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When escape to the sun — or even to Devon — goes horribly wrong

New crime fiction from Sophie Hannah, Christian Schünemann and Jelena Volic, John Niven and F.H. Batacan

7 November 2015

9:00 AM

7 November 2015

9:00 AM

A character in Sophie Hannah’s A Game for All the Family (Hodder, £14.99, pp. 432) presents a theory: ‘Mysteries are the best kind of stories because you only get the truth at the very end, when you’re absolutely desperate.’ This makes us realise just how scarce truth is. In books, as in life.

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