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Welsh crime drama The Light in the Hall returns

27 August, 2025

The atmospheric Welsh crime show The Light in the Hall – Y Golau in Welsh – is back for a second season, with episodes in Welsh airing on S4C from 14 September. The Welsh version will have English subtitles. In due course, an English version…

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The Good Liar by Denise Mina

By Sharon Richardson

29 July, 2025

Denise Mina’s The Good Liar is a suspenseful exploration of the impact of wealth, class and power on a murder case. Is justice truly blind? Can expert testimony always be trusted? Is it possible for the law keep pace with technology? The book opens as…

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A Rattle of Bones by Douglas Skelton

By DeathBecomesHer

13 August, 2021

There’s a neat juxtaposition of ancient history and more recent goings-on as A Rattle of Bones begins. The title harks back to old misdoings – the execution in 1752 of clan leader James Stewart, known as James of the Glen, for crimes he almost certainly…

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Mortmain Hall by Martin Edwards

By Vicki Weisfeld

23 August, 2020

Right from the title, you know the stately Yorkshire family home Mortmain Hall will play a pivotal role in this classic mystery. The legal doctrine of mortmain, after all, refers to owners’ attempts to control the fate of their property after their death. As you…

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Redemption

By DeathBecomesHer

1 May, 2019

Written by David Baldacci — He’s sold over 130 million books, yet to date David Baldacci has been off this reviewer’s radar. Time to change that, but is it wise to start the acquaintance by jumping in at book five of an established series? Thankfully,…

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Beg for Mercy by Keith Nixon

By DeathBecomesHer

17 June, 2018

Followers of Keith Nixon’s Solomon Gray series have had something of a love/hate relationship with the Kent copper. But we’re at book three now and Gray has certainly mellowed since that spiky first acquaintance in Dig Two Graves. Maybe his age has something to do…

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What Remains of Me

By Vicki Weisfeld

19 December, 2016

Written by Alison Gaylin, narrated by Ann Marie Lee – If, as the Bible says, the sins of the fathers will be visited on their children, this story is the proof of it. It’s set in two time periods, 1980 and 2010, among a small…

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A Coin for the Hangman by Ralph Spurrier

By DavidPrestidge

11 April, 2016

It’s a curious thing for an author to make himself a character in his own book, and proves slightly unnerving to start with. However, the fictional version of Ralph Spurrier does not detain us for too long. A book dealer, in the story he buys…

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Welsh crime drama The Light in the Hall returns

The Good Liar by Denise Mina

A Rattle of Bones by Douglas Skelton

Mortmain Hall by Martin Edwards

Redemption

Beg for Mercy by Keith Nixon

What Remains of Me

A Coin for the Hangman by Ralph Spurrier

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