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You can count on Banks

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On the Radar — Well, when we say ‘you can count on Banks’ we mean Alan Banks, the detective central to Peter Robinson’s police procedural series, who also appears in the ITV crime drama based on the books. Not banks like Lloyds or Natwest – we can’t…
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Can't wait for Saturday

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On the Radar — Ever since Friday on My Mind came out on 2 July last year, Nicci French fans have been waiting for the Saturday instalment of the author’s days of the week series. It’s our lead book this week, and is followed by…
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SK Tremayne's latest trick

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You wouldn’t think it possible given the quality of SK Tremayne’s first psychological thriller, The Ice Twins, but the author has come up with something potentially even cleverer. Riffing on that twins theme, SK Tremayne has actually gone out and written two identical books. They’ve…
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Should have gone to SpecSavers?

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On the Radar — Get your reading glasses, if you need them, because we start off this week’s new releases with a peculiar novel about a woman who starts off marrying an optician and ends up selling her body and involved in a murder case….
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Summertime, and the living is EZ

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On the Radar — Ezekiel ‘Easy’ Rawlins returns this week for another neon-lit adventure among the hills and boulevards of Los Angeles. We’ve also got a new printing of Dashiell Hammett’s short stories, and a great selection of further crime novels to try. Charcoal Joe…
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Message in a bottle...

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“Just a castaway, an island lost at sea (oh)!” The latest piece of book marketing to arrive reminds me of that famous 1979 Police song, Message in a Bottle. It didn’t arrive via water – that, I would love to see – but it did…
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