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Sirens

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Written by Joseph Knox — Disgraced Detective Constable Aidan Waits has been caught stealing drugs and publicly humiliated. His boss, Superintendent Parrs, is an uncompromising Scot with ambiguous motivations who takes the opportunity to make Waits an offer he simply can’t refuse. He can go to…
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NTN: Dead Lemons

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Written by Finn Bell — There’s only one slightly confusing thing about this self-published novel by Finn Bell. This is that the author has given his main character his own name. Why, we’re not sure, but the book’s definitely worth reading, and along the way you’ll…
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Sonata of the Dead

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Written by Conrad Williams — Dust and Desire, the first Joel Sorrell thriller, was a wonderful surprise from Conrad Williams. Previously best known for his dark fantasy and horror, it seemed as if he’d written Dust and Desire with Raymond Chandler looking over one shoulder and Thomas Harris the…
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Tastes Like Fear

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Remember when Sarah Hilary’s debut novel Someone Else’s Skin was released to acclaim two years ago? We certainly do. And how quickly the West Country writer has become one of the UK’s leading voices when it comes to psychological crime fiction. Her third novel, Tastes…
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Where Roses Never Die

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Written by Gunnar Staalesen, translated by Don Bartlett — It’s been three years since Bergen PI Varg Veum tragically lost his girlfriend in We Shall Inherit the Wind. In the 19th book in the series – which began back in 1977 – the detective is seen wandering around…
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Behind Dead Eyes by Howard Linskey

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Tom Carney, true crime author, keeps receiving letters imploring him for help. These are no ordinary pleas, the writer no ordinary person. The letters are from convicted killer Richard Bell who is languishing in prison for murdering his lover. Bell claims he’s innocent and believes…
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