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Top 5 gritty thrillers, chosen by viral sensation and best-selling author Lloyd Devereux Richards
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Top 5 gritty thrillers, chosen by viral sensation and best-selling author Lloyd Devereux Richards

These suspenseful tales are not for the faint of heart

The Death of the Author by Nnedi Okorafor review – profound understanding through science fiction
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The Death of the Author by Nnedi Okorafor review – profound understanding through science fiction

A writer struggles with power and fame when her novel becomes a surprise hit

Top 5 Cold War novels, chosen by historian and author Oskar Jensen
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Top 5 Cold War novels, chosen by historian and author Oskar Jensen

From spycraft to love and secrets in the last years of East Berlin, this is Oskar Jensen’s pick of the fiction inspired by the Cold War

Top 5 crime thrillers, chosen by best-selling author and former detective Neil Lancaster
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Top 5 crime thrillers, chosen by best-selling author and former detective Neil Lancaster

The Fate of Mary Rose by Caroline Blackwood review – the chilling trauma of gendered violence
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The Fate of Mary Rose by Caroline Blackwood review – the chilling trauma of gendered violence

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Gabriel’s Moon by William Boyd review – edge-of-your-seat Cold War escapism
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Gabriel’s Moon by William Boyd review – edge-of-your-seat Cold War escapism

I spy a new John Le Carré novel – well, almost
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I spy a new John Le Carré novel – well, almost

Only The River Flows review – a Chinese crime thriller awash with mystery 
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Only The River Flows review – a Chinese crime thriller awash with mystery 

Love Lies Bleeding director Rose Glass on why women’s muscles are still ‘shocking and subversive’
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Love Lies Bleeding director Rose Glass on why women’s muscles are still ‘shocking and subversive’

Top 5 young adult thrillers, selected by award-winning author Sarah Wishart
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Top 5 young adult thrillers, selected by award-winning author Sarah Wishart

Bridge by Lauren Beukes review: Multiverse thriller by The Shining Girls author delivers
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Bridge by Lauren Beukes review: Multiverse thriller by The Shining Girls author delivers

The Dive: A clammy, cathartic scuba thriller
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The Dive: A clammy, cathartic scuba thriller

Beware the Woman by Megan Abbott review: A slow-burning thriller that explodes into horror
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Beware the Woman by Megan Abbott review: A slow-burning thriller that explodes into horror

Missing: A nifty tech thriller that raises the bar
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Missing: A nifty tech thriller that raises the bar

I Have Some Questions For You by Rebecca Makkai review: A superbly paced mystery
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I Have Some Questions For You by Rebecca Makkai review: A superbly paced mystery

Shifty’s Boys review: Everyman thriller with a slice of rural noir
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Shifty’s Boys review: Everyman thriller with a slice of rural noir

Glass Onion review: Less intricate than Knives Out but way more fun
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Glass Onion review: Less intricate than Knives Out but way more fun

The Passenger and Stella Maris reviews: Cormac McCarthy duo offer insight but fall short on plot
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The Passenger and Stella Maris reviews: Cormac McCarthy duo offer insight but fall short on plot

Book reviews: Three Assassins and Devil House
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Book reviews: Three Assassins and Devil House

Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfield review: A mystical thriller with serious depth
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Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfield review: A mystical thriller with serious depth