MARIA DUARTE is swept along by the cocky self-belief of a ping-pong hustler in a surprisingly violent drama
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Crime fiction round-up
Reviews of The Graves of Whitechapel, The Finisher, Quiet Acts Of Violence and A Quiet Death in Italy
STEVE ANDREW recommends a lively and often moving guide to once vibrant spaces that have been abandoned or swept away
GEOFF BOTTOMS appreciates the local touch brought to a production of Dickens’s perennial classic
MARY CONWAY is disappointed by a production whose design and cartoonish acting overwhelms the close scrutiny of characters
SUSAN DARLINGTON enjoys the raucous familiarity of a traditional topsy-turvy pantomime
RON JACOBS introduces the latest novel by the best writer of US working-class fiction writing today
THE GRAVES of Whitechapel by Claire Evans (Sphere, £18.99) takes place in the 1880s and features Old Bailey barrister Cage Lackmann.
He’s famous for only ever defending the innocent and for using his courtroom brilliance to save them against seemingly impossible odds.
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