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The Cambodian Book of The Dead

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Written by Tom Vater — Maier is a German war correspondent turned private detective. His agency sends him on what he assumes will be a tiresome but straightforward mission – to locate Rolf Muller-Overbeck, the errant heir to a Mannheim coffee manufacturing fortune, who has…
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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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The Paris Lawyer by Sylvie Granotier

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Translated by Anne Trager — Catherine Monsigny is an ambitious young Paris lawyer, eager to make her mark with her first ever murder trial. The case that she’s convinced will make her name is that of Myriam Villetreix. Born N’Bissi, she’s a refugee without papers…
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Primal

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Written by DA Serra — What would you be capable of, if the lives of those dearest to you were at stake?  This is what Alison Kraft is about to find out in Primal, by screenwriter turned novelist Deborah Serra. Ben Burne is a lifer…
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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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