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review by Paul Burston
- Sep 26, 2018
- 2 min
Blacklands
Blacklands is one of the darkest crime novels I’ve ever read – and one of the best. It’s the story of a young boy obsessed with the seria...
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review by Paul Burston
- Aug 7, 2018
- 1 min
Sunburn
Laura Lippman is one of America’s top crime writers. Her books regularly win awards and earn the acclaim of fellow writers. Her latest, ‘...
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review by Paul Burston
- Jul 30, 2018
- 1 min
Open Your Eyes
A new novel from Paula Daly is always a cause for celebration. Fast-paced, with gripping plots driven by fully-rounded characters, they t...
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review by Paul Burston
- Jul 5, 2018
- 1 min
Take Me In
Sabine Durrant’s new novel could just as easily have been called ‘The Book of Dave’. But that title is already taken – by Will Self, no l...
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review by Paul Burston
- Jun 25, 2018
- 2 min
Our Kind of Cruelty
Speaking at a recent crime writing event at London’s Goldsboro Books, Araminta Hall took issue with the idea that protagonists in fiction...
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review by Paul Burston
- Jun 25, 2018
- 2 min
The Things You Didn't See
I first discovered Ruth Dugdall’s books on the recommendation of a friend. The author’s previous employment as a social worker and probat...
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review by Paul Burston
- Jun 19, 2018
- 2 min
Snap
I have a confession to make. Until now, I’d never read a book by Belinda Bauer. Strange, because her books are very much my bag (crime fi...
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review by Paul Burston
- Jun 1, 2018
- 2 min
The Old You
Unreliable narrators are a staple ingredient of psychological thrillers. Writers are forever finding new ways of keeping readers guessing...
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review by Paul Burston
- Jun 1, 2018
- 2 min
The Cliff House
I approached ‘The Cliff House’ with high expectations and some trepidation. I’m a great admirer of Amanda Jennings. Her previous book, ‘I...
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review by Paul Burston
- Jun 1, 2018
- 1 min
The Fear
When I say that ‘The Fear’ is C.L. Taylor’s best book so far, that’s no disrespect to her previous novels, which have rightly earned her ...
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review by Paul Burston
- Mar 17, 2018
- 1 min
The Woman In The Window
After ‘The Girl on the Train’ and ‘The Woman in Cabin 10’, meet ‘The Woman in the Window’. A.J. Finn’s superior psychological thriller ha...
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