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Sonata of the Dead

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The second novel by Conrad Williams to feature private detective Joel Sorrell, Sonata of the Dead sees our man investigating the murder of his daughter’s boyfriend. Oh, and Sarah herself is missing. It appears the dead man was part of a secretive organisation called The Accelerants and perhaps…
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Out of Bounds

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This new Val McDermid novel is a great achievement – not just for her fantastic writing, but because it is the Scottish author’s 30th crime book and she’s showing no signs of wear and tear. Things get underway with a joyride, and one member of…
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Darktown

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Thomas Mullen’s powerful look at the injustices caused by racism in the Atlanta, GA police force of the late 1940s makes this a must-read book. Officers Boggs and Smith – two of the first eight black policemen recruited in the city – put their jobs…
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A Grave Concern

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It’s 14th century Cambridge, as evoked by Susanna Gregory, and there’s been a series of strange killings that the locals believe are down to the devil himself. Up on the roof of St Mary the Great, the chancellor of the university has been seen fighting…
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The Heavenly Table

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After the death of their bullying, half-mad, religious zealot father, the three Jewett boys embark on a crime spree. It starts off on the border between Georgia and Alabama and takes them to one God-forsaken place after another as they head towards Canada. Will they redeem…
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The Crow Girl

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Written by a pair of Swedes using the pseudonym Erik Axl Sund, The Crow Girl is the next big thing in Scandinavian crime fiction. Vast, dark, atmospheric and tackling all manner of big themes, it actually collects together three separately published novels in one fabulous…
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Tastes Like Fear

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Remember when Sarah Hilary’s debut novel Someone Else’s Skin was released to acclaim two years ago? We certainly do. And how quickly the West Country writer has become one of the UK’s leading voices when it comes to psychological crime fiction. Her third novel, Tastes…
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The Scrivener

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In Robin Blake’s third Cragg and Fidelis novel, the pair are investigating a locked-room mystery. Yes, it’s the middle of the 18th century and pawnbroker Philip Plimbo has been shot dead, apparently inside his locked office. Cragg thinks he took his own life, but Fidelis disagrees. As…
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