New Crime & Mystery Fiction Titles From Serpent's Tail 2005 July-Sept
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New Crime & Mystery Fiction Titles From Serpent's Tail JULY-SEPT 2005

Didier Daeninckx Murder in Memoriam Pbk published August 2005 by Serpent's Tail at £7.99 ISBN: 1852427957

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Didier Daeninckx's chilling novel created uproar when it was first published in France in 1984. It is set against the backdrop of a demonstration in Paris in 1961, which resulted in the deaths of hundreds of Algerians at the hands of the police. In Daeninckx's story, Roger Thiraud, a young history teacher, is also mysteriously killed during this demonstration. Twenty years later, Bernard, his son, is murdered in Toulouse while on holiday with his girlfriend. To find the connection between the murders, Daeninckx's hero Inspector Cadin must delve into the secret history and devastating compromises of wartime politics. Murder in Memoriam is a tense and unsettling indictment of France's hidden past.

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Stella Duffy Mouths of Babes Pbk published July 2005 by Serpent's Tail at £10.00 ISBN: 1852428570
See Review by Cath Staincliffe author of the popular Sal Kilkenny mysteries and the series creator of TV Blue Murder

Saz Martin is settled into new motherhood with her partner Molly and their nine-month-old daughter Matilda. Things have not been easy since the birth - late nights, early mornings, and a sudden death have all taken their toll - but with Molly's return to full time work and Saz happily taking on the role of Matilda's prime carer, both women feel they are finally adjusting to parenthood and the demands of their new life. And then the phone rings. The door knocks. A well-known stranger arrives. Instead of moving forward into her role as a full time mother, Saz is forced to face her past, confronting people and events she had long ago hoped to forget. In a story of how the sins of our past always come back to haunt us, Stella Duffy reveals secrets no-one knew about Saz Martin, explores why Saz is who she is, and asks is it still possible to believe in our heroes - and our lovers - when their flaws are well and truly exposed?

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Danny King Milo's Marauders Pbk published August 2005 by Serpent's Tail at £7.99 ISBN: 1852428988

Darren Mile has been in and out of prison since he was fifteen. Now twenty-seven, he's released from his latest stretch and returns home vowing to go straight. But things aren't that easy; his girlfriend has ditched him, he has to live on his brother's sofa and he can't get a job to save his life. On top of this, DS Weasel of CID keeps pulling him in for every little thing that happens in town. Now his former criminal mates have a humdinger of a job they want him in on - a massive out-of-town supermarket. All he has to do is put together a gang of seven or eight lads and he could have the biggest payout of his life. Or the biggest headache.

Milo's Marauders is the first in a new series of crime capers from the author of The Burglar Diaries. Set in the same crap town as King's riotous debut and featuring some of the same dodgy characters, Milo's Marauders will have you laughing like a maniac and gagging for more.

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Nicholas Royle Antwerp Pbk published July 2005 by Serpent's Tail at £7.99 ISBN: 185242785X
See Review by Cath Staincliffe author of the popular Sal Kilkenny mysteries and the series creator of TV Blue Murder

Observer 'A chilling and exhilarating read'
Zembla 'Antwerp shows Royle at the top of his game, a master of the literary thriller'
Jack 'A trip into a world of sleaze and surrealism that will have you wiping your hands on your trousers'

What connects the brutal murders of prostitutes in the seedy Antwerp underworld?

Cult film director Johnny Vos is making a low-budget bio pic about the Belgian surrealist artist Paul Delvaux. He hires women from Antwerp’s red light district and from an internet voyeur house as extras in order to recreate the poses of Delvaux’s famous sleepwalking nudes.
When two prostitutes end up murdered, English film critic Frank Warner, in town to interview Vos, turns investigative journalist and becomes personally involved when his own girlfriend goes missing.
Simultaneously macabre and erotic, Antwerp is a literary thriller which will not release you until its final page has turned. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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Cathi Unsworth The Not Knowing Pbk published August 2005 by Serpent's Tail at £6.99 ISBN: 1852428929
See Review by Cath Staincliffe author of the popular Sal Kilkenny mysteries and the series creator of TV Blue Murder

London, March 1992. Nearly a year after the release of Brit noir sensation, Bent, the capital is still in the grip of its cultural and stylistic impact. Diana Kemp, journalist on the alternative arts magazine Lux, is dismissive of the film's cult following but admires the technique of its debut director, Jon Jackson. In fact, some of her admiration has a more personal nature and when Jon disappears following a triumphant Guardian lecture, she feels the loss, acutely. Two weeks' later, Jackson's body is found in a condemned lock-up in the arches behind Camden market. A victim of his own success? Perhaps - the murder site resembles the particularly bloody final scene of Bent. But why would anyone want to destroy the golden boy in such a way? Attempting to put a lid on the past, Diana buries herself in work. But an assignment, at the ICA's Crimewave festival, leads her on a voyage of discovery where not knowing might be the only thing that saves her.

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Charlie Williams Fags and Lager Pbk published July 2005 by Serpent's Tail at £7.99 ISBN: 1852428554

Royston Blake recounts another tough tale from the crap town of Mangel. Still Head Doorman at Hoppers, Blake begins to notice a change in general punter behaviour. The norm of beery violence and lechery has given way to trance-like stares and nonsensical blatherings. Particularly amongst the younger age bracket, which seems to be dominant these days. Puzzled, he scratches his head and seeks solace at the bottom of a pint glass. And when Doug the shopkeeper offers him a bounty of 400 fags and 400 cans of lager to sort out his teenage daughter's undesirable boyfriend - an enigmatic outsider with a curious pull on the youth of Mangel - Blake's solace looks to be in the bag for at least a couple of weeks. But things don't quite go according to plan. So begins Blake's journey from pillar of the Mangel community to local pariah. Can he rise above it this time? Will Nathan the barman help him out? And where has Finney got to? Fags, lager and Clint Eastwood intertwine in a fitting sequel to Williams' astonishing debut, Deadfolk.

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