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Paul Burke: Top five books of 2025

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It’s always a pleasure too look back on the year and think about the reads that left a lasting impressions. I have five very different books here but they do share two things: great characters and engrossing storytelling. In 2025, Vera took a final bow…
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Five festive thrillers for Christmas 2025

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While cosy crime may appear to have captured the Christmas market, there are actually a host of seasonal thrillers for those who prefer their holiday reading to feature a bit more bloody murder and mayhem. If that sounds like your festive cup of tea, check…
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DeathBecomesHer: Top five books of 2025

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It’s been a reading year of surprises for this reviewer, who handed out a dozen five-star accolades to books I’ve enjoyed in 2025. Picking the best five was something of a challenge, but in the end the quintet of absolutely fabulous reads is one I’m…
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Erin Britton: Top five books of 2025

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Each new reading year brings its own surprises – some more macabre than others – and 2025 has distinguished itself with an exceptional range of crime fiction. From richly researched historical intrigue to inventive cosy crime, from epistolary puzzles to genre-blurring psychological mysteries, my top…
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The 12 Crimes of Christmas 2025

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If Christmas is the season of goodwill, crime fiction authors clearly didn’t get the memo. Each year, mystery writers gift us something far more delicious than socks or scented candles: murders in mansions, bodies by bookstalls, deadly pantomimes and enough suspicious characters to fill Santa’s…
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Meet the author: Todd Medema

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There are more and more eco thrillers appearing on the bookshelves at the moment, which is hardly surprising. The climate crisis is an emotive issue and there is always plenty of controversy around the topic – from wilful pollution of the environment to misinformation to…
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