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|author=Andrea Maria Schenkel and Anthea Bell (translator)
|title=The Dark Meadow
|rating=5
|genre=Crime
|summary=It was at the end of the war that Afra Zauner returned to her parents' cottage in Finsterau. She'd lost her job as a waitress and it was some time before she realised that she was pregnant. When Albert was born her father turned against her and the boy and there was little sympathy for her in the village - but they didn't expect that Afra would be murdered. The obvious suspect was Johann Zauner. It was no secret that there had been constant arguments between him and his daughter and he had some injuries which he couldn't entirely explain. When a policeman 'obtained' a confession it seemed that this was an open-and-shut case.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1780877730</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=W Scott Beaven
|summary=A dead body is found in a Houses of Parliament broom cupboard on a hot 1970s summer day. A sinister enough event normally but for Foreign Office Minister Will Flemyng it heralds greater concerns. The fact the deceased has Will's phone number in his pocket triggers a series of events that not only tests his loyalty to work, country and family but will take Will from the everyday political cut and thrust to his old job. The job he hoped he'd walked away from: spying.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1781856001</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Ann Purser
|title=Scandal at Six: A Lois Meade Mystery
|rating=3
|genre=Crime
|summary=Lois Meade leads a busy life. As if running her own cleaning company isn't sufficient she can never resist doing a bit of ''ferretin' '' when something strange happens in the village of Long Farnden. She's so good that local police inspector Hunter Cowgill is only too pleased to involve her as his assistant. Mind you, it probably helps that Cowgill is very fond of Lois and his nephew (also a policeman) is married to Lois' daughter, Josie. This time, local zookeeper, Robert Pettinson and his nephew, Justin Brookes are involved in trading endangered animals and they'd prefer that Lois and her family kept their noses out of their business.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>042526176X</amazonuk>
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