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Sympathy for the Devil

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Written by William Shaw — We are back in 1960s London as DS Cathal Breen and his team investigate the murder of a prostitute. Her name was Lena Bobienski and she was Polish, her parents returning home after the World War II where they were presumed to…
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The Shadow District by Arnaldur Indridason

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Translated by Victoria Cribb — In his recent interview with us, the author confirms that his iconic Nordic noir creation, Detective Erlendur, remains in hiatus. Fear not though, because The Shadow District represents the beginning of a major new series from this mainstay Scandinavian crime fiction author, with at…
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The Age of Olympus

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Written by Gavin Scott – Duncan Forrester, ex-Special Operations Executive agent and history scholar, returns for a second outing in Scott’s engaging historical crime series. We return to the years immediately after World War II, but the setting has moved from the comfortable lawns of Oxford as…
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The Third Nero

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Written by Lindsey Davis — Historical novelist Lindsey Davis is best known for her series set in Ancient Rome, featuring Marcus Didius Falco. A few years back she retired her popular detective (or ‘imperial informer’, as the position was known back then) to make way…
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Prussian Blue

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Written by Philip Kerr – If you’ve tried your hand at art, you might know that Prussian Blue is a dark pigment used in paints. You are probably less likely to know it is also the medical antidote to poisoning from certain heavy metals, including thallium….
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A Dangerous Crossing

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Written by Rachel Rhys — Late July 1939. A young woman named Lillian Shepard boards the Orontes, docked at Tilbury in Essex and set to sail for Australia. She has assisted passage to work in Australia as a domestic servant. Her family sees her to the cabin…
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