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Christmas is Murder

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Written by Val McDermid — The old adage that good things come in small packages could have been coined for Christmas Is Murder – it’s a little gem of a publication, available on download only. It includes the short stories A Traditional Christmas and A…
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Gun Church

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Written by Reed Farrel Coleman — Kenneth ‘Kip’ Weiler is an English professor at Brixton County Community College, in a mining community in rural New Jersey. His professional life consists of teaching creative writing to a bunch of students with little natural talent who are…
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The Dark Hour

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Written by Robin Burcell — Thinking of making inroads into the Christmas sherry? My advice is to put that bottle down, because you’ll need your wits about you if you’re going to make a start on The Dark Hour. For this is a densely plotted…
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A Cold Red Sunrise

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Written by Stuart M Kaminsky — Kaminsky was one of the most prolific and versatile American mystery writers. During his more than 30 years of writing crime fiction, he created four long-standing detective series set in Hollywood (Toby Peters), Chicago (Lieberman), Florida (Lew Fonesca) and…
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A Cold Day in Paradise

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Written by Steve Hamilton — A Cold Day in Paradise is the first book by Steve Hamilton and it’s a double-whammy. It won both the Edgar and the Shamus Awards for Best First Novel back in 1999 and the author has written several other highly…
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Bloodland by Alan Glynn

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A conspiracy thriller that moves with ease between recession-hit Ireland, the killing fields of Congo and the political wrangling of the United States, Bloodland is a fast, furious and depressingly plausible story. This is not the kind of book I would normally pick up, as I find conspiracy…
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Night Blind

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Written by Michael W Sherer — On the banks of the River Seine, a priest meets with a discredited French government agent, and hands him a document. Seconds later, the holy man is thrown over the embankment into the swirling waters, his throat cut. Meanwhile,…
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7 Days by Deon Meyer

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The run of cracking South African thrillers continues with this book. 7 Days reunites us with Detective Benny Griessel, last seen in 13 Hours back in 2010. He’s a divorcee and recovering alcoholic. At this point, Benny has been sober nearly two years and is…
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