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First look: Clown Town by Mick Herron

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While Slow Horses has become a smash success on AppleTV+, it’s been three years since we’ve seen Jackson Lamb and his unmerry band of MI5 misfits on the pages of a new novel. That changes in September, when Oxford-based author Mick Herron will resume Lamb’s…
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Midnight Streets by Phil Lecomber

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From the title to the evocative cover showing a man in a trench coat and fedora, everything about Phil Lecomber’s second novel is designed to suggest we are stepping into classic detective fiction. However, the author has swapped the blinding glaze of Raymond Chandler’s LA…
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Interview: Ken Harris

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After serving 32 years in the FBI, Ken Harris retired, sat back for a moment or two, and realised he had stories to tell. He wanted to use his experience as an intelligence analyst, but wasn’t interested in all-action hero stories like James Bond. He…
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Bronco Buster by AJ Devlin

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‘Hammerhead’ Jed Ounstead is back. Bronco Buster is the fourth book in the award-winning series written by Canadian author, AJ Devlin. Jed stands out from your typical crime fiction lead characters. In addition to being addicted to banana milkshakes, he is a prize-winning pro wrestler,…
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We Solve Murders by Richard Osman

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While the intrepid members of the Thursday Murder Club are presumably busy with their investigations (and forthcoming Netflix film), Richard Osman introduces an eclectic new team of sleuths in the aptly named We Solve Murders. The spread of ages might be quite different this time…
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