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The Fourth Reich by Helen Goltz

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3 February, 2015

The 70th anniversary of the liberation Auschwitz last week proved that the Holocaust is never far from our minds. Writers of fiction and non-fiction look for ways to understand what drove supposedly civilised people to commit genocide. Helen Goltz’s book is one that examines what…

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Behind Closed Doors by Elizabeth Haynes

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23 January, 2015

Fifteen-year-old Scarlett Rainsford disappeared in 2003 while on a family holiday in Rhodes. Ten years later, she’s reappeared in her home town, a fictional place outside of London called Briarstone. It’s just like any decent-sized town in Western Europe, and poor Scarlett is working in…

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All In, All Out by Steve Myers

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6 January, 2015

Clocking in at just under a hundred pages, All In, All Out is just the right size to be read in one sitting, and that’s the way it should be read. This fast-paced, twisted little pulp novella packs a punch that’s best absorbed in one…

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The Abrupt Physics of Dying by Paul E Hardisty

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16 December, 2014

Anyone who has traveled through the Arab world or knows a little Arabic will know the phrase in’shallah – God willing. It’s a catch-all phrase covering anything from the weather to your chances of making it through the night alive. And it’s a phrase that…

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Nagaisayonara: Top five books of 2014

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11 December, 2014

2014 has been a bumper year for international crime fiction, and it’s no co-incidence that my top five for this year visits almost every continent on earth (no offense South America, I was limited to five…) The year also saw a brilliant selection of crime…

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The Early Cases of Akechi Kogoro by Edogawa Rampo

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22 November, 2014

Translated by William Varteresian — Edogawa Rampo was the pen name of Taro Hirai, a Japanese author active from 1923 until his death in 1965. He is known as the father of Japanese detective fiction and his work – particularly his early writing – proved that…

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NTN: The Cost of Doing Business by Jonathan Ashley

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14 November, 2014

As a reader of crime fiction, sometimes I get a little concerned that the novels I love glorify the criminal life, that they may be somehow encouraging me to seek a life of gun, gangs and drugs. Then a novel like The Cost of Doing…

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Sin Walks into the Desert by Matt Ingwalson

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27 October, 2014

Sin is a loner, a tattooed outcast in Tucson, Arizona. In his early 20s, he spends his days at home watching videos online and cleaning his gun, and his nights getting tattooed by Sindy, his one friend, who works at an all-night tattoo parlour. That…

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The Fourth Reich by Helen Goltz

Behind Closed Doors by Elizabeth Haynes

All In, All Out by Steve Myers

The Abrupt Physics of Dying by Paul E Hardisty

Nagaisayonara: Top five books of 2014

The Early Cases of Akechi Kogoro by Edogawa Rampo

NTN: The Cost of Doing Business by Jonathan Ashley

Sin Walks into the Desert by Matt Ingwalson

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