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Memento Mori by Keith McCarthy

By DavidPrestidge

3 November, 2014

Picture an old man alone except for his daughter, living in an secluded and abandoned infirmary. He hears voices. Not just ordinary voices, but the voices of the three ancient Muses – Mese, Nete and Hypate, hot on the line from Delphi – and their…

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NTN: Riven by Anne Randall

By RoughJustice

3 November, 2014

Riven is the assured debut of Glaswegian writer AJ McCreanor and the promising beginning of a new procedural series set in her home town. The novel begins with the gruesome discovery of a horribly brutalised corpse by two young lads, just out of school, attempting…

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Evil Eye by Joyce Carol Oates

By Andre

2 November, 2014

An acclaimed novelist, short story writer, poet, essayist, and literary critic, Joyce Carol Oates was once dubbed ‘the dark lady of American letters’. In her 50-year career, she’s often been drawn to violent characters and harrowing subjects. Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?,…

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NTN: Disorder by Paddy Magrane

By Raven

2 November, 2014

Born in the Middle East and educated in England, Paddy Magrane has been a copywriter and travel journo for 15 years. With his debut self-published novel, Disorder, a psychological and political thriller, he brings his writing talent and travel knowledge together with his current profession…

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The Burning Room by Michael Connelly

By DeathBecomesHer

31 October, 2014

There’s many a crime novel which begins in a mortuary, as the coroner works on a body and uncovers a vital clue that ultimately solves the case. Never before, though, have I encountered an autopsy that is in response to a cold case. In truth,…

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Mask of the Verdoy by Phil Lecomber

By DavidPrestidge

28 October, 2014

George Harley is a decorated veteran of World War I who worked for British intelligence post 1918. Now he is scratching out a living as a private investigator in 1930s London, steering a hazardous course between the criminal underworld and the Metropolitan Police, neither of…

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Sin Walks into the Desert by Matt Ingwalson

By nagaisayonara

27 October, 2014

Sin is a loner, a tattooed outcast in Tucson, Arizona. In his early 20s, he spends his days at home watching videos online and cleaning his gun, and his nights getting tattooed by Sindy, his one friend, who works at an all-night tattoo parlour. That…

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From the Cradle by Louise Voss and Mark Edwards

By DeathBecomesHer

24 October, 2014

Family: it’s a six-letter word that covers a whole world of possibilities. If you’re lucky, it means happy get-togethers with relatives. Then again, it could conjure up mental images of Barbara Windsor in EastEnders. Love ’em or hate ’em, family is something you’re stuck with….

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Memento Mori by Keith McCarthy

NTN: Riven by Anne Randall

Evil Eye by Joyce Carol Oates

NTN: Disorder by Paddy Magrane

The Burning Room by Michael Connelly

Mask of the Verdoy by Phil Lecomber

Sin Walks into the Desert by Matt Ingwalson

From the Cradle by Louise Voss and Mark Edwards

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