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CIS: Books to Die For

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Whether it’s Golden Age giants or great lost novels, there’s always another crime classic waiting to be discovered. If Classics in September has opened your eyes to this diverse literary canon, then there’s a new edition of an ambitious book that provides an indispensable insight…
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A different French connection

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On the Radar — No, there hasn’t been a re-issue of the great 1971 movie. Our French connection this week is via two new novels set in France, written by Frédérique Molay and ML Longworth. If French crime isn’t your tasse de thé, then how about a…
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Never Saw It Coming

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Written by Linwood Barclay — My introduction to the work of top-selling author Linwood Barclay is a slim volume, which I found somewhat off-putting, being one of those make ’em thick, read ’em quick kind of girls. But I hadn’t reckoned on Barclay’s consummate skill as…
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What's another dead journalist?

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On the Radar — It’s 3 January, a big day for new releases, and if you head to our Reviews section you can catch up on titles from Stuart Neville, Kathy and Brendan Reichs and KN Shields, and many more titles are out today. But January has…
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Trust Your Eyes

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Written by Linwood Barclay — After writing four comic thrillers featuring the character Zack Walker, Canadian author Linwood Barclay turned to standalone novels. His first crime thriller, No Time for Goodbye, became an international bestseller in 2008 and the author has become one of the…
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