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Victorian Psycho by Virginia Feito

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Virginia Feito’s new gothic thriller, Victorian Psycho, has attracted the attention of readers and commentators not only for its originality, but for its in-your-face macabre violence. It’s graphic. It’s bloody. And in this book, the first-person narrator is the serial killer. She doesn’t murder at…
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Jack the Ripper returns in mystery thriller

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The new crime fiction series The Ripper Lives takes readers inside a high-stakes Victorian-era murder investigation, and today we’re joined by a fine gentleman called Gerard Edmund Snook for a look at what’s in store… The investigators tasked with apprehending Jack the Ripper in author…
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Dust Off the Bones by Paul Howarth

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Responsibility, redemption, and squandered chances are among the themes in Paul Howarth’s second novel, which will live in your memory long after turning the last page. Just as indelible is the portrait of the Australian Outback in the late 19th century – the dust and…
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The Devil's Daughters

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Written by Diana Bretherick — Formerly a criminal barrister, Diana Bretherick now lectures in criminology at the University of Portsmouth. In 2012, she won the Good Housekeeping New Novel Competition with her debut, City of Devils, which was subsequently published by Orion in 2013, and was…
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First look: A Fever of the Blood

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Look what’s arrived, all wrapped up, but not exactly for Christmas. It’s got some kind of Victorian flyer with it, and a mysterious black feather. Our forensics team have determined that it’s not an authentic flyer, but the design does look mighty accomplished, and it…
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