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Her Husband's Lover

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Written by Julia Crouch — A good story should always start with a bang and this one does… literally. You will be thrown straight into the thick of it as Louisa Williams tries desperately to escape her husband, Sam. The pair are driving recklessly along pitch…
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Behind Her Eyes

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Written by Sarah Pinborough — When a review book arrives with a snazzy silk eye mask, you can infer you’re in for some sleepless nights while reading it. I can’t say I missed any of my beauty sleep while in the midst of this tale…
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The Girl Before

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Written by JP Delaney — The classic novel 1984 was published 68 years ago and I wonder what George Orwell would make of today’s society, with CCTV, GPS and even cookies tracking our every move? Big Brother really IS watching us. JP Delaney takes things a step…
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Hell is Empty

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Conrad Williams provides a fitting finale to his Joel Sorrell trilogy. The London-based PI finally gets the chance to match wits with his wife’s murderer after a gang of killers escape from a maximum security prison. From the very beginning, these books have been distinguished…
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The Watcher

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The initial premise of this psychological thriller by Ross Armstrong is a post-modern twist on Hitchcock’s 1954 film Rear Window. Lily Gullick is a bird watcher who also spies on her neighbours but her voyeuristic skills are tested when one of them is murdered. She…
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The Watcher

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Written by Ross Armstrong — Hitchcock looms large over this debut novel. A striking cover evokes The Birds and the initial premise is a post-modern twist on the 1954 film Rear Window. Our hero with a pair of binoculars is Lily Gullick. She is a bird…
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The Hanging Tree

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Written by Ben Aaronovitch — The Hanging Tree is the sixth book in the highly entertaining Rivers of London series, which debuted back in 2011. Police procedural is mixed rather nicely with a heavy dose of urban fantasy, and a side order of humour. PC Peter…
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Hell is Empty

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Written by Conrad Williams — Hell is Empty completes the trilogy of Joel Sorrell novels that began with Dust and Desire last year followed by Sonata of the Dead this spring. Conrad Williams really put his London-based PI through the wringer in those first two books and so…
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