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The Lying Game

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The Woman in Cabin 10 author Ruth Ware channels her inner Enid Blyton here for an edgy psychological thriller with its roots in a boarding school. 17 years ago, Isa, Fatima, Thea and Kate formed a tight-knit group at Salten School, scoring points off their…
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Fierce Kingdom

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Written by Gin Phillips — If you want to write a psychological thriller as compelling as this Gin Phillips debut, here’s how. If you’re a parent- or can imagine being one, construct your worst nightmare scenario. Include all the situations you’ve imagined where you and…
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The Lying Game

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Written by Ruth Ware — There’s so much great crime writing out there these days that you can’t read everything, can you? That’s why The Girl on the Train is still on my to be read list, alongside The Woman in Cabin 10, which was one…
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Dis Mem Ber

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Written by Joyce Carol Oates – This collection of mostly longish short stories features Oates’s sly humour and penchant for the off-kilter. There’s something just a little bit obsessive, just a little wrong about many of the protagonists who appear. Sometimes, there’s a lot wrong. Someplace along…
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Exquisite

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Written by Sarah Stovell — It takes quite some nerve to combine the title ‘Exquisite’ with the sensuous cover art of this book. Yet the picture of an isolated house against a dark background with a feminine curve cutting across it (or could that represent be the hills…
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Interview: CL Taylor

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Cally Taylor began as a romantic novelist and short story writer before branching out into crime, where her standalone psychological thrillers have attracted a huge and loyal following – The Lie has even been optioned for television. Writing as CL Taylor, the Worcester-born author’s books have sold in excess…
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Crimes of Winter

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Written by Philippe Georget, translated by Steven Rendall — We have encountered Inspector Gilles Sebag before on Crime Fiction Lover. He lives in Perpignan, on the south-western tip of France, right next to the Catalan border. It is a magical place in summer, full of hazy…
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