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Sunset City by Melissa Ginsburg

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In poet Melissa Ginsburg’s debut crime novel, her home town of Houston becomes as much a character as the protagonist, Charlotte Ford, a young woman in her early 20s. Houston’s suffocating heat and dark corners, its breakneck freeways, its seedy bars and lush suburbs –…
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The Panama Papers in crime fiction

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Yes, these are taxing times for the super-wealthy – particularly those of them in public office – who are finding out that the rest of us would rather they did their bit. The release of the Panama Papers also provides a delicious moment for financial…
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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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