The list

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It’s a bumper month for great reads! Our books editor, Nina Pottell , picks the best

At a literary festival in the sleepy town of Hoslewit, gruesome events are about to unfold. Writer Jane Hepburn is hoping to make it big at the Killer Lines Crime Festival by networking with all the r

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