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Mats Vederhus Author Of Murder In Lima

From Mats' 3 favorite reads in 2024.

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Mats' 3 favorite reads in 2024

Mats Vederhus Why Mats loves this book

Richard Osman has created a fascinating gallery of characters. I honestly never thought I'd be interested in reading about a gang of pensioners solving murders, but thanks to his plotting and ability to give his characters interesting personalities, it works well.

By Richard Osman ,

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10 authors picked The Bullet That Missed as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

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A new mystery is afoot in the third book in the Thursday Murder Club series from record-breaking, bestselling author Richard Osman.

It is an ordinary Thursday and things should finally be returning to normal.

Except trouble is never far away where the Thursday Murder Club are concerned. A decade-old cold case leads them to a local news legend and a murder with no body and no answers.

Then a new foe pays Elizabeth a visit. Her mission? Kill. . . or be killed.

As the cold case turns white hot, Elizabeth wrestles with her conscience…


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December on 5C4 by Adam Strassberg,

Magical realism meets the magic of Christmas in this mix of Jewish, New Testament, and Santa stories–all reenacted in an urban psychiatric hospital!

On locked ward 5C4, Josh, a patient with many similarities to Jesus, is hospitalized concurrently with Nick, a patient with many similarities to Santa. The two argue…

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Mats Vederhus Author Of Murder In Lima

From Mats' 3 favorite reads in 2024.

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Mats' 3 favorite reads in 2024

Mats Vederhus Why Mats loves this book

This book is probably one of the most important books of the last three decades. It unravels how one man was brave enough to take on the insanity of the Kremlin and showcase for the world the depravity of russian corruption.
A must read!

By John Sweeney ,

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1 author picked Murder in the Gulag as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

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'Murder in the Gulag is brilliant journalistic writing: punchy, eloquent, page-turning and factual. It's a powerful reminder of what an extraordinary man Navalny was' - Roland Oliphant, Telegraph

The gripping sequel to the bestselling Killer in the Kremlin

2:19pm, Moscow time, 16 February 2024. The Federal Penitentiary Service of the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous District announces that Alexei Navalny is dead. The news sends shockwaves around the world.

In Murder in the Gulag, award-winning journalist John Sweeney goes behind the headlines to reveal what really happened to the Russian opposition leader in the freezing Polar Wolf penal colony in a remote part…


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