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Country Of The Blind

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Dark Blood

Stuart MacBride Β· 487 pages

"Martin Knox has served his time, so why shouldn't he be allowed to live wherever he wants? Yes, he was convicted of the brutal rape and abduction of a sixty eight year old man, but he's seen the error of his ways. Found God. Wants to leave his dark past in Newcastle and make a new start. Or so he says. Detective Sergeant Logan McRae isn't exactly thrilled to be part of the team helping Knox settl

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The Long Midnight of Barney Thomson

Douglas Lindsay Β· 216 pages

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Resolution

Denise Mina Β· 421 pages

A New York Times Notable Book of the Year"Resolution can stand alone, battered and proud, as a class-conscious crime novel that dares to tell the ugly truth." -New York Times Book ReviewJust as Maureen O'Donnell is struggling to give up drinking, she faces her most formidable challenges yet: testifying against her boyfriend's murderer and the return of her abusive father. Irresistibly blending

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Skin Tight

Carl Hiaasen Β· 373 pages

Somebody wants Mick Stranahan dead. Mick is sure of this, because he just had to dispatch a pistol-packing intruder with the help of a stuffed marlin head. But who would want to hurt a former Florida state investigator? The answer is plenty of people as Stranahan soon finds himself acquainted with a litter of nefarious players, including a hit man whose skin problems could fill a comprehensive (if

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Gun Street Girl

Adrian McKinty Β· 313 pages

"Belfast, 1985, amidst the "Troubles": Detective Sean Duffy, a Catholic cop in the Protestant RUC (Royal Ulster Constabulary), struggles with burn-out as he investigates a brutal double murder and suicide. Did Michael Kelly really shoot his parents at point blank and then jump off a nearby cliff? A suicide note points to this conclusion, but Duffy suspects even more sinister circumstances. He soon

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Rebus: The Early Years

Ian Rankin Β· 612 pages

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Dead Aim

Joe R. Lansdale Β· 102 pages

Roughneck detectives Hap Collins and Leonard Pine take on an apparently straightforward assignment -- discourage a man from harassing his estranged wife -- that is, until the husband is murdered and more bodies turn up.

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You

Caroline Kepnes Β· 424 pages

"Love hurts... When aspiring writer Guinevere Beck strides into the East Village bookstore where Joe works, he's instantly smitten. Beck is everything Joe has ever wanted: She's gorgeous, tough, razor-smart, and as sexy as his wildest dreams. Beck doesn't know it yet, but she's perfect for him, and soon she can't resist her feelings for a guy who seems custom made for her. But there's more to Joe

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Plum Island

Nelson DeMille Β· 574 pages

Wounded in the line of duty, NYPD homicide cop John Corey is convalescing in rural eastern Long Island when an attractive young couple he knows is found shot to death on the family patio. The victims were biologists at Plum Island, a research site rumored to be an incubator for germ warfare. Suddenly, a local double murder takes on shattering global implications - and thrusts Corey and two extraor

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Complicity

Iain Banks Β· 313 pages

COMPLICITY n. 1. the fact of being an accomplice, esp. in a criminal act. A few spliffs, a spot of mild S&M, phone through the copy for tomorrow's front page, catch up with the latest from your mystery source - could be big, could be very big - in fact, just a regular day at the office for free-wheeling, substance-abusing Cameron Colley, a fully paid-up Gonzo hack on an Edinburgh newspaper. The so

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Write to Kill

Daniel Pennac Β· 277 pages

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Laidlaw

William McIlvanney Β· 224 pages

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Hand For A Hand

Frank Muir Β· 256 pages

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Pilgrim Soul

Gordon Ferris Β· 400 pages

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Porno

Irvine Welsh Β· 483 pages

some of the gang from trainspotting ten years on and as always dream up schemes to make a quick buck whilst doing there normal dodgy things and how their seperate lives entangle!

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Written in Bones

James Oswald Β· 405 pages

The roots of murder run deep...When a body is found in a tree in The Meadows, Edinburgh's scenic parkland, the forensics suggest the corpse has fallen from a great height. Detective Inspector Tony McLean wonders whether it was an accident, or a murder designed to send a chilling message? The dead man had led quite a life: a disgraced ex-cop turned criminal kingpin who reinvented himself as a celeb

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Skinner's Rules

Quintin Jardine Β· 312 pages

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Never Somewhere Else

Alex Gray Β· 346 pages

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How To Kill Friends And Implicate People

Jay Stringer Β· 404 pages

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Così Fan Tutti

Michael Dibdin Β· 247 pages

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Whisky from Small Glasses

Denzil Meyrick, D.A. Meyrick Β· 368 pages

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Payment in Blood

Elizabeth George Β· 374 pages

Detective Thomas Lynley and his partner are called in to investigate the murder of playwright Joy Sinclair at an isolated estate in the Scottish Highlands.

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Frost At Christmas

R.D. Wingfield Β· 280 pages

D.I. Frost takes over the search for a missing child at Christmastime.

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