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|title=Before You Die
|author=Samantha Hayes
|rating=3.5
|genre=Crime
|summary=A stolen bike, a crash, a death.
 
Anywhere else it would be a catastrophic accident. Here, it's suicide. Another one. Please don't let it be starting all over again.
 
D.I. Lorraine Fisher is one of those rare creatures in modern detective fiction. She's normal. Married, with two daughters who she only partly understands, and a husband who she loves to bits, and not enough time to spend with any of them. She has a good career, because it's clearly what she was born to do. No quirks, no hang-ups, she's just good at her job, because she thinks like a copper – which means she doesn't give up at the first hurdle. When things nag at her, she lets them, until she can hear what it is they are trying to tell her.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1780891504</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Andrea Camilleri
|summary=I don’t shy away from a book with a little edge, in fact [[:Category:Chuck Palahniuk|Chuck Palahniuk]] is one of my favourite authors and his books can be so sharp you can shave with them. On the surface ''The Atheist’s Prayer'' would seem to be courting controversy; why else have such a provocative title? But, is it really that shocking? Nope. This is a story about how people deal with the modern world and what happens when dangerous ideals infect a vulnerable group.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1780995822</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=David Mark
|title=Original Skin
|rating=3.5
|genre=Crime
|summary=DS Aector McAvoy was rather hoping that he might be getting a reputation for his investigative skills but when we first meet him in ''Original Skin'' it's his ability with animals which is to the fore. If you want a runaway horse stopping then he's your man. He's distracted about something else too: whilst other detectives are working on a case which involves travellers and violent drug-related crime he's unable to get the case of Simon Appleyard out of his mind. Simon was deeply into the swinging scene and liked to live life to the full, so why did this slender young man with the peacock feathers tattooed on his back commit suicide one morning?
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0857389785</amazonuk>
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