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A Selection Of Recent Thrillers

Harriet Waugh THE GHOSTWAY by Tony Hillerman Gollancz, f8.95 DEAD GIVEAWAY by Simon Brett Gollancz, f7.95 THE CRIMINAL COMEDY OF THE CONTENTED COUPLE by Julian Symons Macmillan,......

The American Way Of Death

Lewis Jones WHITE NOISE by Don Delillo Picador, f9.95 W hite Noise is a novel about 'Amer- ican magic and dread', about the pursuit of significance in the nation of supermarkets......