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On the radar: The deadly past

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The past will come back to get you. And if you happen to be a character in a crime novel, be warned – because this is doubly the case. We won’t drift into metafictional discussion here, though. What we will do is tell you that…
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Yellowhammer

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Written by James Henry — It’s the little things that make you feel old. Hearing a familiar song on the radio and realising it is now 40 years since it was in the charts… spotting one of your much-loved toys in an antiques shop… reading…
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Fly away with some hot summer crime novels!

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On the Radar — It’s thriller time! As we head towards the summer holidays, this week’s books offer all kinds of holiday thrills. We’ll start off with James Henry’s 80s throwback police procedural Yellowhammer, set in the golden fields of Essex. We’ll jet over to…
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Morning Frost

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Written by James Henry — This is the third in a series of prequels featuring a younger William ‘Jack’ Frost. The author of the original Frost series, RD Wingfield, died in 2007 but in 2011 James Henry (a pseudonym for James Gurbutt and Henry Sutton)…
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Jockeying for a bestseller

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On the Radar — If books were racehorses, who would you bet on? Today we bring you champion jockey AP McCoy’s crime writing debut, but it’s up against a whole stable of thoroughbreds. Patricia Cornwell, Michael Connolly, Graham Hurley and more. In fact, I don’t…
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