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The Dead Ringer by Dane Bahr

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In 2024, Stag put Dane Bahr firmly on the radar of crime fiction lovers – a retro serial killer thriller that mixed violence and dread with a poignant relationship between the two older protagonists assigned to investigate the murders. It was Bahr’s second novel and…
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The End of the Sahara

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Translated by Alexander E Elinson — In The End of the Sahara, a murder mystery by Saïd Khatabi, the story of who killed Algerian nightclub singer Zakia Zaghouani is slowly turned and examined from all sides like a colourfully refracting glass ball. This is the…
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Len Deighton (1929-2026) remembered

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Len Deighton was a writer who, alongside the likes of John le Carré, helped redefine the British spy novel in the 1960s and beyond. The Ipcress File and its nameless protagonist the basis for an era defining film with Michael Caine. le Carré died in…
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Interview: Alex Gerlis

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Over the last 15 years, Alex Gerlis has become something of a specialist when it comes to espionage novels set during World War II, and his writing is going from strength to strength. In 2024, he began an exciting new series with Every Spy a…
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