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On the Radar: Orphan X returns

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How about we get February underway with an action thriller that not only blows the cobwebs away but has the firepower to take out a medium-sized Wagner unit? The eighth Orphan X novel by Gregg Hurwitz should do the trick and if Smoak’s lightning-fast combos…
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On the Radar: Last seen in Lapaz

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When we say Lapaz, we mean the town in Ghana, rather than Bolivia, but this week’s collection of new books will take you all over the map and through a wild range of topics and ideas too. From Kwei Quartey’s new African mystery, you can…
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On the Radar: A novel sense of otherness

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If there’s a loose theme tying the five releases we document this week, then perhaps it’s a sense of otherness. It’s a feeling that certainly comes through in latest novels by those American greats Dean Koontz and Bret Easton Ellis, while debutante Charlotte Vassell writes…
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On the Radar: The Antichrist returns

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Welcome to our first new books column of 2023, where we bring you the latest from the rising star of British crime fiction, Janice Hallett. Yes, The Mysterious Case of the Alperton Angels is coming soon and in its pages the Antichrist returns. Not literally,…
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On the Radar: Survival of the fittest

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Today Charles Darwin and his theory of evolution step to the fore in our new books column. Darwin was Right has a title that might make you laugh out loud for its directness, while the story will evoke a range of emotions. In addition to…
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On the Radar: In Cold Blood, and more...

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It’s a week full of good news for crime fiction lovers. Here in our news column, we’ve got five new titles for you to try with stories featuring serial killers, missing bodies, kidnappings, old family secrets – all the things that keep you turning the…
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