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Weirdo by Cathi Unsworth

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Anyone who has ever lived in one of the UK’s myriad small seaside towns will be familiar with the cloying claustrophobia that comes with the territory. Those who don’t know what I’m talking about will be jarringly familiar with the sensation by the time they…
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Fatale: Death Chases Me

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Written by Ed Brubaker, art by Sean Phillips – Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips have collaborated on a number of noir-ish comic series. Brubaker also co-wrote the police procedural Gotham Central with thriller writer Greg Rucka, and is considered one of the best crime writers…
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The Helper

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Written by David Jackson — The Helper is the follow up to Jackson’s debut novel Pariah, and sees the return of Detective Callum Doyle. A young woman working in a small book store is viciously murdered. On her arm is written a telephone number… and Detective Callum…
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Cold Grave

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Written by Craig Robertson — Random, Robertson’s first novel, is a firm fixture on my top 10 crimes novels. Genuinely chilling and with one of the most retch-inducing murders ever committed to paper it marked him out as an author to watch. His next, Snapshot,…
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Ten-a-Week Steale

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Written by Stephen Jared – Ten-a-Week Steale is a tale of old Hollywood written by someone who has spent his fair share of time in new Hollywood: actor Stephen Jared. Jared has previously written a pulp adventure story, Jack and the Jungle Lion, and his…
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The Storm Without

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Written by Tony Black — ‘Irvine Welsh’s favourite British crime writer.’ That is one hell of plaudit to live up to, but Tony Black has proven time and again that he is fully deserving of it. He’s a writer with an unflinching eye for brutality,…
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