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Run Rose Run by Dolly Parton and James Patterson

By Erin Britton

7 March, 2022

Eminem and Elton John with Stan. Pavarotti and Skunk Anansie with You’ll Follow Me Down. Metallica and the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra with S&M. All exceedingly unlikely duets to be sure, but perhaps none is more unlikely than the collaboration between mega-bestselling author James Patterson…

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All Down the Line by Andrew Field

By DeathBecomesHer

17 December, 2021

We’re in Manchester, the mad-fer-it capital of Britain, where Cain Bell is living it large. He’s co owner of the Red Manifesto, the best restaurant in Manchester, a place so classy it’s aiming for a Michelin star next year. Life is good. His partner in…

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Fear No Evil by James Patterson

By Paul Burke

26 November, 2021

Fear No Evil is the 29th Dr Alex Cross mystery and as you’d expect from the thrill-meister James Patterson it’s a fast-paced, twisty adventure with a rip-roaring ending. Opening with torture and murder in the nooks and crannies of the Washington spy world, it leads to…

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Never Saw Me Coming by Vera Kurian

By RoughJustice

22 October, 2021

Vera Kurian’s debut novel is the kind of high-concept thriller that would make a great TV or movie adaptation. It’s easy to imagine Hollywood executives salivating over the pitch: ‘What happens when a group of psychopaths are targeted by a serial killer? It’s Less Than…

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When Things Get Dark – Stories Inspired by Shirley Jackson

By Sonja van der Westhuizen

21 October, 2021

Edited by Ellen Datlow — In 2018, when Netflix released The Haunting of Hill House, a whole new audience was introduced to renowned American horror and mystery writer Shirley Jackson’s work. Although the series is based on one of Jackson’s six novels she was best…

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State of Terror by Hillary Rodham Clinton and Louise Penny

By Paul Burke

21 October, 2021

Not to be outdone by husband Bill, who has teamed up with James Patterson twice, Hillary Clinton has collaborated with Canadian crime author Louise Penny for a blockbuster political thriller. State of Terror is a zeitgeisty tale immersed in realpolitik with an all-too-plausible nightmare scenario…

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The Apollo Murders by Chris Hadfield

By Paul Burke

12 October, 2021

The Canadian Astronaut who brought us Space Oddity while on a space odyssey now delivers a grand space opera. The Apollo Murders is an accomplished debut novel, an original and engrossing Cold War space race thriller. Set in 1973, with the confrontation between the US…

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The Hollows by Mark Edwards

By Vicki Weisfeld

20 July, 2021

This new thriller by Mark Edwards takes place at an inland summer resort in the state of Maine. He takes advantage of Maine’s reputation as remote, dotted with lakes, and covered in deep forests to establish a bit of an other-worldly atmosphere. He doesn’t miss…

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Run Rose Run by Dolly Parton and James Patterson

All Down the Line by Andrew Field

Fear No Evil by James Patterson

Never Saw Me Coming by Vera Kurian

When Things Get Dark – Stories Inspired by Shirley Jackson

State of Terror by Hillary Rodham Clinton and Louise Penny

The Apollo Murders by Chris Hadfield

The Hollows by Mark Edwards

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