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Crimson Rose by MJ Trow

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‘Everything or nothing, which is it to be?’ one of the characters asks at one point in MJ Trow’s latest historical novel, Crimson Rose. The author certainly seems to have made the decision to go for broke and throw everything at this story. He has…
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The Advent Killer by Alastair Gunn

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With Advent coming to a close we thought it was only appropriate to review The Advent Killer, the debut thriller from experienced British magazine journalist Alastair Gunn. (You can read our interview with the author here.) The novel introduces us to his new protagonist DCI…
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NTN: Alex Marwood interviewed

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Fresh from the success of her debut crime novel The Wicked Girls – which dealt with what things might be like for two women convicted of a murder back when they were 11 years old – Alex Marwood has come up with another fascinating premise…
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NTN: Interview with Alastair Gunn

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Feeling a bit cynical about the run-up to Christmas? The constant battering of the eardrums with boughs of holly, the jingle of bells that makes the hair on your neck stand on end because it’s only November still? Alastair Gunn’s debut novel The Advent Killer…
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Hardcastle's Traitors by Graham Ison

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It is London, on the last day of 1915, a year of almost continuous setbacks for the British Expeditionary Force. The old regular army has been decimated at Neuve Chapelle, Ypres, Aubers Ridge, Loos and finally, Gallipoli. Back at home, Divisional Detective Inspector Ernest Hardcastle…
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