Dark Arts
Review by Kate Horsley Karen Taylor’s Dark Arts is a page-turning mystery, combining well-crafted characterisation with a lively plot. The
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Don’t Turn Around
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The Long Long Afternoon
Inga Vesper, The Long Long Afternoon (2021) Review by Lee Horsley Inga Vesper’s The Long Long Afternoon is a beautifully atmospheric and wholly absorbing crime
Please See Us
Caitlin Mullen, Please See Us (2020) Review by Lee Horsley As readers of Caitlin Mullen’s Please See Us, we are drawn into the lives
You Will Know Me
Megan Abbott, You Will Know Me (Little, Brown & Company, July 2016) Review by Kate Horsley Megan Abbott says that when she was
Revolver
Duane Swierczynski, Revolver (Mulholland, 2016) Review by Kate Horsley Duane Swierczynski’s Revolver opens in the mid-60s, with two cops, one black and one white, drinking
All Things Cease To Appear
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The Darkest Secret
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Listening to the Ghosts
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The Man of the Family
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