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The Corpse Bridge by Stephen Booth

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The Corpse Bridge marks the 14th outing in this Derbyshire set police procedural series featuring detective duo Ben Cooper and Diane Fry. Despite my preference for the more gritty or psychologically dark purveyors of crime fiction, this is a series that has remained firmly on…
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Shit Happens by Eileen Wharton

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Rose Starling lives a dreadful life. Physically abused by her ex-husband, Joe, she’s raising their three kids on benefits and is barely able to make ends meet, skirting from one problem to the next. But things turn from bad to worse when bits of Joe…
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Darkness, Darkness by John Harvey

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And so after 12 novels, 16 short stories, two television adaptations and four radio plays, Darkness, Darkness marks the final appearance of John Harvey’s stalwart and long serving detective, Charlie Resnick. Published on the 30th anniversary of the Miner’s Strike, the story centres on this…
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Prime Deception by Carys Jones

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Charles Lloyd is very near the pinnacle of British politics. He is the Deputy Prime Minister. He has power, popularity, an attentive, attractive wife as well as a young and beautiful mistress. Lorna Thomas, passionate about politics, has joined his office as an intern, and…
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Kill Your Boss by Shane Kuhn

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John Lago is not your average intern. He’s actually a highly trained stone cold contract killer who infiltrates multinational corporations and government agencies to eliminate heavily guarded executives for Human Resources Inc, his shady employer. The FBI believes HR Inc is responsible for the deaths…
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Death in Pont-Aven by Jean-Luc Bannalec

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Translated by Sorcha McDonagh — If you’re keen to discover some new French crime fiction, Jean-Luc Bannalec is a real find. Death In Pont-Aven introduces us to Commissaire Dupin, a cantankerous Parisian caffeine junkie, who polices the small Breton village of Pont-Aven, a sleepy community…
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