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On the Radar: Spies and killers exposed

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Thrills, suspense and danger lie ahead as we bring you five new crime and espionage novels. Spies will be exposed and killers hunted down, but it won’t be an easy ride for the ‘good guys’ in any of these books. Let’s start with William Boyd’s…
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The best World War I crime fiction

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Today marks 100 years since Britain entered World War I. For the next five years, writers, artists and historians from all over the world will remind us the momentous events which took place between 1914 and 1919. The Great War is remembered for its soldier…
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Solo by William Boyd

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Solo is the latest of the James Bond continuation novels, which far outnumber the original books but have never matched Ian Fleming for unflinching brutality, thrilling action sequences and an obsessive accretion of period detail relating to fine dining, men’s tailoring and posh booze. William…
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CIS: William Boyd on James Bond

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Sixty-one years after his creation, James Bond lives on through the films starring Daniel Craig, and the enduringly popular books by Ian Fleming. However, a select band of authors have also been working to carry on the spy’s story, including Kingsley Amis (Colonel Sun, 1968),…
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New books from crime fiction's masters!

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On the Radar — It’s something of a rarity to find seven – yes, SEVEN – new books by established masters of the genre hitting the shelves at around the same time. But this week, that’s just what we have. Seven of the biggest names…
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Murder taken lightly

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On The Radar — Our selection this week starts off rather light-heartedly – if murder can ever be taken lightly – with a novelisation from the American TV series, Monk. But after that we go back in time, get gritty and modern Glasgow, and there’s…
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