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Interview: Val McDermid

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15 September, 2015

Val McDermid is something of a media personality these days, often popping up on TV and radio. She was even asked about writing an opera recently on BBC Radio 3’s Private Passions. But it is her crime writing that has garnered a legion of fans who snap up…

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With Our Blessing by Jo Spain

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13 September, 2015

Ireland’s Magdalene Laundries, and the abuse that occurred inside them, has been well documented over recent years. Now it serves the background for the debut novel by journalist Jo Spain. It is a subject close to the author’s heart as her father was born in…

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CIS: Crime classics on the box

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6 September, 2015

Classic crime novels have been a source of rich pickings for TV writers and producers since the days of good old black and white. They can provide a solid foundation for a beloved, long-running and essentially faithful set of programmes (think Poirot), or a stepping stone for…

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Heartbreaker by Tania Carver

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5 September, 2015

Feast your eyes on Heartbreaker, the latest addition to the DI Phil Brennan and Marina Esposito stable. Tania Carver books are like children’s birthdays. They came around once a year and are eagerly awaited. So are you ready for another mega helping of jelly and…

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The Nature of the Beast by Louise Penny

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23 August, 2015

It’s billed as a Chief Inspector Gamache mystery, but these days Armande Gamache has left the Surete du Quebec behind and retired to the peaceful community of Three Pines, north of the Vermont border in the Eastern Townships, with long-suffering wife Reine-Marie. They’re trying to…

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Close Your Eyes by Michael Robotham

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21 August, 2015

It’s been two long years since clinical psychologist Joe O’Loughlin last hit our bookshelves in Watching You. He is staying away from crime work these days, concentrating on private clients as he fights a battle with Parkinson’s disease that he is destined to lose one day….

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Splinter the Silence by Val McDermid

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20 August, 2015

Trust the high-priestess of crime writing to take a headline-grabbing phenomenon and turn it to her nefarious advantage. Not long ago, the only trolls anyone talked about were in Tolkien books or fairytales. But we live in the 21st century, the internet is king and…

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Black Eyed Susans by Julia Heaberlin

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13 August, 2015

The Black Eyed Susans of the title are an attractive daisy-like flower and the cover as a whole is eye-catching, innocuous enough. There’s no sign of violence; this red haired girl could just be sleeping…. Lulled into a false sense of security, we begin with a…

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With Our Blessing by Jo Spain

CIS: Crime classics on the box

Heartbreaker by Tania Carver

The Nature of the Beast by Louise Penny

Close Your Eyes by Michael Robotham

Black Eyed Susans by Julia Heaberlin

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