Ed Church
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Birmingham, The United Kingdom
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John D MacDonald, Raymond Chandler, Ed McBain
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Non-Suspicious (Detective Brook Deelman Mystery #1)
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2020
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Probably Dead (Detective Brook Deelman Mystery #2)
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2020
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Unauthorised (Detective Brook Deelman Mystery #4)
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2021
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Operation Echo (Detective Brook Deelman Mystery #5)
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Look Down: A Jonboy File (Detective Brook Deelman Mystery #3)
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"Well if you want an all-action start to your police novels, it doesn’t get much better than the opening chapter of Crimson Thaw. It sets the mood, sets the pace and certainly gets the blood flowing – yours, mine, cops and villains alike. And that’s o"
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Probably one of the most original stories I've read. Part 'On The Road' style romp through 1930s Mississippi, part dimension-bending re-imagining of the classic Faustian tale. But 100% infused with the visceral energy of a blues scene at its zenith. O ...more |
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| From early on I got the strong sense that M.E. Proctor was not just an assured storyteller but an aficionado of the detective classics. The opening line (“It didn’t feel like a crime scene”) reminded me of intros to those oh-so-tightly scripted Dragn ...more | |
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"Confident, assured, tightly and cleverly plotted - this is a captivating and absorbing read. I LOVED it (I read it in one day because I couldn't put it down) and can't wait for the next book in the series. Ed Church is a rarity - a superb writer who "
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| From early on I got the strong sense that M.E. Proctor was not just an assured storyteller but an aficionado of the detective classics. The opening line (“It didn’t feel like a crime scene”) reminded me of intros to those oh-so-tightly scripted Dragn ...more | |
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“A patrol car was facing them as they turned into Madras Place, the reflective elements of its Met Police livery appearing to twinkle in greeting as the C-Max’s headlights played across the bodywork. Brook pulled over to the kerb and rolled to a halt in front of it. To his right, a low wall marked the edge of the church grounds beyond.”
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