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City Without Stars

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Written by Tim Baker — It seems like a long time since Tim Baker’s explosive JFK assassination based debut, Fever City, hit the shelves in April 2016. Fever City was a recommended read with Crime Fiction Lover and was nominated for equally prestigious awards such as the CWA’s…
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A Map of the Dark

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Written by Karen Ellis — Elsa Myers is the New York representative for the FBI’s Child Abduction Rapid Deployment Unit in this debut from Karen Ellis. Just as in any missing persons case, the first 24 hours is crucial. The correct response from the police can…
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The Collector

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Written by Fiona Cummins — In January 2017 I was lucky enough to be given a debut novel to review. It stayed with me through thick and thin and ended up being one of my favourite crime fiction books of the year. That book was…
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The Silent Children

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Written by Carol Wyer — Michael Connelly has published two novels this year, a new Bosch and the launch of a completely new series, but his work rate is nothing compared to that of comedy writer turned crime novelist Carol Wyer, who has produced three…
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The Death Messenger

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Written by Mari Hannah — The arrival of a mysterious DVD at Northumbria Police HQ sets in train an investigation which is destined to take Detective Sergeant Matthew Ryan and his boss Detective Superintendent Eloise O’Neil around the UK, and beyond. The subject matter of…
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Features

NTN: Fiona Cummins interviewed

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The leap from writing about showbiz for a UK national newspaper to creating one of 2017’s most chilling protagonists is a big one, but family illness forced award-winning journalist Fiona Cummins to take a fresh look at life. “We owe it to ourselves to do…
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And So It Began

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Written by Owen Mullen — It’s brave of a resident of Scotland and the Greek Islands to write a police procedural set in one of America’s most iconic cities, one with a strong and unique culture, history, and personality. Still, author Owen Mullen took the…
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AudiobookReviews

The Snowman - audiobook

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Written by Jo Nesbø, narrated by Robin Sachs — As the film of Jo Nesbø’s quintessential police procedural The Snowman (2007) comes to the big screen, listening to the audio version is perhaps an intermediate step between reading this terrifying bestseller and seeing the film….
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