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Femme Fatale

Written by Dominic Piper — The concept of les femmes fatales is older than crime fiction itself – female characters whose charms and influence propel male characters to act against their own interest. Well-known examples exist throughout crime fiction, however these women can be found…
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The Corruption of Chastity

Written by Frank Westworth — One look at the cover of this book, and you know that Chastity has been well and truly corrupted. Frank Westworth’s second Killing Sisters noir novel offers guns, girls, guitars and gruesome violence according to one of the blurbs. JJ…
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Murder House: Part Two

Written by James Patterson and David Ellis — Four weeks, five parts, one gripping story is how James Patterson’s latest standalone novel is being sold. It’s a bold move to release a serial as an eBook and audiobook (featuring bonus audio content), though it’s not been…
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Murder House: Part One

Written by James Patterson and David Ellis – Although he’s never been a critics’ favourite, James Patterson is a permanent fixture on the bestseller and library lending lists. Like literary sensations ranging from Charles Dickens to Stephen King, he has a popular following that will…
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Fiddle City

Written by Dan Kavanagh — When Julian Barnes’s pseudonymous PI novel Duffy was reissued earlier this year, the literary author found himself welcomed into the crime genre. Written under the name Dan Kavanagh, Duffy was a scandalously funny, violent and sordid debut from a writer…
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A Last Act of Charity

Written by Frank Westworth — JJ Stoner was a special forces soldier. He is now a freelance investigator who knows how to kill men without shedding a tear or suffering any flicker of conscience. His most regular employer is a government spook known only as The Hard…
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The Axe Factor

Written by Colin Cotterill — Frustrated journalist Jimm Juree, hemmed down by family obligations and with no romantic life to speak of, has left her career as a reporter in the big city to help her mother run their shack of a hotel in the…
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