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Saturday, 20 November 2010

Trick of the Dark by B R Collins 
With its dissections of student life, youthful secrets and misery memoirs, a cast of charismatic lesbians and plenty of unexplained deaths, this is packed with twists and teases, says Rebecca. 'The past may be another country but as this novel proves it's a kingdom you can never truly escape from.' 
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Trick of the Dark by B R Collins
With its dissections of student life, youthful secrets and misery memoirs, a cast of charismatic lesbians and plenty of unexplained deaths, this is packed with twists and teases, says Rebecca. 'The past may be another country but as this novel proves it's a kingdom you can never truly escape from.'
How much £7.99

Kate Watson-Smyth gets the experts’ verdict on the hottest books to curl-up with - whatever your literary leaning

This week’s panel

Tom Sutcliffe, television critic of ‘The Independent’ and Booker Prize judge;

Rebecca Armstrong, deputy features editor of ‘The Independent’, crime fiction addict and bookworm;

Greg Eden, online content editor of Waterstones;

David Miller, director of literary agency Rogers, Coleridge & White Ltd. His novel ‘Today’ will be published by Atlantic books in the spring.

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