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- ↑ "Woman makes killing on 'murder men' book", The Sunday Times, 10 February 1991.
- ↑ "20-20 Vision", Salman Rushdie, The Independent on Sunday, 17 January 1993.
- ↑ "The animals speak", Naomi Wolf, New Statesman & Society, 12 April 1991.
- ↑ Extracts from reviews of Dirty Weekend on author's website Retrieved 30 December 2012.
- ↑ Bestseller list, The Sunday Times, 15 March 1992.
- ↑ Front page, The Times, 30 October 1991.
- ↑ IMDb page Retrieved 27 December 2012.
- ↑ List_of_After_Dark_editions#Series_4
- ↑ Front page, The Times, 30 October 1991.
