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Read an extract from Child 44 by Tom Rob Smith
Posted On: July 16, 2010
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Read an extract from Child 44 by Tom Rob Smith

Tom Rob Smith’s first crime novel Child 44 has been shortlisted for the Theakston’s Old Peculiar Crime Novel of the Year 2010. Bookhugger gives you the chance to read the first chapter, listen to a clip, and watch an interview with the author.

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June crime round-up
Posted On: June 28, 2010
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June crime round-up

A selection of the best in new crime fiction and non-fiction from the Bookdagger publishers for the month of June featuring five reissues from the P. D. James backlist, two new Lynda La Plante thrillers, the realities of the cocaine trade, and the codes behind Russia’s equivalent to the Mafia…

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Twisteries: R. N. Morris on his new Twitter adventure
Posted On: June 25, 2010
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Twisteries: R. N. Morris on his new Twitter adventure

R. N. Morris, author of historical crime novels, on the “creative challenge” of using Twitter. He has just started posting a series of Twisteries, 140-character mysteries to test your detective mind.

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Read an extract from Louise Welsh’s Naming the Bones
Posted On: March 3, 2010
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Read an extract from Louise Welsh’s Naming the Bones

Some secrets are best left buried…

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Crime round-up
Posted On: February 15, 2010
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Crime round-up

The latest red hot releases from our publishers…

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Enjoy the first chapter of Venom, a novel of suspense by Joan Brady
Posted On: January 29, 2010
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Enjoy the first chapter of Venom, a novel of suspense by Joan Brady

Recently released from prison, David Marion doesn’t expect to find a hitman at his door. Their meeting is lethal – for the hitman. Warned that a powerful secret organisation is after him, David disappears until the moment comes for him to strike back.

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Read the first chapter of Just Take My Heart, by Mary Higgins Clark
Posted On: January 27, 2010
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Read the first chapter of Just Take My Heart, by Mary Higgins Clark

When Natalie Raines, famous Broadway star, is found in her home in Closter, New Jersey, dying from a gunshot wound, her former husband, Gregg Aldrich, whom she was in the process of divorcing, is the chief suspect.

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Read the first chapter of historical thriller The Sun King Rises
Posted On: January 22, 2010
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Read the first chapter of historical thriller The Sun King Rises

Enjoy the first chapter of Jego Yves and Lepee Denis’s explosive historical thriller with Bookdagger.com.

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