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Crime Scene: GARRY DISHER Bitter Wash Road; BARRY MAITLAND The Raven’s Eye: A Brock and Kolla Mystery. Reviewed by Karen Chisholm

November 5, 2013

Garry Disher introduces a new character and Barry Maitland continues his successful Brock and Kolla series. Bitter Wash Road is …

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Crime Scene: ANNIE HAUXWELL A Bitter Taste; ALEX HAMMOND Blood Witness. Reviewed by Karen Chisholm

July 4, 2013

The second in a series set in London and a debut legal thriller show some of the exciting variety of …

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LAUREN BEUKES The Shining Girls. Reviewed by Jean Bedford

May 21, 2013

This intriguing and original time-travelling thriller is not for the faint-hearted. Lauren Beukes is known for her genre-bending. Her first …

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Crime Scene: BELINDA BAUER Rubbernecker. Reviewed by Jean Bedford

January 31, 2013

The anatomy student, the coma victim – and a satisfying new direction from Belinda Bauer. I have to admit I …

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Crime Scene: TANA FRENCH Broken Harbour

November 29, 2012

Tana French’s Irish Gothic noir delivers more than the average crime novel. This is the fourth in Tana French’s Dublin Murder …

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Crime Scene: IAN RANKIN Standing in Another Man’s Grave

November 14, 2012

Rebus is back, as individual and interesting as ever. After five years out in the cold of retirement (literally: he’s …

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Crime Scene: DENNIS LEHANE Live by Night. Reviewed by Peter Corris

November 5, 2012

This book is among the best of Lehane’s novels. With books like Mystic River and Shutter Island to his credit, …

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Crime Scene: LEE CHILD A Wanted Man

November 1, 2012

In 1997 Killing Floor crashed Lee Child onto the thriller scene as a major new talent. A Wanted Man is the …

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Crime Scene: DEREK B MILLER Norwegian by Night. Reviewed by Jean Bedford

October 22, 2012

Simply one of the best crime novels of the year. Transcending genre, and blending genres, Norwegian by Night is partly …

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NICOLE WATSON The Boundary

March 29, 2012

Murder, dispossession and revenge fuel this passionate debut. It may have a body on the first page, but The Boundary …

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