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Stephen King comes to crime fiction

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Best known for his chilling horror, suspense and fantasy stories like It, The Shining and the Dark Tower series, Stephen King occasionally turns his hand to crime. Next June, will see the release of his newest hardboiled work Joyland, the story of a college student…
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Aunt Dimity and the Village Witch

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Written by Nancy Atherton — Aunt Dimity first arrived on our bookshelves nearly 20 years ago with its main protagonist Lori Shepherd and her ghostly sidekick Dimity Westwood – aka Aunt Dimity – embarking on a series of mysteries. The Village Witch is the 17th…
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World Book Night: 25 great crime reads

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Well, it’s Shakespeare’s birthday and 23 April has also been designated World Book Night. While we think the charitable effort – distributing a million free books to people less fortunate – is commendable, when we looked at this year’s WBN list we couldn’t help but…
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The Last Titanic Story

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Written by Chris Angus — At 2:20am on 15 April 1912, RMS Titanic sank on its maiden voyage from Southampton to New York, with the loss of 1517 lives. The ship that was supposed to be unsinkable collided with an iceberg and went down in the…
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