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The Blackbird by Tim Weaver

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Over the years, there’s been a veritable dawn chorus of crime fiction novels featuring birds in their title. Immediately springing to mind are Robert Galbraith’s The Cuckoo’s Calling, The Heron’s Cry by Ann Cleeves and even Meadowlark by Greg Ruth and the aptly named Ethan…
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Interview: Lee Matthew Goldberg

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2022 is a big year for New York author Lee Matthew Goldberg. This month he launched Immoral Origins, the first book in his Desire Card series, and he plans to release four more before the year is out. These rapid-fire pulp noir novels start off…
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Hide by Kiersten White

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Out in the middle of the desert exists an abandoned amusement park with a terrible hidden history. Fourteen young adults, desperate for fame or money, have signed up to try and win a $50,000 contest. If they spend a week in the park without getting…
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Disappeared by Bonnar Spring

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What makes the Morocco setting of Bonnar Spring’s new international thriller Disappeared so exciting is the heady combination of romance and menace. American sisters Julie and Fay, both adults and married, are on their annual girls’ getaway. Fay suggested Morocco this time. In fact, she…
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1979 by Val McDermid

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What constitutes a historical crime novel? That’s something I mused upon while reading this book, the first in a new series from the queen of crime, Val McDermid, featuring journalist Allison ‘Allie’ Burns. Unsurprisingly, it is set in… 1979. But that’s only a handful of…
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