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A Commonplace Killing

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Written by Siân Busby — Siân Busby tragically passed away in 2012, but she gave us two non-fiction works (A Wonderful Little Girl and The Cruel Mother), a children’s book, and two works of fiction entitled McNaughten and A Commonplace Killing. The latter she finished…
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A Man Without Breath

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When David Prestidge reviewed the latest from Philip Kerr earlier this year, he called it “a modern masterpiece”. Central character Bernie Gunther is a cynical German cop. He has experienced hell on earth in The Great War, but the German invasion of Russia in 1941…
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Interview: David Khara

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Formerly a copywriter and an entrepreneur, French author David Khara’s crime fiction career had a dream start. His first book wasn’t intended for publication, but found its way into an editor’s hands. His second book, The Bleiberg Project, is a thriller with links to World War…
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A Man Without Breath

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Written by Philip Kerr — Bernie Gunther is a cynical, tough German cop. A veteran of The Great War, he has experienced hell on earth, but the German invasion of Russia in 1941 has triggered another armageddon in this, the ninth novel in the series…
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A classic revisited: Death of a Citizen

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Published in 1960, Death of a Citizen marked the beginning of the story Donald Hamilton’s counter agent/assassin Matt Helm. It would eventually spread over 27 novels, concluding with The Damagers, which came out in 1993. Books in the series have sold more than 20 million…
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Death's Door

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Written by James R Benn — Death’s Door is the seventh title in the Billy Boyle World War II Mystery series. Don’t be put off reading this book if you’re not familiar with the previous ones, though – each story is an adventure which stands…
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The Bernie Gunther novels by Philip Kerr

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Philip Kerr’s Berlin Noir series was published between 1989 and 1991, and introduced the world to Bernie Gunther. Strangely, it wasn’t until 2006 that the books March Violets, The Pale Criminal and A German Requiem were followed up with The One from the Other, and…
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