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Rough Justice: Top five books of 2024

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We are cursed to live in ‘interesting times’ but one comfort is that we enjoy a branch of literature which doesn’t just distract us from the worries of everyday life, but also has the power to examine and illuminate those aspects of society that might…
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Blessed Water by Margot Douaihy

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Last year’s Scorched Grace, my favourite book of 2023, introduced readers to one of the most memorable, sympathetic and unique private eyes of recent years. Sister Holiday is a tattooed, punk, queer nun, music teacher at New Orleans’ Saint Sebastien’s School, who is a member…
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On the Radar: It was the butler, no?

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There’s nothing like crime fiction involving a butler to take you back to the Golden Age, the inspiration for so many cosy crime novels. So we’ll start this week’s new books report with the latest from Cathy Ace, then migrate into psychological thrillers, detective crime…
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