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Tag: crime fiction

Margaret Millar’s lost crime novel Vanish in an Instant has returned and it’s a killer read

What I love about Margaret Millar is that you know she’s playing with you but she only lets you get close enough to see the shadows of her deception.

Book review: Frédéric Dard’s vintage noir The Gravediggers’ Bread is begging to be exhumed

Dard is brilliant at describing the unspoken tones of noir – the creeping dread, the red-blooded lust and the vein-bulging tell-tale signs of sin’s smothering aftermaths.

Why you should read You Were Never Really Here in one sitting

And when the narrative stops on a dime after an ice-cold 97 pages, you’re left wanting more.

The jury is in for Friedrich Dürrenmatt’s The Execution of Justice

The case is open and shut. But when the incarcerated murderer hires a disreputable lawyer to investigate the possibility that it was someone else, the case inverts into a claustrophobic entanglement of red tape, sin and checkered pasts.

Unlocking a riveting Japanese mystery: Masako Togawa’s The Master Key review

Themes of security, honour, obligation and voyeurism converge into something enticing and engaging under Togawa’s pen.

The espionage of innocence: Probing John Le Carre’s new novel A Legacy of Spies

Lies fill rooms like smoke, choking and confusing the inhabitants while the truth slips out unnoticed, its remnants pushed into tall corners by the spreading fumes until nothing is distinguishable from the dark.

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The amazing #NilsFrahm at the fantastic venue that is #AlbertHallManchester. What a great show 🙌🙌🙌
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Only the second time in my life playing a sax. Feels great to hit the notes but bloody annoying when my lungs don’t match my brain... arghhhh! Might stick to the guitar!🎷😂🤬 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #saxophone #sax #altosaxophone #tenorsax #altosax #tenorsax
Further proof that the #EpiphoneSheraton is one beautiful instrument 🎸😎
An #inverted view of the #Manchester #townhall under a #sky of #paperlanterns for #ChineseNewYear 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🐝 🇨🇳 🎉 📷
#City #skyline view from an office in #Manchester today 🌃📷👍
Got a nice #watercolour style effect by keeping the #shutter open for a few seconds 🎨📷🤔 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #cityscene #watercolor #citylife #painting #photopainting #shutterspeed #manchester #impressionism #impressionistart #phroom #minimalart #phroommagazine #ifyouleave #thisismcr #artphotography #gameoftones #minimalzine #iphonography #watercolorpainting #photographyeffects #manchester #nighthawks
Fantastic show from #RivalSons (with support by one of my favourite bands @thesheepdogs as well) 🔥😎🙌🎸
When they’re not destroying the curtains, my #cats are pretty cute together 😻😻
Just had to stop on the way into work to take this. Check out that blanket of #fog creeping over the #valley near camouflaged against the white #snow. And that #pinksky #sunrise too. Gorgeous. Did not appreciate the ice when I was driving down it though. 😲📷👍
Up on #Marsden #moor in the #snow ⛄️📷👍
Special delivery of #snow today 😉 ✉️ ⛄️
#Mono #statues ——- I took this after a gig when it’s over but people don’t want to leave 📷🖤
Another shot of my old #husky out in the #wintersun 🐺📷👍
On this day six years ago I had a #husky and he looked like this 🐺📷👍
Holy #abalone - when you want a #MartinD41 but don’t have four grand knocking around... this will do nicely 🎸😲
#Driving home 📷🌅😎
My #EpiphoneSheraton staying as classy as Ron Burgundy in San Diego 🎸👍

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