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The Rillington Murders Retold

Advantages: Clever use of a true story; captures the period well
Disadvantages: An unnecessary sub plot

...London, 1949: DI Ted Stratton sets off with a colleague to look for the bodies of a young mother and her baby daughter. Hours earlier in Wales, John Evans, the woman’s husband and the baby’s father, had walked into a police station in Wales and confessed ...

fizzytom 11.08.2011 · Read full review
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Review of A Capital Crime - Laura Wilson

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Damaged

Advantages: A psychological thriller
Disadvantages: Unrealistic

I've read a couple of Hilary Bonner's books in the past and have thoroughly enjoyed them. She is a typical 'cosy' crime writer and usually focuses on police procedurals. This book is slightly different. Billed as a thriller, it is much more along the line ...

sunmeilan 10.11.2006 · Read full review
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Review of A Deep Deceit - Hilary Bonner

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