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The Empty Quarter by David L Robbins

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What an exciting adventure combining military and medical thriller elements! It takes place in the Rub’ al-Khali, which translates as The Empty Quarter of the title. It’s the world’s largest desert and it occupies most of the southern third of the Arabian Peninsula. People are scarce,…
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Devil in the Grass by Christopher Bowron

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This debut thriller is an ambitious mix of Florida politics, Satanic cults, Seminole tradition, alligators and even a bull shark. Canadian author Christopher Bowron is clearly familiar with the southwest Florida setting, which he describes expertly, bringing the story to vivid life. We recently interviewed…
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Interview: Christopher Bowron

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Debut author Christopher Bowron’s novel Devil in the Grass comes out 1 March. It’s a lively exploration of two great divides that characterise its South Florida setting: wealth versus poverty, and developers versus environmentalists. Add in the special concerns of the native Seminole population at long-term odds with…
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The Drifter by Nicholas Petrie audiobook

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Narrated by Stephen Mendel — This exciting debut thriller pits US Marine lieutenant and veteran of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars Peter Ash against a mysterious conspiracy involving psychologically damaged vets, some serious explosives, and $400,000 in cash. Ash isn’t without his own post-traumatic stress…
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Passenger 23

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Written by Sebastian Fitzek, narrated by Max Beesley, with a cast of actors — Unless you speak German, the only way you can enjoy psychological thriller-writer Fitzek’s latest book is on audio, which is perhaps why it’s called ‘An Audible Original Drama,’ though it is…
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Vicki Weisfeld: Top five books of 2015

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So far this year, I’ve reviewed 22 books for Crime Fiction Lover, just under half of them in their audio versions. The richness and diversity of the crime and thriller genre means that while this category dominates my reading overall, it never grows stale, for…
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