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The Corpse Role by Keith Nixon

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6 April, 2015

The Corpse Role is the latest novel from our very own contributor Keith Nixon, as the author follows up his quirky Brit grit novel The Fix with his first police procedural. The central character is DI Charlotte Granger, a tough, no-nonsense Kent police officer who…

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Embryo 5: Silver Girl by JA Schneider

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3 April, 2015

Maybe the title of this book seems a little off-putting. Somehow, in my mind’s eye, it conjured up a mutant alien life form wreaking havoc in some place or other. How wrong can one reviewer be? As the number suggest, Silver Girl is the fifth…

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Black Wood by SJI Holliday

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20 March, 2015

Deep, dark woods have been the stuff of gripping tales since Red Riding Hood was a lass, so the title of this book is surely enough to alert the reader before they’ve even opened the cover. Twenty-three years ago, in the little town of Banktoun,…

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No Name Lane by Howard Linskey

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13 March, 2015

“Suffer the little children to come unto me,” is the New Testament phrase that drives the serial killer in this book. The faceless, deluded murderer of young girls sees it as an invitation to send the poor victims to the ‘safety’ of heaven and as…

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Stranger Child by Rachel Abbott

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23 February, 2015

Never go down a dark country road with this author… you just know it is going to end in tears. In The Back Road, a young runaway is left for dead by a hit and run driver; in Stranger Child, the story opens with another…

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Peter James voted best crime author

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20 February, 2015

Brighton author Peter James has been chosen as the best crime author of all time in a poll run on WH Smith’s blog. The author of books such as Dead Simple, Looking Good Dead and Dead Man’s Time pipped other famous writers like James Patterson,…

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Tell Tale by Mark Sennen

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18 February, 2015

It is always something of a lottery for a reader to discover an author and character mid-series. Will you feel left out of a tight-knit clique, or be welcomed to the fold with open arms? Tell Tale is the fourth Sennen novel to feature DI…

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Second Life by SJ Watson

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10 February, 2015

Coming as it does just a couple of days before Valentine’s Day and the arrival in cinemas of 50 Shades of Grey, 12 February seems a good day for SJ Watson’s second novel to arrive. Because Second Life is about love, be it motherly love,…

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The Corpse Role by Keith Nixon

Embryo 5: Silver Girl by JA Schneider

Black Wood by SJI Holliday

No Name Lane by Howard Linskey

Stranger Child by Rachel Abbott

Peter James voted best crime author

Tell Tale by Mark Sennen

Second Life by SJ Watson

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