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Cross and Burn

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Written by Val McDermid –- These days, bookshop shelves and Amazon listings are packed to overflowing with crime fiction. Some is poor, some good, some great. And the select few are absolutely brilliant. Which is where you’ll find the work of the uber-talented Val McDermid….
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The Strangling on the Stage

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Written by Simon Brett — Simon Brett is almost a British institution. All at once, he’s a dramatist, screenwriter and prolific writer of cosy murder mysteries. You may have come across his indomitable widow Mrs Pargeter, his melancholy actor Charles Paris and his depiction of…
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The Dark Angel

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Written by Dominique Sylvain, translated by Nick Caistor — Opening with a fast paced hold up of a Bureau de Change, the The Dark Angel instantly drops you into the seedy underbelly of Parisian life. The culprits – Jean-Luc, Farid, Noah and Menaham – represent…
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A Song for the Dying

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Written by Stuart MacBride — Ash Henderson has all the street smarts required to successfully survive a spell in one of Her Majesty’s harder prisons. He is tough, intelligent, trusts no-one, and has a flair for extreme violence. This admirable CV has just one blemish,…
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You're Mine Now

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Written by Hans Koppel — Swedish author Hans Koppel’s debut in the English language was She’s Never Coming Back, which arrived in 2012 and had an interesting premise. A kidnapped woman was held prisoner in the house opposite her own, with a CCTV link enabling…
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Entry Island

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Written by Peter May — 2013 ended with me choosing my top five books of the year, and among them was The Chessmen by Peter May, which concluded his Lewis Trilogy. The New Year arrives with a new stand alone novel by the same author,…
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