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Review of Jill Dawson's The Great Lover
Jill Dawson's inventive new novel imagines a fictional event in the life of English war poet Rupert Brooke - a relationship with a humble but spirited serving girl.
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Review of C J Sansom's Revelation
C J Sansom's latest adventure set in the time of Henry VIII sees Matthew Shardlake face his most dangerous enemy yet.
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Review of Louis de Bernieres' Notwithstanding
Louis de Bernieres' new book is an entertaining collection of short stories subtitled "Stories from an English Village", and features an engaging selection of eccentrics.
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Review of Lynda La Plante's The Red Dahlia
La Plante's second thriller featuring Detective Inspector Anna Travis tells the gruesome story of a copycat killer, re-enacting a series of murders from the 1940s.
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Review of C J Sansom's Sovereign
Sansom's third novel set in Tudor England sees lawyer Matthew Shardlake caught up in a web of deadly secrets and conspiracies that could bring down King Henry the Eighth.
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Review of C J Sansom's Dark Fire
The second novel in Sansom's series set in Tudor England featuring hunchback lawyer Matthew Shardlake is a tightly plotted and violent thriller.
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Review of CJ Sansom's Dissolution
The first novel in Sansom's phenomenally successful series sees Matthew Shardlake sent to investigate a brutal murder at a corrupt monastery.
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Book Review of Missy by Chris Hannan
Hannan's first novel is an irresistible journey through the opium-addled streets of the nineteenth century American West, seen through the eyes of a witty flash-girl.
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Review of Adam Foulds' The Quickening Maze
Adam Fould, himself an award-winning poet, has produced a stunning interpretation of poet John Clare's struggle with madness.
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Book Review – Martina Cole's The Take
With Sky 1's glossy adaptation of The Take currently showing, now is a great time to revisit the original novel behind the TV series.
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Biography of British Crime Author Stephen Booth
Stephen Booth has quietly established himself as one of Britain's leading crime writers, winning prestigious awards and building a loyal following of discerning readers.
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Review of Kate Mosse's Sepulchre
Kate Mosse's most recent novel is a thrilling tale of murder, ghosts, and ill-fated love in nineteenth-century France.
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Review of Sophie Hannah's Hurting Distance
Award-winning poet Sophie Hannah's second psychological thriller is an engrossing page-turner in which a violent death unlocks the secrets of the past.
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Review of The Rose Labyrinth by Titania Hardie
Hardie, best known for appearances on This Morning with Richard & Judy, has published her first novel, a cleverly plotted thriller which uncovers the secrets of the past.
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Review of Mark Billingham's In the Dark
Mark Billingham's first novel without his fictional DI Tom Thorne is a chilling thriller with a great twist at the end.
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Review of Justine Picardie's Daphne
Justine Picardie's novel, now out in paperback, tells the tale of Daphne du Maurier's quest to uncover the truth about Branwell Bronte's life.
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Review of John Harvey's Cold in Hand
Charlie Resnick tackles his most difficult case yet in John Harvey's devastating new novel.
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Review of Andrew Taylor's Bleeding Heart Square
When Lydia Langstone leaves her violent and adulterous husband, she finds herself caught up in investigating the mysterious disappearance of a lady four years previously.
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Review of Charles Elton's Mr Toppit
Charles Elton's darkly comic debut novel looks at the way a family copes with the success of a series of children's books based around their own lives.
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Book Review: David Lodge, Deaf Sentence
David Lodge's witty new novel explores the misunderstandings that can occur when your hearing is far from perfect....
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Book Review: Emma Darwin, A Secret Alchemy
Emma Darwin's ambitious new novel is set during the War of the Roses, and retells the famous story of the Princes in the Tower.
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Review: Michael Cox, The Glass of Time
Michael Cox's second novel is a worthy sequel to the murderous events of his first, The Meaning of Night.
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Review: David Gaffney's Never Never
David Gaffney's debut novel is a darkly comic tale of debt, caravans, and adversaries dressed as giant lemons...
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The Journal of Dora Damage
Belinda's Starling's witty tale, newly released in paperback, is a "Vic-Lit" novel in the style of Sarah Waters, Michael Faber and Jane Harris.
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Scarlett Thomas: The End of Mr Y
Looking for something a little darker than your average summer blockbuster? Thomas' gripping novel could be just the thing.
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