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Research by Philip Kerr

By MarinaSofia

5 December, 2014

We all like an occasional break from our usual reading fare, and perhaps writers of long-standing series also feel the need to break out from their shackles, no matter how successful. Philip Kerr is much loved for his subtle, meticulously researched Bernie Gunther series set…

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Flesh and Blood by Patricia Cornwell

By DeathBecomesHer

17 November, 2014

Have you ever been stuck in an interminable traffic jam on the motorway? One where time seems to slow down as you stare, bored, out of the window and pray for rescue? In a nutshell, that’s how I felt while reading this book. Flesh and…

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NTN: Toxic by Jackie McLean

By DeathBecomesHer

4 November, 2014

Scottish author Jackie McLean has certainly jumped in at the deep end for her debut novel. Toxic is inspired by the Bhopal disaster, the world’s biggest industrial accident, where thousands of people were killed in one night. The book opens with a scene set in…

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From the Cradle by Louise Voss and Mark Edwards

By DeathBecomesHer

24 October, 2014

Family: it’s a six-letter word that covers a whole world of possibilities. If you’re lucky, it means happy get-togethers with relatives. Then again, it could conjure up mental images of Barbara Windsor in EastEnders. Love ’em or hate ’em, family is something you’re stuck with….

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A Penny for the Hangman by Tom Savage

By DeathBecomesHer

23 October, 2014

The Virgin Islands. Sound idyllic, don’t they? Especially as the nights begin to draw in here and the temperatures plummet. Richard Branson even owns one! But all is not so wonderful on the island of St Thomas where, in May 1958, a teenage boy and…

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Truth or Dare by Tania Carver

By DeathBecomesHer

10 October, 2014

A new Tania Carver book is always something to celebrate, particularly if you like your crime, dark, disturbing and mega-gruesome. But novels by husband and wife team Martyn and Linda Waites are definitely not for the faint-hearted. I’ll give you a couple of examples. The…

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A Dark and Twisted Tide

By crimefictionlover

8 October, 2014

This seventh outing for Lacey Flint and Mark Joesbury finds the former Met Detective looking for a quieter life as she finds her feet as a member of the Metropolitan Police’s Marine Unit. Some chance of that after an early morning wild swim in the…

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Critical Mass by Sara Paretsky

By DeathBecomesHer

30 September, 2014

As all die-hard crime fiction fans know, some of the world’s best-selling authors aren’t happy unless they churn out book after book in a series featuring a recurring central character. After a while, some of those characters begin to feel like friends. Sadly, others get…

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Research by Philip Kerr

Flesh and Blood by Patricia Cornwell

NTN: Toxic by Jackie McLean

From the Cradle by Louise Voss and Mark Edwards

A Penny for the Hangman by Tom Savage

Truth or Dare by Tania Carver

A Dark and Twisted Tide

Critical Mass by Sara Paretsky

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