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The Rapist

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Written by Les Edgerton — Les Edgerton has written several acclaimed hardboiled crime novels and instructional books for writers, as well as teaching creative writing at the university level. But it’s inevitably his colourful past that interests me most. Back in his younger days he…
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Elegy for Eddie

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Written by Jacqueline Winspear — This is the ninth book in Winspear’s crime series featuring the charming Maisie Dobbs, an English private detective during the inter-War years. If you like Downton Abbey with a bit more bite and psychology, then you might already be familiar with…
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A Man Without Breath

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Written by Philip Kerr — Bernie Gunther is a cynical, tough German cop. A veteran of The Great War, he has experienced hell on earth, but the German invasion of Russia in 1941 has triggered another armageddon in this, the ninth novel in the series…
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Lee

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Edited by Crime Factory Publications – In the annals of movie tough guys, few stand equal with Lee Marvin. Winner of an Oscar in 1965 for Cat Ballou, a comedic western, Marvin was a more versatile actor than most remember. But it’s a good thing for…
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Ordinary Grace

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Written by William Kent Krueger — William Kent Krueger is already well known for his Cork O’Conner mystery series, but he has given us something a little bit different in Ordinary Grace. It’s the summer of 1961 in the small town of New Bremen, Minnesota, where…
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The Wicked Girls

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Written by Alex Marwood — Some books tether you like a literary umbilical cord – let me warn you, The Wicked Girls is one of them. Sometimes, life gets in the way of book reading, but while I was doing the washing up, shopping or…
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The Red Star of Cádiz

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Written by Ōsaka Gō — This is an unusual book by any standards. Written in 1986 by one of Japan’s most versatile authors it has been translated here into English for the first time. Osaka Go’s work sells consistently well in his home country, and this novel…
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