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The Tailor by Tim Sullivan

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DS George Cross is back! The eighth in Tim Sullivan’s entertaining series about the neurodivergent detective in the Avon and Somerset Major Crimes Unit keeps George’s reputation as a brilliant investigator and indifferent colleague wholly intact. The story begins when a man is killed on…
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Cloudthief by Nathaniel Rich

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Here’s a book for people looking for a new take on the political thriller, beyond the familiar tropes of corrupt officials, property developers, police coverups and soulless oligarchs. Nathaniel Rich’s new heist thriller Cloudthief points its literary finger directly at the massive data centres working…
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You Can Tell Me by Melinda Leigh

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Another right-in-this-moment new thriller, Melinda Leigh’s You Can Tell Me takes on the potential downsides of true crime reporting. Crime authors have given some memorable depictions of the excesses and dangers of this current societal preoccupation. I’m thinking of Paul Cleave’s The Pain Tourist or…
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Echoes of the Lost by Cindy Brown

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Echoes of the Lost, the new mystery by Oregon-based author Cindy Brown, takes several fresh approaches to the classic whodunnit. Most striking is her evocative sense of place. She captures the oppressive feel of winter in the rainy, chilly city where she lives and backdrops…
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