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Sep 21, 2018
1 min

Review: CROSS HER HEART, Sarah Pinborough

THEY SAY Lisa. Ava. Marilyn. Three women, three secrets and a hidden past that could destroy them all. I SAY Winning the award for...

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Aug 31, 2018
2 min

Review: SNAP, Belinda Bauer

‘A different slant on a detective novel’ THEY SAY SNAP DECISIONS CAN BE DANGEROUS . . . On a stifling summer's day, eleven-year-old Jack...

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May 9, 2018
3 min

Review: SALT LANE, William Shaw

‘William Shaw’s writing, plotting, and sense of light and shade, of when to rush and when to pause, are faultless’ THEY SAY SHE ALWAYS...

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Review: THREE THINGS ABOUT ELSIE, Joanna Cannon

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Apr 10, 2018
2 min

Review: THREE THINGS ABOUT ELSIE, Joanna Cannon

‘Transports you inside the characters, making you feel exactly what they are feeling’ THEY SAY There are three things you should know...

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Feb 6, 2018
2 min

Review: FORCE OF NATURE, Jane Harper

‘The plotting is clever and intricate’ THEY SAY FIVE WENT OUT. FOUR CAME BACK... Is Alice here? Did she make it? Is she safe? In the...

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Jan 31, 2018
2 min

Review: THE CHILD FINDER, Rene Denfield

‘Heartbreaking, stunning, beautifully-phrased, and delicately judged’ THEY SAY Naomi Cottle finds missing children. When the police have...

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Jan 16, 2018
2 min

Review: THE DRY, Jane Harper

‘Transports the reader so that I wasn’t simply reading these things, I was right there’ THEY SAY WHO REALLY KILLED THE HADLER FAMILY? I...

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Jan 11, 2018
1 min

Review: BRING ME BACK, B.A. Paris

‘B.A. Paris has what it takes to have real longevity as a writer.’ THEY SAY The Disappearance: Twelve years ago Finn’s girlfriend...

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Dec 12, 2017
2 min

Review: MOTHER, SE Lynes

‘Wonderful story-telling builds slowly to a crescendo’ THEY SAY Christopher would never hurt anyone. Not intentionally. Even after...

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Review: THE SECRET MOTHER, Shalini Boland

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Dec 5, 2017
1 min

Review: THE SECRET MOTHER, Shalini Boland

'An incredible hook, it’s a real ‘what the heck?’ moment.' THEY SAY ‘Are you my mummy?’ Tessa Markham returns home to find a child in...

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Nov 21, 2017
2 min

Review: BROKEN BONES, Angela Marsons

Angela Marsons packs a punch, and she knows right where to hit you. THEY SAY They thought they were safe. They were wrong. The murder of...

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Review: MY SISTER’S BONES, Nuala Ellwood

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Nov 15, 2017
2 min

Review: MY SISTER’S BONES, Nuala Ellwood

A tense, slow-burning tale that has a blistering end. THEY SAY If you can't trust your sister, then who can you trust? Kate Rafter has...

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Nov 8, 2017
2 min

Review: THE SURROGATE, Louise Jensen

'Louise Jensen is queen of sleight of hand, making you look in all directions apart from the one you should be looking. ' THEY SAY She...

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Oct 31, 2017
2 min

Review: DARK MATTER, Michelle Paver

‘A spine-tingling atmosphere that feels both scarily large and claustrophobically close’ THEY SAY A terrifying 1930s ghost story set in...

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Sep 4, 2017
2 min

Review: A PATIENT FURY, Sarah Ward

‘Every time you think you have the plot sorted, it slips through your fingers like water’ THEY SAY When Detective Constable Connie Childs...

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Review: THE REAL CSI, A FORENSIC HANDBOOK FOR CRIME WRITERS, Kate Bendelow

Barbara Copperthwaite

Aug 22, 2017
2 min

Review: THE REAL CSI, A FORENSIC HANDBOOK FOR CRIME WRITERS, Kate Bendelow

'Perfect for anyone interested in crime or crime writing' THEY SAY Who is allowed access to a crime scene? What happens when a body is...

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Aug 8, 2017
2 min

Review: CITY OF MASKS, S.D. Sykes

'There’s something for everyone in this gentle crime fiction' THEY SAY 1358. Oswald de Lacy, Lord Somershill, is in Venice, awaiting a...

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Aug 1, 2017
2 min

Review: SWEETPEA, CJ Skuse

‘A serial killer with one-liners sharp enough to slice a throat’ THEY SAY The last person who called me ‘Sweetpea’ ended up dead… I...

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Jul 25, 2017
2 min

Review: TATTLE TALE, Sarah J Naughton

‘This tale leads the reader along a well-trodden path - but the destination isn’t the one that’s expected.’ THEY SAY Packed with twists...

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Review: THE SECOND SISTER, Claire Kendal

Barbara Copperthwaite

Jul 17, 2017
1 min

Review: THE SECOND SISTER, Claire Kendal

'Claire Kendal is one to watch in this genre' THEY SAY It is ten years since Ella's sister Miranda disappeared without trace, leaving her...

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