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Hunting Shadows by Sheila Bugler

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Brian Fletcher has had a lousy  life. After his mother died, he and his sister Marion were looked after by their father. Well, looked after is stretching it a bit, because Brian’s father abused him, and eventually abandoned the son he called useless, leaving the…
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Summertime All the Cats Are Bored

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Written by Philippe Georget — Despite the distinctively postmodern title, this book is not a noir-ish meditation on the futility of existence. Instead, it is a straightforward though not to say simplistic police procedural. Summertime All the Cats Are Bored is set in the Perpignan area…
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Generation Loss

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Set on a wintry island off the coast of Maine, this book introduces us to a physically and mentally scarred bisexual photographer, Cassandra Neary, who travels to the island to write a piece for a pop culture magazine. She encounters missing teenagers, pets killed by…
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Six Years

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Written by Harlan Coben — Let’s face it, Harlan Coben has done just about everything an American crime author can do. His Myron Bolitar novels, in which an ex-basketball player solves crimes, won the author Edgar, Anthony and Shamus awards in the 1990s. Out of…
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Gone

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Written by Mo Hayder —  On the eve of this year’s Edgar awards, we bring you a review of a book by one of last year’s big winners, Mo Hayder. Gone begins with a carjacking, but in the back of the car was a 12-year-old…
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The Score

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Written by Howard Marks — Still recovering from the trauma of her last case – as told in Howard Marks’ crime fiction debut, Sympathy For The Devil – Welsh detective DS Catrin Price has been consigned to the ignominy of admin duty. She spends her days…
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Smile of the Viper

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Written by Harry Dunn — Take one downbeat gumshoe, add a beautiful damsel in distress and all you need is a bad impression of Humphrey Bogart to create the recipe for a cliched fictional view of the life of a private detective. Thankfully, Harry Dunn…
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