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The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle

By MarinaSofia

19 March, 2018

Written by Stuart Turton — Almost every review of this debut crime novel starts off with the disclaimer which says that The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle is, well, difficult to describe. But, if I were to tell you that it is Cluedo meets The Matrix…

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By DeathBecomesHer

14 March, 2018

Written by Cara Hunter — Eight-year-old Daisy Mason is missing, spirited away from a family barbecue by person or persons unknown. Who could have taken her and is she dead or alive? Simple enough questions, but don’t expect any straightforward answers in Cara Hunter’s sneakily…

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The Vanishing Season

By RoughJustice

25 February, 2018

Written by Joanna Schaffhausen — The Vanishing Season won the Mystery Writers of America’s First Crime Novel Award in 2016 and the award’s sponsor, St Martin’s Minotaur, published the hardcover in America towards the end of 2017. It is now arriving in the United Kingdom via…

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The Woman in the Window by AJ Finn

By Vicki Weisfeld

22 February, 2018

This immersive psychological thriller by newcomer AJ Finn has already been published in 36 languages and is in development for a movie treatment. It’s easy to see why. From the first pages, you’re pulled into the claustrophobic world of Anna Fox, the story’s first-person narrator….

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Miss Blaine’s Prefect and the Golden Samovar

By Catherine Turnbull

9 February, 2018

Written by Olga Wojtas — This time slip romp through imperial Russia has been published to coincide with the centenary of The Pride of Miss Jean Brodie author Muriel Spark’s birth. Spark’s bestselling book mined her own schooldays at James Gillespie’s High School in Edinburgh, which…

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A Cold Day In Hell

By DeathBecomesHer

30 January, 2018

Written by Lissa Marie Redmond — It’d be a cold day in hell before Buffalo PD Detective Lauren Riley would work for the ‘other side’ and help out her most detested courtroom adversary, lawyer Frank Violanti. They’ve had more than a few moments of conflict…

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If I Die Before I Wake

By Catherine Turnbull

23 January, 2018

Written by Emily Koch — There are some bold claims on the back cover of this debut thriller by former local newspaper journalist Emily Koch. Penguin Random House’s publicity machine compares If I Die Before I Wake with two phenomenally successful bestsellers. It is said to…

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Savages: The Wedding

By Mal McEwan

21 January, 2018

Written by Sabri Louatah, translated by Gavin Bowd — Savages: The Wedding is the first book in the Saint Étienne Quartet. It was Sabri Louatah’s debut, and he has cited the 2005 French riots and Dostoyevsky as inspirations for his socio-political thriller saga. He’s garnered…

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The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle

Close to Home

The Vanishing Season

The Woman in the Window by AJ Finn

Miss Blaine’s Prefect and the Golden Samovar

A Cold Day In Hell

If I Die Before I Wake

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