CRIME 

A second sweeping and ambitious novel from the talented Australian Hammer, whose debut, Scrublands, last year won a string of literary prize nominations.

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PSYCHO THRILLERS By Christena Appleyard for the Daily Mail Published: 22:04 BST, 16 January 2020 | Updated: 16:50 BST, 17 January 2020 THE WOODS by Vanessa Savage (Sphere £16.99, 400 pp) THE WOODS by Vanessa Savage (Sphere £16.99, 400 pp) There is a cool directness about Savage’s writing that is making her name in a … Read more

FI/FANTASY  | Daily Mail Online

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POPULAR FICTION  – Jan 16, 2020

POPULAR FICTION By Wendy Holden for the Daily Mail Published: 22:02 BST, 16 January 2020 | Updated: 16:33 BST, 17 January 2020 MIXTAPE by Jane Sanderson (Bantam £12.99, 416 pp) MIXTAPE by Jane Sanderson (Bantam £12.99, 416 pp) Back in 1970s Sheffield, teenage pop obsessives Dan and Alison were madly in love. But then Alison … Read more