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A Fatal Debt

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Written by John Gapper — Set in the imploding world of high finance in both the UK and US, this could have been the novel of our times. Instead, it falls as flat as a Shrove Tuesday pancake. The garish, over-designed cover was nearly enough…
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Buckingham Palace Blues

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Written by James Craig — Inspector John Carlyle sets out for an evening run from his central London flat. While crossing Green Park he notices a young girl sitting alone and silent on a bench. Sensing something is wrong, and unable to engage her in…
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Old Gold

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Written by Jay Stringer – A couple of weeks ago, I read a collection of shorts called Faithless Street. Billed as a prequel to Jay Stringer’s upcoming novel Old Gold, it gave a tantalising glimpse of what readers could expect from this debut author. Stringer…
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The First Cut

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Written by Ali Knight –- Last autumn, Ali Knight made her crime fiction debut with Wink Murder, a psychological thriller that earned her The Independent Best Commercial Read 2011. Now she’s back with her second novel – The First Cut. Whilst on holiday with friends,…
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The Zombie Room

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Written by RD Ronald – The Zombie Room, RD Ronald’s second novel, is a story of friendship amidst gritty environs. Mangle, Decker and Tazeem’s friendship binds them together even after their release from prison. Lawful employment is difficult to find, so the trio band together…
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Deity

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Written by Steven Dunne — Deity is the third outing for DI Damen Brook, a resolutely old school copper with few friends in the force and less still outside it. If you’ve read Dunne’s previous books, The Reaper and The Disciple, you’ll know that Brook…
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Disgrace by Jussi Adler-Olsen

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The cantankerous Copenhagen detective Carl Mørck is back. Disgrace follows on from Mercy and is the second in Adler-Olsen’s Department Q series which sees Mørck and his civilian assistant Assad investigating cold cases from the basement of the police HQ in Denmark’s capital. Riding high…
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