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Books of the Month
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Good Me Bad Me Ali Land September 2017 Book of the Month Shortlisted for the CWA John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger 2017. Ooh, this truly is a fabulously captivating and unpredictable tale, and it kept me clinging to the very edge of my seat. Annie’s mother... Format: Paperback - Released: 10/08/2017 
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The Good Daughter Karin Slaughter Gosh, what a story this is, dramatic, powerful, and so incredibly addictive. The Good Daughter is a standalone novel from Karin Slaughter. 28 years ago, as murder tore apart their family in a small town in North Georgia, one girl... Format: Hardback - Released: 13/07/2017
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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 demolished. The juxtaposition of the bird watcher protagonist, Lily, and her people watching is... Format: Paperback - Released: 21/09/2017
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Rattle Fiona Cummins A Maxim Jakubowski selected title. Set in South London, Fiona Cummins' debut is insidious and icy in its depiction of a psychopath whose modus operandi could have Hannibal Lecter flinching and proves a worthy addition to... Format: Paperback - Released: 24/08/2017
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Kings of America R. J. Ellory A Maxim Jakubowski selected title. New York in 1930 is a teeming abyss of crime and idealism at the outset of Roger Ellory's first novel in some time. Fleeing his home soil folllowing a momentous crime,... Format: Paperback - Released: 21/09/2017
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Blue Light Yokohama Nicolas Obregon A beautifully plotted police procedural set in Japan by a new British author, this wonderfully crafted suspense sees a pair of police investigators with highly troubled pasts of their own brought on board to examine a series of strange murders... Format: Paperback - Released: 18/09/2017
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The Girl From Venice Martin Cruz Smith A Maxim Jakubowski selected title. Neglecting his favourite character Russian investigator Arkady Renko, of GORKY PARK and other novels fame, Cruz Smith offers us a bittersweet thriller romance set in Venice and the notorious Republic... Format: Paperback - Released: 07/09/2017
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Her Every Fear Peter Swanson A Maxim Jakubowski selected title. Swanson's follow up to the gripping and dark The Kind Worth Killing is equally suspenseful although its characters are less obviously twisted at first sight and sports a Rear Window... Format: Paperback - Released: 07/09/2017
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1588: A Calendar of Crime A Novel in Five Books Shirley McKay St Andrews in the 16th century is once again brought to captivating vibrant life. With allegations of ghosts, witches, the Spanish Armada and high jinks, the year 1588 is full of life… and death. If you adore the ‘Hew Cullan... Format: Paperback - Released: 07/09/2017
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Spook Street Mick Herron A Maxim Jakubowski selected title. Herron's Slough House series just keeps on getting better and better, both on the sly humorous front and with the Machiavellian variations it offers on the levels of deception that operate... Format: Paperback - Released: 07/09/2017
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Stockholm Delete Jens Lapidus In a stilted style with sparse descriptions which takes a bit of getting into, this is one of those dark Scandinavian crime tales that builds slowly and suddenly grips you making you turn the pages at speed. It is a... Format: Paperback - Released: 07/09/2017
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House of Spines Michael J. Malone A haunting, sinister tale, where tension coils, ready to bite, to sting and provoke thoughts. Ranald McGhie finds himself in an entirely unexpected position, having inherited Newton Hall, a family mansion he had no idea existed, however a torturous journey... Format: Paperback - Released: 15/09/2017
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Find Me J. S. Monroe Rosa died five years ago. But is she really gone? This absorbing, intricately plotted thriller will keep you gripped and keep you guessing. Lovereading comment to follow soon. Format: Paperback - Released: 01/09/2017
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Open Arms Vince Cable This is a near future, post Brexit, political-cum-business thriller where Britain is seeking strong trade deals outside Europe. The protagonist, or so we initially believe, is Kate Thompson, a new, charming and good looking Tory trade minister who is sent... Format: Hardback - Released: 07/09/2017
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Good Friday Lynda La Plante The queen of crime thrillers returns with this third quintessentially compelling novel charting the pre-Prime Suspect career of Jane Tennison, in which the young detective constable must race to prevent a potentially catastrophic IRA attack during the peak of The... Format: Hardback - Released: 23/08/2017
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The Word is Murder Anthony Horowitz As with The Magpie Murders so Horowitz also makes an appearance in this only here he is very much the star. In first person narrative he portrays himself as an author following a murder investigation. So we enter the world... Format: Hardback - Released: 24/08/2017
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Death Message Kate London The second in a terrific series by a woman who really knows her stuff. She was a detective with the Metropolitan murder squad and has created two very real and likeable main characters, always a plus, and given them some... Format: Paperback - Released: 07/09/2017
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Robert B. Parker's Debt To Pay Reed Farrel Coleman, Robert B. Parker It’s been a whopping twenty years since the first Jesse Stone novel was published, and this fifteenth outing for the police chief of Paradise, Massachusetts, keeps the bar high when it comes to entertaining hard-boiled crime. With his ex-wife on... Format: Paperback - Released: 21/09/2017
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The Frozen Woman Jon Michelet A sophisticated and elegantly entertaining shard-sharp slice of Nordic noir that will be surely be devoured by aficionados of Stieg Larsson and Henning Mankell. Vilhelm Thygesen is a prominent left-wing lawyer and former cop, with a ponytail that “makes him... Format: Hardback - Released: 21/09/2017
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The Angel Katerina Diamond Another powerful and dynamic offering from Katerina Diamond. 19 year old Gabriel Webb finds himself as the central suspect of a horrific crime, is he innocent or guilty? If you haven't yet stepped into the world of DS Imogen Grey... Format: Paperback - Released: 21/09/2017
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One Last Dram Before Midnight Denzil Meyrick Seven captivating short stories set in the rather wonderful world of DCI Daley, which can either serve as a revealing introduction to the series, or be enjoyed by existing fans. I love a good short story, and I adore this... Format: Paperback - Released: 07/09/2017
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Last Breath Karin Slaughter Razor-sharp and lightning-fast, this electrifying story - the prequel to The Good Daughter - from the #1 international bestselling author will leave you breathless. Lovereading comment to follow soon... Format: eBook - Released: 11/07/2017
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Let the Dead Speak Jane Casey An absolute belter of a crime novel, and the seventh in the ‘Maeve Kerrigan’ series. 18 year old Chloe returns home to find her mum missing and the house drenched in blood, Maeve, in her new role as a DS,... Format: Paperback - Released: 24/08/2017
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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 teetering on a razor sharp wire of uncertainty. Sarah Pinborough’s writing is sublime, it’s shrewd, artful, cunning,... Format: Paperback - Released: 01/09/2017
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Watch Her Disappear Eva Dolan YOU CAN RUN FROM YOUR PAST. BUT YOU CAN'T RUN FROM MURDER. Or has the person who has been targeting trans women stepped up their campaign of violence? With tensions running high, and the force coming under national scrutiny, this... Format: Paperback - Released: 07/09/2017
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The Girl Who Takes an Eye for an Eye: Continuing Stieg Larsson's Millennium Series David Lagercrantz The fifth in the Millennium series that began with The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo - the global publishing phenomenon. The tension, power and unstoppable force of The Girl Who Takes an Eye for an Eye are inspired by Stieg... Format: Hardback - Released: 07/09/2017
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