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The Afterparty, by Leo Benedictus
Reviewed on March 22, 2011
You’re invited to attend a very exclusive party. Friday, 1st April 2005. Cuzco, a private Soho club. Canapes, cocktails and coke are a given, but please also be prepared for infidelity, violence and betrayal. Elton John’s over there, sipping a fruit juice, holding forth. Gordon Ramsay’s in a booth, voice loud and language blue. Somewhere, [...]
Bad Things Happen, by Harry Dolan
Reviewed on August 11, 2010
Plans go wrong. Bad things happen. People die. That’s the formula for the stories published in Gray Streets, the fictional crime magazine at the heart of Harry Dolan’s entertaining debut, and it’s also a pretty accurate description of the novel itself. So accurate, in fact, that Ebury Press have used it as their front cover [...]
Repeat It Today With Tears, by Anne Peile
Reviewed on July 6, 2010
How do you write a novel about an incestuous relationship that isn’t tawdry and exploitative or – even worse – preachy but lascivious? How do you instead write one that is moving and witty, not to mention genuinely intriguing and beautifully structured? You get born as Anne Peile, grow up and write Repeat It Today [...]
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Simon Kernick
Simon Kernick is one of Britain’s most exciting new thriller writers. He arrived on the crime writing scene with his highly acclaimed debut novel The Business of Dying, the story of a corrupt cop moonlighting as a hitman. However, Simon’s big breakthrough came with his novel Relentless which was selected by Richard and Judy for [...]
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