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Then She Was Gone

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Written by Luca Veste — Some books start with a bang, creating an unbearable tension that augurs well for what is to follow. Then She Was Gone is such a book, beginning with a nightmare scenario that would chill the blood of any parent. Tim Johnson…
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Watching Edie

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Written by Camilla Way — It’s really tricky to type when your jaw has dropped so much it is touching the keyboard, trust me. I can guarantee you’ll still be in shock hours after finishing this astonishing book, and desperately wanting to share with someone else who…
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The Kept Woman

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Written by Karin Slaughter — Keeping tabs on the myriad plot strands in a Karin Slaughter novel is like knitting with jelly, and number eight in the American author’s Will Trent series is a particularly slippery customer. Will hasn’t been around since 2013 and Unseen –…
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Interview: Camilla Way

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Watching Edie, the third crime novel by Camilla Way, is being billed by publishers HarperCollins as “the most unsettling psychological thriller you’ll read this year”. The pre-publicity for Watching Edie was pretty unusual too, with reviewers receiving cut up photos of themselves in the mail, as…
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Saturday Requiem

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Written by Nicci French — The great thing about reading a well-written book is that it puts the reader slap-bang in the heart of the action, to the point where real life recedes and the printed world is paramount. Such is the magic of the…
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The Fire Child

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Written by SK Tremayne — Cornwall, land of rugged coastlines and tasty pasties. Where your most taxing problem might be whether to put the clotted cream or the jam first onto your scones.The perfect setting, you would think, to start married life. And when your new home…
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Wilde Lake

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Written by Laura Lippman — With a cabinet full of writing awards, and a bookshelf full of bestsellers, Laura Lippman is one of America’s top crime writers and has been for the last decade or so. She comes from a family of writers – her father…
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