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	The Lost Film by Stephen Bacon (Goodreads Author), Mark West (Goodreads Author) 3.72 avg rating — 25 ratings — published 2015 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Peel Back the Sky by Stephen Bacon (Goodreads Author), Nicholas Royle (Introduction) 4.25 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 2012 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ill At Ease 2 by Stephen Bacon (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Mark West (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Neil Williams (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 4.20 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2013 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Laudanum Nights 3.71 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2016 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Murmured In Dreams by Stephen Bacon (Goodreads Author), Priya Sharma (Goodreads Author) (Introduction) 4.17 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2019 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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The Black Tower (Adam Dalgliesh, #5)

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Stephen Bacon rated a book really liked it Ripley's Game (Ripley, #3) by Patricia Highsmith	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Ripley's Game is Patricia Highsmith's third entry in the five novels featuring sociopathic killer Thomas Ripley. It's a strange one, because I think this book could probably work equally as well as a standalone novel, but Ripley's involvement does ma ...more
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This is a very entertaining anthology of short crime stories set during the Christmas period, from acclaimed editors Marie O'Regan and Paul Kane. With the exception of a couple of tales, the rest are contemporary and offer a great variety to the them ...more
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A decent enough anthology from the British Library's Crime Classics, edited by Martin Edwards, featuring short stories from the Golden Age of crime, these ones set around the festival of Christmas. With the exception of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherl ...more
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The Murder Game is a well-researched book about the various elements of 'gameplay' featured in the classic murder mysteries written during the Golden Age (generally described as being between the two wars). Author John Curran's detail is superb, and ...more
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