by MJ Whelan ' "It silly. Me have to close my eyes. Mummy do funny thing with her nose and white powder." Freya sat upright, then pressed her index finger to her nostril and sniffed. "She do it before going out. Mummy don't know, but me cheat ..... Me didn't shut eyes." ' In MJ …
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A Song for the Dark Times
by Ian Rankin 'The face was turned away from him, the body twisted and still. Rebus knew a corpse when he saw one - and knew a likely crime scene, too.' Rankin's John Rebus stories are always fun to read, and this one is no exception. Of course, Rebus is now officially retired, but he …
In a House of Lies
by Ian Rankin A Review ' "Information is power, Siobhan. Cafferty didn't just bludgeon his way to the top." ' A bunch of kids find an abandoned car at the bottom of a gully in the woods. Inside is the body of former private detective Stewart Bloom. He has been handcuffed round the ankles by …
How to Love a Vampire
Let the Right One In by John Ajvide Lindqvist (trans. by Ebba Sederberg) 'Hakan lay down in the leaves, close to the dead man, pressed his forehead against the ice-cold stone. Why? Why do this ... with the head? The risk of infection. You could not allow it to reach the nervous system. The body …