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Deadly Harvest by Michael Stanley

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8 August, 2013

Through the auspices of Alexander McCall Smith and his wonderful creation Mma Precious Ramotswe of The No1 Ladies’ Detective Agency fame, I feel as if I’ve visited Botswana on many occasions. Now, thanks to Michael Stanley, I’m back there again, and it suddenly seems a…

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Watching You by Michael Robotham

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1 August, 2013

At the end of last year I was asked to pick my top five books of 2012, and Michael Robotham’s Say You’re Sorry was top of the pile. It is now on the longlist for the CWA Gold Dagger award, alongside the likes of Lauren…

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The Never List by Koethi Zan

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29 July, 2013

It’s one of the most anticipated releases of the summer, and it’s been sitting on my bookshelf for ages. I was intrigued, and I’d pick The Never List up every now and then, just to admire it – because the designers have done such a…

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Death Angel by Linda Fairstein

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28 July, 2013

Have you ever been lucky enough to take a tour with a Blue Badge guide? I once toured Covent Garden with one, and they tell you all kinds of little snippets that you’d never find in a guide book, really bringing history to life. Reading Death…

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Interview: Koethi Zan

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26 July, 2013

The Never List is one of the most-anticipated releases of the summer. It is the debut novel of Koethi Zan, who was born and raised in Alabama. She attended Yale Law School and nowadays lives in an old farmhouse in upstate New York. The book…

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A Dangerous Fiction by Barbara Rogan

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20 July, 2013

The crime fiction genre is packed with quizzical private detectives and flawed but brilliant police men and women, so it made a refreshing change to meet Jo Donovan, literary agent. A young widow, she runs the successful Hamish-Donovan Agency in New York and it is…

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Unseen by Karin Slaughter

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9 July, 2013

Opening a Karin Slaughter novel is like visiting the hall of mirrors at a fairground. You see things from all angles, but can never be certain which one is the true picture. Unseen is the ninth in the Will Trent series, and was one of the…

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The Red Road by Denise Mina

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28 June, 2013

Theakston’s Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award winner – for The End of the Wasp Season – Denise Mina has featured on this site before. I reviewed Gods and Beasts here last year and loved it. In both of those books, the central…

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Deadly Harvest by Michael Stanley

Watching You by Michael Robotham

The Never List by Koethi Zan

Death Angel by Linda Fairstein

Interview: Koethi Zan

A Dangerous Fiction by Barbara Rogan

Unseen by Karin Slaughter

The Red Road by Denise Mina

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