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Desolation Row

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Written by Kay Kendall — Kendall has a background in international corporate communications and Desolation Row is her debut historical mystery, inspired by her favourite suspense stories set during World Wars I and II. However this story takes place during 1968, with the Vietnam War…
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Elegy for Eddie

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Written by Jacqueline Winspear — This is the ninth book in Winspear’s crime series featuring the charming Maisie Dobbs, an English private detective during the inter-War years. If you like Downton Abbey with a bit more bite and psychology, then you might already be familiar with…
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A Man Without Breath

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Written by Philip Kerr — Bernie Gunther is a cynical, tough German cop. A veteran of The Great War, he has experienced hell on earth, but the German invasion of Russia in 1941 has triggered another armageddon in this, the ninth novel in the series…
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Ordinary Grace

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Written by William Kent Krueger — William Kent Krueger is already well known for his Cork O’Conner mystery series, but he has given us something a little bit different in Ordinary Grace. It’s the summer of 1961 in the small town of New Bremen, Minnesota, where…
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The young guns of historical crime fiction

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On the radar – This week’s report takes a look at some welcome returns by three British young guns of crime fiction and another one from across the pond. All four titles we bring you present a chance to step back in time as their…
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WIN The Devil's Ribbon by DE Meredith

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On 25 February Allison & Busby is releasing the UK printing of The Devil’s Ribbon by DE Meredith. And we’ve got five signed copies up for grabs. Set back in 1858, when forensic science was in its infancy, The Devil’s Ribbon sees Professor Adolphus Hatton and…
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My Bloody Valentine: five mysteries to love

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It’s Valentine’s Day and whenever there’s romance in there air, a crime of passion is always a possibility. Still we thought we’d put our thinking caps on and find some crime fiction, mixed with an appropriately amorous vibe, just for the ladies out there who…
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The Dead of Mametz

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Written by Jonathan Hicks — July 1916, northern France. After 22 months of a war that was meant to be over before its first Christmas, British forces are poised to push the German invaders off the Somme ridges and drive them back whence they came….
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