TONY BURKE plots the career of the legendary Senegalese band from Dakar nightclubs to Glastonbury
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Crime fiction with Mat Coward: September 19, 2023
A crime wave like no other includes narratives from JL Blackhurst, Stella Blomkvist, Linwood Barclay, Chris Nickson
RITA DI SANTO contemplates two films about journalism that opened this year’s festival
GEOFF BOTTOMS applauds a world-class production King Lear that pits late feudalism against a rising bourgeoisie
MARY CONWAY keeps up with the sheer pace of a drama about the terrible gap between sanitised reporting and real-life turmoil of race and gender
New releases from Brian Fallon, Antony Szmierek and Hollow Hand
PAUL DONOVAN welcomes a revival of Reginald Rose’s classic play that reminds us of the fundamental need for trials with juries
JL BLACKHURST, author of THREE CARD MURDER (HQ, £8.99), must have a degree in Fun Engineering, judging by the way she’s constructed this multi-faceted delight for crime fans.
It’s set in Brighton, where acting DI Fox is in charge of a murder inquiry for the first time — and it turns out to be a locked-room mystery, just the sort of insoluble puzzle that could ruin her career. When she finds out who the victim is, she has bigger things to worry about, and no choice but to re-establish contact with her sister. Sarah isn’t a cop: she’s the best con-woman on the south coast.
Long cons, grifters, no less than three impossible crimes, conspiracy, serial killing and police procedure – this book’s got it all.
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