got into forensic anthropology in the first place. Until now, that is. Because one of the four novellas that make up Kathy…
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NTN: Spotlight on Orenda Books

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Orenda Books is a small independent publisher focusing on literary fiction, with a heavy emphasis on crime thrillers. About half its titles are in translation. Founded in late 2014 by Karen Sullivan, Orenda began on a shoestring and has steadily developed its portfolio publishing six books…
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