Yesterday was a rough day around here so I am late with this and other things that came out yesterday. I apologize for the delay.....
The current issue of RTE, out on November 1, includes fifteen new
reviews as well as a new interview:
http://www.reviewingtheevidence.com
Plus
Adrian McKinty in the 'Sixty seconds with . . .' interview hot seat:
http://www.reviewingtheevidence.com/interviews.html?id=190
Reviews this week:
TITLE AUTHOR REVIEWER
ABATTOIR BLUES Peter Robinson Yvonne Klein
The theft of a tractor hardly seems an appropriate case for DCI Alan
Banks' major crime team, but it rapidly unfolds to include a homicide or
two and perhaps far more elaborate international crime.
THE KILLER NEXT DOOR Alex Marwood Jim Napier
A young woman witness a killing and runs for her life. But her journey
will take her into a shadowy world more secret, and violent, than that
she was running from; and others will be caught up in the violence.
THE BUTTON MAN Mark Pryor Sharon Mensing
Hugo Marston trails a killer through London and Paris, without truly
understanding why the killings are occurring
DESERT RAGE Betty Webb Meredith Frazier
When a prominent doctor and his family are murdered and his teenage
daughter and her boyfriend confess to the crime, private investigator
Lena Jones is called in to find out the truth.
THE FOUR CORNERS OF PALERMO Giuseppe Di Piazza Yvonne Klein
Born in Palermo, the author began his career as a journalist in that
city at the height of the Mafia's bloody rise to power there. These four
stories, and the factual accounts that accompany them, reveal how lives
were impacted and often destroyed by the crimes committed by Cosa Nostra.
THE SUN IS GOD Adrian McKinty Karen Chisholm
Based on elements of a true story, set in 1906 New Guinea, this is the
tale of the investigation into the death of a man on a remote island in
the midst of a community of nudist, back-to-nature "Cocovores."
THE AMERICAN MISSION Matthew Palmer Christine Zibas
A recently arrived political counsellor to the US Embassy in the
Democratic Republic of the Congo becomes immediately embroiled in a
life-or-death struggle between mineral rights and doing the right thing
THE GOLDEN HOUR Todd Moss Deb Shoss
Professor Judd Ryker tries to prove his theory of the Golden Hour, that
the U.S., acting immediately, can reverse a coup using all means at hand
- economic, diplomatic, military, backchannel - within the first 100 hours.
DARK SPIES Matthew Dunn Anne Corey
When Will Cochrane, a prized CIA operative, decides to disobey orders
and save the life of a fellow agent, he becomes both the world’s most
wanted person and the only one who can prevent a plot to destroy the
United States.
BELFAST NOIR Adrian McKinty & Stuart Neville, eds.
It has taken a while, but Belfast, "the most noir place on earth,"
according to Lee Child, finally takes its place in the Akashic City Noir
series.
THE CLOCKWORK DAGGER Beth Cato PJ Coldren
Octavia Leander, a medician in Caskentia, finds herself in the middle of
conspiracies and danger on her way to her first job placement.
THE PAYING GUESTS (Audio) Sarah Waters
Frances Wray and her widowed mother rent their South London residence
out to a married couple in order to save the family home, but they find
that Lillian and Leonard Barber bring more trouble than a few shillings
in rent are worth.
MURDER AT THE BRIGHTWELL Ashley Weaver Caryn St Clair
Even though she has married someone else, Amory Ames agrees to accompany
her old flame on a holiday in an effort to convince his sister to dump
her rakish boyfriend.
MUZZLED Eileen Brady Christine Zibas
When the new vet stumbles upon two dead bodies on an appointment to
examine Cavalier King Charles spaniels, it's only the beginning of a new
series starring Dr. Kate Turner, DVM.
THE COUNTERFEIT HEIRESS Tasha Alexander Cathy Downs
At a costume ball, Lady Emily and her friend Cecile look, to no avail,
for Cecile's dear friend, Estelle Lamar; later, the wrong body in
Estelle's costume is found murdered.
We post more than 900 new reviews a year -- all of them are archived on
the site -- as well as a new interview with a top author every issue.
Yvonne Klein
Editor: ymk@reviewingtheevidence.com
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