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The Kennedy Moment

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Written by Peter Adamson — In this political thriller by former UNICEF official Peter Adamson, now available in a trade paperback original, the reunion of five college friends launches a project that none of them could have anticipated, that has every potential of imminently and…
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My Sister, the Serial Killer

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Written by Oyinkan Braithwaite — For a book about violent death and two sisters’ efforts to cover it up, this entertaining crime fiction debut from Nigerian writer Oyinkan Braithwaite is remarkably full of life. You can’t help but be charmed by the narrator Korede, who…
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The Murder of Harriet Monckton

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Written by Elizabeth Haynes — Seeds for this compelling historical crime mystery by Elizabeth Haynes were planted when the author stumbled across documents in the National Archives in Kew relating to an obscure mid-1840s murder. These documents include an 1843 inquest report and, some three…
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This is Gomorrah

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In this debut technothriller, cyber expert Tom Chatfield brings his hacker-hero Azi Bellow out of the shed where he dwells and into the real world, to help his online friend Sigma. Trying to expose a terrorist plot, she’s offended people in the darkest corner of…
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Blood

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You’ll never forget Maggie Gee’s brilliant character Monica Ludd – large and larger-than-life, funny and outspoken to a fault. But if she has quirks, the rest of the family is far out there as well, in part because of dealing with their violent, bullying father….
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This Mortal Boy

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Written by Fiona Kidman — Based on a true story of one of the last executions in New Zealand, Fiona Kidman’s historical crime novel about a young man found guilty of murder is a powerful question mark. When is the death penalty justified? How does…
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City of Windows

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Written by Robert Pobi — In a CFL interview with Robert Pobi about his 2012 debut novel Bloodman, he said he wanted to write an old-fashioned character-driven story. He’s done it again with his new police procedural, City of Windows. Ten years before the start…
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