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Dead Weight

Peter Ackroyd The Dead Father Donald Barthel me (Routledge and Kegan Paul £3.95) Literary 'traditions' in America, like everything else in that country, last about ten years.......

June Crime

Patrick Cosgrave When a major new thriller writer appears on the scene he invariably, as in any other field, spawns a series of imitators. Rarely, if ever, do they enjoy......