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The Crow Trap - Books from Scotland

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By Ann Cleeves, Janine Birkett
| booksfromscotland.com
Ann Cleeves Ann Cleeves is the author of over thirty critically acclaimed novels, and in 2017 was awarded the highest accolade in crime writing, the CWA Diamond Dagger. She is the creator of popular detectives Vera Stanhope and Jimmy Perez who can now be found on television in ITV?s Vera and BBC One?s Shetland.
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Audiobooks can be more appealing than TV version of same story

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By Janine Birkett, Kimberly Farr, Grover Gardner
| St. Louis Post-Dispatch Verified
"Treasure State," out Sept. 27, is the sixth in C.J. Box's series featuring Cassie Dewell, a private investigator in Bozeman, Montana. Early on, staking out the house of a suspected insurance scammer, Cassie describes herself as middle-aged and overweight. (She's trying but failing to kick a mini-doughnut habit.) Hard as she is on herself, Cassie is easy to love, tracking a cad who charms wealthy women to steal their money, a case that caused the mysterious disappearance of a previous PI.
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Still I Lies

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By Janine Birkett
| North East Bylines Verified
(after Maya Angelou) You may think that I am history With my “um” and “er” denials, You may try select committees But still, like sludge, I lies. Does my crumpledness upset you? Churchill didn’t have to groom. And besides, I’ve Lulu Lytle Foofing up my living room. Just like Nero and like Dolus With the certainty of bribes Like the NHS bus I drive, Still I lies. Do you want to see me censured? Combed hair and puppy eyes? As mea culpas fall like raindrops, From the Downing Street skies?
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AudioFile's Editors Pick 16 Big Audiobooks for September

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By Ann Cleeves, Tamsyn Muir, Moira Quirk, Janine Birkett
| AudioFile Magazine Verified
Fall listening is almost here! September marks the beginning of a busy season for new audiobooks—your listening list is about to get a lot longer (sorry, not sorry). We’re excited to call out fresh entries in favorite series, the newest titles from no fewer than three Pulitzer Prize-winning authors, and a new biography of late beloved author Terry Pratchett.
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