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The Christmas Clue by Nicola Upson

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Christmas Eve, 1943. Bored and depressed at spending the War working in a Birmingham munitions factory, Anthony Pratt looks forward to finishing his nightshift and then travelling with wife Elva to the Tudor Close Hotel in Rottingdean, a village outside Brighton. Before World War II,…
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He Calls By Night by SDW Hamilton

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Fame is a fickle thing. Particularly when a shadowy government agency prevents credit from being given where credit is due. After the death-defying takedown of the Followers of Eden – as detailed in Blood on the Broadcast – Jacob Kincaid expected the associated series of…
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The Vanishing Act by Jo Jakeman

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Human remains are discovered in an abandoned engine house outside a small Cornish town, sending locals and internet sleuths aflutter. When rumours as to the identity of the deceased begin to spread, there’s shock, disbelief and an overwhelming desire to crack the case before the…
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Poppy Plays Fair by Leigh Russell

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Roll up! Roll up! The annual summer fair has arrived in Ashton Mead, bringing with it the customary mayhem, mistrust… and murder? While many villagers complain about the crowds of townies the fair draws in, to say nothing of the litter, vandalism and petty crime,…
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Strange Houses by Uketsu

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Translated by Jim Rion — In January, we reviewed Strange Pictures by surrealist Japanese YouTuber and dapper mask-wearer Uketsu. That was the author’s second novel, and now his debut, Strange Houses, has also been translated into English. Focusing on the disturbing hidden meanings that can…
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