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Crime fiction round-up
Reviews of The Graves of Whitechapel, The Finisher, Quiet Acts Of Violence and A Quiet Death in Italy
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
THE GRAVES of Whitechapel by Claire Evans (Sphere, £18.99) takes place in the 1880s and features Old Bailey barrister Cage Lackmann.
He’s famous for only ever defending the innocent and for using his courtroom brilliance to save them against seemingly impossible odds.
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