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Can You Ever Have Too Many Books?

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Six new books that have joined my bookcases this week: from Japanese crime fiction to race and identity in the American south.

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Sample Sunday is an opportunity to check all the books on my shelves and decide what to keep
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Sample Sunday Scrutinises Unread Books: Ds

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Lindsay Davis, E M Delafield and Achmat Dangor are among the unread books on my shelves. Should I keep them or let go to a better home?

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Glasgow, the setting for Murder at the Mela, a new crime series featuring an Asian detective
Book Reviews Crime and thrillers 

Murder At The Mela by Leela Soma: Glasgow’s undercurrents exposed

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If you’re a crime fiction author you’ll need a fresh angle if you’re to stand out in such a crowded

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Book Reviews 

Shadow Soul by Dylan Jones: In Pursuit Of Revenge

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Terrorism past and present come together in Shadow Soul, book number 3 in Dylan Jones’s crime series set in north

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Book Reviews 

Dead Man’s Folly by Agatha Christie #1956club

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If I hadn’t visited Agatha Christie’s home in Devon, I may never bought the novel whose setting bears more than

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