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Kill Alex Cross

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Written by James Patterson – James Patterson has proved a polarising presence in crime fiction, and in publishing more generally. Patterson is nothing if not prolific, and churns out novels at a prodigious pace. Last year saw the release of 11 books authored or co-authored…
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A classic revisited: The Little Sister

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Philip Marlowe is one of the definitive hardboiled detectives, with few equals in crime fiction. Nevertheless, The Little Sister is hardly Raymond Chandler’s definitive Marlowe novel. Other novels such as The Big Sleep, The Long Goodbye and Farewell, My Lovely are better-known, perhaps because of…
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Resurrected

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Written by Steve Trotter – Surprisingly, despite all the violence that occurs in Steve Trotter’s Resurrected, it is hard to call it gritty. Trotter delivers the action in his self-published debut, but comes up short of delivering anything other than a shoot-’em-up. Those looking for…
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V is for Vengeance

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Written by Sue Grafton – V is for Vengeance is the 22nd of Sue Grafton’s very popular Kinsey Millhone novels. Millhone, a private investigator in fictional Santa Teresa (a stand-in for Santa Barbara), California, has entranced readers since Grafton wrote A is for Alibi in 1982. Time…
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Lullaby

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Written by Ace Atkins — For fans of hardboiled private eye fiction, Robert B Parker is an iconic name. Parker was a lifelong admirer of hardboiled crime fiction who wrote his PhD dissertation about Hammett, Chandler and Macdonald. In 1973, Parker published The Godwulf Manuscript. It…
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Easy Money

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Written by Jens Lapidus – Easy Money is the translation of Jens Lapidus’ hit Swedish crime novel Snabba Cash.  The first part of his Stockholm Noir trilogy, Snabba Cash appeared as a film in Sweden in 2010 which will be appearing in US cinemas this summer….
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