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Reviews

It's a very remarkable story.  Remarkable's a well-chosen word. It doesn't give you away.
― James Hilton

Three SecondsReview

Three Seconds

By Anders Roslund, Börge Hellström and Kari Dickson (Translator)

We Begin at the EndReview

We Begin at the End

By Chris Whitaker

A Fatal InversionReview

A Fatal Inversion

By Barbara Vine

The False Inspector DewReview

The False Inspector Dew

By Peter Lovesey

Dead Man’s TimeReview

Dead Man’s Time

By Peter James

Gorky ParkReview

Gorky Park

By Martin Cruz Smith

Other Paths to GloryReview

Other Paths to Glory

By Anthony Price

Dirty WarReview

Dirty War

By Dominique Sylvain and Nick Caistor (Translator)

The Great SwindleReview

The Great Swindle

By Pierre Lemaitre and Frank Wynne (Translator)

Dead LionsReview

Dead Lions

By Mick Herron

Wash This Blood Clean From My HandReview

Wash This Blood Clean From My Hand

By Fred Vargas and Sian Reynolds (Translator)

The Talented Mr RipleyReview

The Talented Mr Ripley

By Patricia Highsmith

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