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Scafell by Matthew Pink

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Stephen ‘Sparky’ Markham is washed up in all kinds of ways. After a career in the forces, and a stint with the Metropolitan Police in London, he has pretty much dropped out, and has taken refuge in his inherited cottage on the fells above Wastwater,…
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Bed of Nails

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Written by Antonin Varenne — French crime fiction is currently being touted as the next big thing, and here is an unusual debut novel to tantalise your tastebuds. The author’s work has been compared to that of Fred Vargas, who this week shared the CWA…
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A Dangerous Fiction by Barbara Rogan

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The crime fiction genre is packed with quizzical private detectives and flawed but brilliant police men and women, so it made a refreshing change to meet Jo Donovan, literary agent. A young widow, she runs the successful Hamish-Donovan Agency in New York and it is…
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The Executioner's Heart

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Written by George Mann — The Executioner’s Heart sees George Mann return to the Victorian London he so ably depicted in The Affinity Bridge, The Immorality Engine, and The Osiris Ritual, which formed the first three books in the Newbury & Hobbes series. It’s an…
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