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20 Aug
US crime writer Elmore Leonard, author of such books as Get Shorty, Maximum Bob and Out of Sight, died at the age of 87 after suffering a stroke. Read books by Elmore Leonard
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The Music Shop Rachel Joyce
A heartrending love story. An ode to vinyl. A poignant evocation of
a community of shopkeepers in the late eighties. Like the music
beloved by its…
The Dinner Herman Koch
This is one of those books like The Slap and We Need to Talk About
Kevin where no one is likeable and the outcome difficult to
predict. Here…
Behind Her Eyes Sarah Pinborough
Oh my word, this book is devious, twisted, and an absolute
knockout! The story, revolving around love, passion, suspicion, and
deceit, kept me…
The Four Horsemen Gregory Dowling
A captivating, vibrant, and exciting tale of secret societies,
death and disorder in the middle of Venice in the 1750’s.
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The Unquiet Dead Ausma Zehanat Khan
August 2017 Debut of the Month Provocative and stimulating, this
debut crime thriller set in Canada, slams with impact. Two
detectives begin an…
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2017 CWA Daggers
The Watcher Ross Armstrong
Longlisted for the CWA John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger 2017. A
clever first novel with a sinister setting in London where blocks
of flats are being…
Sirens Joseph Knox
Shortlisted for the CWA John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger 2017.
Justifiably already highly-praised, this debut by a young
Manchester author deserves…
What You Don't Know JoAnn Chaney
Longlisted for the CWA John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger 2017. Serial
killer novels come and go, mostly exploitative as well as
repetitive, but this…
The Pictures Guy Bolton
Shortlisted for the CWA John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger 2017. Yet
another British beginner with a tale set overseas, in this case in
Hollywood in…
Good Me, Bad Me Ali Land
Shortlisted for the CWA John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger 2017. Ooh,
this truly is a fabulously captivating and unpredictable tale, and
it kept me…
Sunset City Melissa Ginsburg
Longlisted for the CWA John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger 2017. A
wonderful portrait of a self-destructive woman at odds with the
world and herself.…
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If You Like...You'll Love
The Invitation Lucy Foley
A sophisticated, expressive, and emotional story set in the
glamorous Italian film promotion world of the 1950’s. Hal and
Stella meet at a…
According to Yes Dawn French
21st century family life - love, death, grief, childhood,
motherhood, parenthood - delivered head on by none other than comic
genius Dawn…
The Girl on the Train Paula Hawkins
In the footsteps of Gillian Flynn's Gone Girl and S.J. Watson's
Before I Go to Sleep, the unreliable narrator domestic drama of
untruths is the new…
The Summer Before the War Helen Simonson
Despite the title – The Summer Before the War – which
this terrific novel does indeed trace, it also spills into the
horrors of the war…
Broken Heart Tim Weaver
A truly captivating and bold story that stings and provokes with
fierce intensity. David Raker is back in his seventh missing person
enquiry, a woman…
The Island Victoria Hislop
A 2013 World Book Night selection. Winner of Newcomer of the Year
at the Galaxy British Book Awards 2007.Something a bit different, a
bit special.…
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The Party Elizabeth Day
The party is where it all unravels and where the dark secret
between rich, aristocratic Ben and poor, middle-class Martin is
exposed. We are kept…
Under a Pole Star Stef Penney
Flora Mackie leads a remarkable life. Daughter of a whaling
captain, with her mother dead, she spent many of her teenage years
sailing with him…
Borne Jeff VanderMeer
Finch, the last VanderMeer that I read, was referred to as
‘fungal noir’, a wonderful phrase. With that in mind
Borne could be…
Good Me Bad Me Ali Land
Shortlisted for the CWA John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger 2017. Ooh,
this truly is a fabulously captivating and unpredictable tale, and
it kept me…
The Color Purple Alice Walker
Set in the deep American south between the wars, this is the
classic tale of Celie, a young poor black girl. Raped repeatedly by
her father, she…
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