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Quines Of Crime: A Review Of Claire MacLeary’s Payback…
Successful long-running series have a fine balancing act to pull off. Each book should work as a standalone read, with a plot which has a...
Jul 17, 20203 min read


The Good Word: SWH!’s 10 Best Books Of 2019…
I know there are plenty of ‘Books Of The Year’ lists around this time competing for your time and attention, but we like to think that...
Dec 12, 20196 min read


Our Friends In The North: A Review Of Claire MacLeary’s Runaway…
One of the defining characteristics of most successful crime series is to have protagonists who readers look forward to spending time...
Apr 12, 20193 min read


The Quines Of Crime: A Review Of Claire MacLeary’s Burnout…
One of the finest crime fiction debuts of recent years was Claire MacLeary’s Cross Purpose (right). Published in 2017 on the Contraband...
Apr 23, 20183 min read
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