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Gods and Beasts

Written by Denise Mina — Last month, Denise Mina picked up the Theakston’s Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award at the Crime Writing Festival held in Harrogate. This was for The End of the Wasp Season, and fans of the author must have high…
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Defending Joe

Written by Paul Vincent Lee — Kate Turner is married to Glaswegian ex-bad boy Joe, who went straight years ago and runs a collection of ex-pat bars in Spain. Secretly, she has a new boyfriend, and they are staying at a hotel in Glasgow while…
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Harker: The Book of Soloman

Written by Roger Gibson, art by Vince Danks — It’s been hard to avoid movies based on comic books these last few years. Avengers Assemble and The Dark Knight Rises have become two of the biggest grossing films of all time, whilst at the same…
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Capture

Written by Roger Smith — When we interviewed Roger Smith a couple of weeks ago, he told us that Capture is his darkest book yet. Can’t argue with that. This novel probes deeply into characters so broken, abused and thoroughly desperate that the voids of…
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Only One Life

Written by Sara Blaedel – Last autumn Danish crime writer Sara Blaedel made her English language debut with the fourth book in her Louise Rick series, Call Me Princess. In this novel, we met Louise and her homicide investigation team, Unit A. They were on…
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Killing Cupid

Written by Louise Voss and Mark Edwards — When newbie evening class tutor and sometime author Siobhan McGowan takes her first session, she little realises that she’s started a new chapter in her life that’s never likely to have a happy ending. Siobhan’s fleeting taste…
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Rush of Blood

Written by Mark Billingham — Florida. The budget beach resort of Pelican Palms. Three couples from suburban London become acquainted while taking an Easter break. Amidst the Pina Coladas, oversized meal portions and sunburn, and on the eve of their departure, the teenage daughter of…
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Champagne: The Farewell

Written by Janet Hubbard — Max Maguire, a tall, leggy, no-nonsense detective with the NYPD, is the daughter of a philosopher-cop father and a French mother. She’s looking forward to the wedding of her best friend from college, Chloé, in the Champagne region of France….
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