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Best crime show of 2022 shortlist

As crime fiction lovers, we all know there’s nothing better than settling down with a new book. These days, however, there is a wealth of well scripted crime shows to attract our attention too, many of them based on books that we know and love….
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Interview: Ann Cleeves

You might not hear quite as much about Ann Cleeves as you do about some of Britain’s other leading crime authors, but if you’re not picking up her books you are missing out. Since 1986, Ann has written over 30 of her insightful mysteries, been…
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Death on a Longship

Written by Marsali Taylor — Crime novels set in Shetland are very much like buses – you wait for ages, then two come along together! I had just finished Ann Cleeves’ Dead Water when Death on a Longship appeared on my Kindle screen. Could I cope…
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Dead Water

Written by Ann Cleeves — Some books wouldn’t be the same if they were set somewhere else. Imagine, for example, Sherlock Holmes looking for clues in Bradford, or Morse meandering around Manchester. The same applies to Dead Water, which really wouldn’t work outside of the…
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