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- ↑ I’m Coming Out Archived 2014-10-08 at the Wayback Machine , S.J. Bolton Blogpost, 11/4/13
- ↑ Glenn Kenny for The New York Times. April 28, 2016 Review: ‘Sacrifice’ Yields Corpses and Clichés
- ↑ A Good Night for Minotaur at the Edgars ,Publishers Weekly, 4/20/10
- ↑ Crime Writers Association, Dagger Awards 2013, CWA 2013
- ↑ Sarah Shaffi for The Bookseller. December 5, 2014 Bolton wins CWA Dagger in the Library prize
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