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CIS: The Judge and His Hangman revisited

Swiss writer Friedrich Dürrenmatt is one of the most highly regarded 20th century dramatists of the German-speaking world. Early on in his career, however, he turned to crime fiction and wrote The Judge and His Hangman for a very personal reason – he needed money…
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The Long Way Home

Written by Louise Penny — Louise Penny has a devoted audience of readers who eagerly await each of her novels featuring Québecois detective Armand Gamache – and I am no exception. We were all on tenterhooks to see if the good inspector’s retirement from his…
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Her

Written by Harriet Lane — For fans of the slow burning thriller, that quietly creeps up on you, Harriet Lane makes for perfect reading. She has the knack for taking familiar situations, and characters just like people we know – perhaps even mirroring ourselves –…
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All the Things You Are by Declan Hughes

Some of the best psychological thrillers start with a puzzle, a well-nigh impossible situation, which nevertheless has a perfectly rational explanation. Or so the unspoken pact with the fair-minded author tells us. This book falls into that category, and also into the so-called domestic thriller…
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