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Legacy by Chris Hammer

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Six years after we first encountered Aussie investigative journalist Martin Scarsden in Scrublands, he’s back in Legacy, the fourth book in the series – and what a book it is! As it opens, Martin is at home in Port Silver and about to launch his…
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The Final Episode by Lori Roy

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Why one story totally captures my attention and another doesn’t, I can’t always pinpoint. It’s some ineffable yet powerful characteristic that goes beyond plot, character and setting. For whatever reasons Lori Roy’s new thriller, The Final Episode, kept me spellbound. She provides a great set-up…
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Sayulita Sucker by Craig Terlson

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The new crime thriller, Sayulita Sucker by Canadian author Craig Terlson, takes readers for a wild ride to back alleys and dicey neighbourhoods in coastal Mexico that aren’t featured in any guidebook. The story’s protagonist is Luke Fischer, who has featured in three of Terlson’s…
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The Chemist by AA Dhand

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The Yorkshire city of Leeds has its fair share of leafy suburbs – but there’s little sign of them in AA Dhand’s latest novel, The Chemist. Instead, pharmacist Idris Khan plies his trade in Headingley, an area heavily populated with students, not too far from the…
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The Lizard by Domenic Stansberry

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Domenic Stansberry’s new noir mystery takes it slow, unravelling in beautiful prose the confounding situation of its protagonist, political ghostwriter SE Reynolds. Stansberry – who hasn’t published a novel in almost a decade – has won numerous prizes including an Edgar Award and a Hammett…
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