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The Shadows and the Dust (The Dr Jack Cuthbert Mysteries)
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Jack Cuthbert goes Gothic. This is the fourth in Gaw’s Jack Cuthbert series, this time set in an orphanage run by an ...Read Review
Benbecula: Darkland Tales
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In Benbecula, Graeme Macrae Burnet presents a grim but compellingly written novella. It is part of Polygon’s acclaimed Darkland Tales series, in ...Read Review
The Man on the Endless Stair
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In the 1950s, young author Euan is summoned to a remote Scottish island by his famous mentor, Malcolm Furnivall. The older man is ...Read Review
To the Shades Descend (The Dr Jack Cuthbert Mysteries)
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Glasgow, 1931: a bomb explodes at a political rally with devastating consequences. Jack Cuthbert, forensic pathologist, is assigned to investigate. Although a Scot himself, ...Read Review
Mrs Burke & Mrs Hare
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The names of 19th-century body-snatchers Burke and Hare are well known, but Sloan’s fascinating and page-turning novel looks at the women behind ...Read Review
The Moon’s More Feeble Fire (The Dr Jack Cuthbert Mysteries)
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This is the second in Allan Gaw’s Jack Cuthbert series. The next two will follow later in the year. Gaw had already ...Read Review
The Silent House of Sleep (The Dr Jack Cuthbert Mysteries)
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Allan Gaw is a pathologist who had a string of medical non-fiction books to his credit before this, his first venture into crime ...Read Review
Lies of the Flesh
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Lies of the Flesh is set during the 14th-century border wars between England and Scotland. Fran Hilton has become lord of the manor ...Read Review
Redfalcon
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Redfalcon is the second of Robert J. Harris’ books based on the adventures of John Buchan’s hero Richard Hannay. The action has ...Read Review
Beyond Summerland
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The liberation of the Channel Islands in 1945 ought to bring joy and relief to the inhabitants of Jersey. But to Jean Parris, awaiting ...Read Review
