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Sorrow Bound by David Mark

By DeathBecomesHer

29 March, 2014

There are books that make you want to race to the finish. And occasionally they leave you feeling a bit deflated and cheated, because that killer ending somehow falls flat. Sorrow Bound isn’t like that. Instead, I found myself slowing, trying to make the pleasure…

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Closure by Larry Quartley

By Keith Nixon

27 March, 2014

Stella Kerr is raped and murdered in her London flat and her boyfriend Steve Lamb is arrested, accused of the crime. When he absconds from court this simply confirms the police’s views. Everyone is convinced of his guilt, except Steve’s mother, Sheila. She persuades DCI…

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Natchez Burning by Greg Iles

By DavidPrestidge

7 March, 2014

Natchez, Mississippi. Just under 16,000 souls. A small town with a big history. It perches on a bluff above the Mississippi River, and some folk reckon they can still hear the ghosts of paddle steamers chunking away down there on the swirling brown waters. Less…

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Gone on Kauai

By DavidPrestidge

15 February, 2014

Written by Bruce W Perry — On the Hawaiian island of Kauai, a beautiful American woman hires a paddle board from a beach outlet and pushes herself off into the calm and crystal clear ocean. Only her battered board returns. Amanda Wilcox is the daughter…

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A Ghostly Shade of Pale by Merle Temple

By DavidPrestidge

9 February, 2014

We are in the Deep South, strutting that well-worn stage set where almost anything can happen – the land where Mississippi meets Tennessee meets Arkansas. Bugs the size of golf balls clatter into the kerosene lanterns and, out there on the river, vines hang from…

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The Sudden Arrival of Violence by Malcolm Mackay

By DavidPrestidge

14 January, 2014

Calum MacLean is a hitman. He doesn’t drive a fast car, wear sharp suits, or designer shades. He would pass unnoticed at the checkout queue in the local Tesco. But, in the criminal underworld of Glasgow, he is feared and respected. Although still a young…

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Shoot the Woman First by Wallace Stroby

By RoughJustice

13 December, 2013

The ex-journalist Wallace Stroby, who has become a hardboiled crime author, returns with his third book about Crissa Stone. His professional thief has already been the anti-heroine in Cold Shot to the Heart (2011) and Kings of Midnight (2012). Crissa is in Detroit, part of…

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NTN: Don't Breathe the Air by Simon Fellowes

By DavidPrestidge

10 November, 2013

Ronnie Marston was steeped in the music business. He was one of the most respected roadies in the game, and became a guitar-tech to the stars. Now, those days are over and he is happier running a downmarket rehearsal studio in North London, helped by…

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Sorrow Bound by David Mark

Closure by Larry Quartley

Natchez Burning by Greg Iles

Gone on Kauai

A Ghostly Shade of Pale by Merle Temple

The Sudden Arrival of Violence by Malcolm Mackay

Shoot the Woman First by Wallace Stroby

NTN: Don't Breathe the Air by Simon Fellowes

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