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The Fact of A Body
The Fact of A Body
Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich | 2017 | Biography
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8.0 (2 Ratings)
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A modern day 'In Cold Blood'
This is a pretty incredibly written book about a real life murder investigation coinciding with the author's own harrowing experiences. While true crime is now a hot genre, Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich has weaved together a humane story, a backdrop of how this horrifying crime occurred not dissimilar to how Truman Capote wrote In Cold Blood. However, her own horrific story parallels the investigation giving the entire novel a whole new dimension. Recommended read indeed.
  
The artful dodger
The artful dodger
2023 | Crime, Drama, History
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8.0 (2 Ratings)
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2023 historical-crime-drama-romance, set in 1850s Australia and following (mainly) Jack Dawkins, aka The Artful Dodger from Oliver Twist, circa 20 years on from the events of that novel,

Now a surgeon in Australia, Dawkins finds himself pulled back into a life of crime with the arrival of a character from his past (Norbert Fagin), and also finds himself falling in love with the Governors daughter Belle, who herself feels trapped by the expectations of her class.

Well worth a watch!
  
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Our Lady of the Flowers
Our Lady of the Flowers
Jean Genet | 2021
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"Like Nietzsche, Genet believed in the "transvaluation of all values", by which bad is good and the ugly is beautiful. Whereas most writers treated homosexuality as a disease, Genet took the stronger position in linking it with evil and crime and sin. He invented the drag queen for literature in Divine in this novel."

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The Child
The Child
Fiona Barton | 2017 | Fiction & Poetry
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8.3 (15 Ratings)
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I highly recommend THE CHILD for readers looking for a psychological suspense novel that will tug on your heartstrings as much as it will keep you up all night reading.
Critic- Crime By The Book
Original Score: 4.5 out of 5

Read Review: http://crimebythebook.com/blog/2017/4/11/book-review-the-child-by-fiona-barton
  
My So-Called Ruined Life (Tate McCoy, #1)
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10.0 (1 Ratings)
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If you were only 16, your mother was murdered, and your father in jail for the crime, you probably wouldn't have a clue how to handle it, but that's exactly what Tate McCoy has to do. Read my review of this beautiful YA debut novel by Melanie Bishop, here https://tcl-bookreviews.com/2014/05/07/finding-buoyancy/