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By Its Cover by Donna Leon

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Donna Leon is one of the leading lights of crime fiction set in Italy. She has made the Venetian lagoon her own, with occasional forays to the nearby Dolomites with her long-running series featuring Commissario Brunetti and his family. This is the 23rd book in…
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The Abomination

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Written by Jonathan Holt — In Venice, a woman’s body, clothed in the robes of a Catholic priest, washes up during one of the city’s regular bouts of flooding. She’s been shot in the head twice, and mysterious tattoos point to possible occult involvement. Detective-Colonel…
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A Venetian Moon by Bill Rogers

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After a career in education, helping improve schools in the Manchester area, Bill Rogers decided to become a crime author. He mainly writes police procedurals featuring the upstanding DCI Tom Caton. Publishing them himself, he’s become an accomplished and bestselling author with a loyal fan…
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Reunion with Death

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Written by Sheila Connolly — Cosy mystery fans will be familiar with the work of bestselling American author Sheila Connolly. She’s probably best known for three sets of books – The Glassblowing series, The Orchard series and The Museum series. Her last book, Let’s Play…
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At the End of a Dull Day

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In choosing this as her standout book of 2013, Marina Sofia found this, “Darker than dark, with fiercely black humour and a callous attitude towards its high body count.” The central character, Giorgio Pellegrini, is the quintessential bad boy we love to hate, yet cannot…
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SummerCrime: Holiday reads for 2013

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Crime novels, with their abundant local colour and detail, are excellent travel companions. If you’re heading to a popular holiday destination this summer, why not load up your Kindle (or your suitcase) with some crime fiction set in the place you’re going to? We’ve picked…
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