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Interview: Fran Dorricott

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The clamour for diversity in fiction has never been greater, and Fran Dorricott’s debut, After the Eclipse, promises a welcome and sympathetic portrayal of queer characters embedded in a crime story set in small town Derbyshire. The novel, which examines the abduction of two young…
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The Revenant Express

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Written by George Mann — The Revenant Express returns us to the Victorian steampunk universe found in George Mann’s Newbury and Hobbes novels, which the author last visited in 2013 with The Executioner’s Heart. The year is 1903, and Sir Maurice Newbury, adventurer and occult…
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The War in the Dark

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Written by Nick Setchfield — Christopher Winter works for British Intelligence, and although he’s a spy, his talents lie more in removing threats to the state than tradecraft or espionage; he is somewhat of a blunt instrument. It is London, in the autumn of 1963 and…
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The Age of Olympus

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Written by Gavin Scott – Duncan Forrester, ex-Special Operations Executive agent and history scholar, returns for a second outing in Scott’s engaging historical crime series. We return to the years immediately after World War II, but the setting has moved from the comfortable lawns of Oxford as…
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The Run-Out Groove

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Written by Andrew Cartmel — The Vinyl Detective, whose name remains a secret, returns for a second escapade. Last year’s Written in Dead Wax was an entertaining romp linking amateur sleuthing with the hunt for rare records, a format that gives the author an opportunity to mix…
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Hell is Empty

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Written by Conrad Williams — Hell is Empty completes the trilogy of Joel Sorrell novels that began with Dust and Desire last year followed by Sonata of the Dead this spring. Conrad Williams really put his London-based PI through the wringer in those first two books and so…
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NTN: Cracked by Barbra Leslie

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Barbra Leslie’s debut is being marketed as belonging to the new trend in crime fiction of strong, fearless anti-heroines like those seen in such smash hits as Gone Girl and The Girl on the Train. Whether or not this really is new is a matter for…
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