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John Murdoch John Murdoch said: " Read these as and when I'm short of a longer novel. Quite brilliant and totally 'unexpected.' Stories of revenge, deception and cruelty. Well plotted. Keep you guessing. Leave you wanting more. More than can be said of many more modern writers' work ...more "

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"As it's a collection of short stories I'm not going to read it from cover-to-cover. I read the occasional story from the collection when I'm stuck for something to read, which isn't often as I have plenty to choose from in my extensive collection." Aug 05, 2015 04:00PM

 
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