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Ratlines by Stuart Neville

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It is 1963, and in a few weeks John F Kennedy, the young, charismatic president of America will arrive in Dublin to visit his ancestral homeland. The Irish justice minister, Charles Haughey, is faced with a dilemma. His government, compromised over its controversial neutrality during…
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Strindberg’s Star

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Written by Jan Wallentin – Back in October 2010, Swedish journalist turned author Jan Wallentin’s debut novel, Strindbergs stjärna, was released in his native Sweden. Fast forward nearly two years, and the rights to this fast-paced thriller have been picked up by publishing houses in…
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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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Lumen

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Written by Ben Pastor — Lumen was first released in Italy back in 1999, and Ben Pastor is the nom de plume of the university academic better known to her students as Maria Verbena Volpi. This is the first novel in her Martin Bora series,…
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Pantheon

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Written by Sam Bourne — Sam Bourne is the nom de plume of Guardian political journalist Jonathan Freedland. In his last novel, The Final Reckoning, he examined how far the Nazis reached sympathisers where you’d not expect them. In Pantheon he reappraises WWII again, this…
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Budapest Noir

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Written by Vilmos Kondor – October 1936, Hungarian prime minister Gyula Gӧmbӧs has just died while receiving medical treatment in Germany. Kondor’s debut novel opens with news of Gӧmbӧs’ death filtering through Budapest. This is the first in a series of stories featuring crime journalist,…
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The Hidden Child

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Written by Camilla Läckberg – Läckberg’s latest book in her series featuring crime writer Erica Falck and her police detective husband Patrik Hedstrӧm sees the pair investigating a case that may have its roots 60 years in the past. Apart from a few initial teething…
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