Crime Review Update--- New issue of Crime Review

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Happy New Year!

In our new edition of Crime Review (www.crimereview.co.uk) this week we
have 16 reviews, together with Eva Dolan in the Countdown interview hot
seat:
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This week’s reviews are:
THE FACTS OF LIFE AND DEATH by Belinda Bauer, reviewed by Linda Wilson
When a series of lone women are terrorised and forced to call home so that
their mothers can witness their ordeals, the police have no useful leads.
Then the sinister game starts to escalate.

VAGABOND by Gerald Seymour, reviewed by Arnold Taylor
A former runner of informers against the Provisional IRA is called out of
retirement and asked to help trap a well-known and dangerous Irish
Republican.  He agrees to do so even though the work had left him
emotionally scarred.

FOR VALOUR by Andy McNab, reviewed by Fiona Spence
Someone in the Special Forces is going to extraordinary lengths to cover up
a death in training. Can ex-SAS sergeant Nick Stone get to the bottom of
the mystery, and stay alive on the way?

AN EVENT IN AUTUMN by Henning Mankell, reviewed by Sharon Wheeler
Inspector Kurt Wallander is about to buy a house from a colleague – but he
makes a gruesome discovery in the garden.

MALICE by Keigo Higashino, reviewed by Chris Roberts
When a writer is found bludgeoned and strangled, police suspicion falls on
a supposed friend, who may have had a powerful motive.

LEAVING EVERYTHING MOST LOVED by Jacqueline Winspear, reviewed by John Cleal
Maisie Dobbs is asked by an Indian war hero, who believes the English
police have let him down, to investigate the killing of his charismatic
sister. When a second girl is killed in exactly the same way, Maisie must
explore a sub-culture she finds fascinating to get at the truth.

KINGDOM OF DARKNESS by Andy McDermott, reviewed by Linda Wilson
Nina Wilde has given up her job and is working through a bucket list of
things she’s always wanted to do while she still has time to do them. But
when one last job comes along, helping safeguard the secrets of Alexander
the Great’s tomb, Nina can’t stay away despite her husband Eddie’s
misgivings.

THE DEAD CAN WAIT by Robert Ryan, reviewed by John Cleal
Dr John Watson is back from the trenches, trying to help soldiers affected
by shellshock. With Holmes unavailable, he is tasked with solving the
mysterious deaths of seven men at a secret establishment where a new weapon
which could shorten the war is being developed, but must battle Army
indifference as much as German agents.

THE NERUDA CASE by Roberto Ampuero, reviewed by Chris Roberts
Cayetano Brule is enlisted by poet Pablo Neruda to track down a woman who
may have given birth to his daughter, and hones his rudimentary detective
skills with a diet of Maigret.

THE BURNING MIND by MG Gardiner, reviewed by Linda Wilson
Harper Flynn nearly died in an attack on a club. A year later, she’s
convinced that one of the gunmen is after her, but no one else believes in
his existence.

KEEP YOUR FRIENDS CLOSE by Paula Daly, reviewed by Sylvia Wilson
When Natty Wainwright rushes to her daughter’s sick bed leaving best friend
Eve Dalladay to care for husband Sean and daughter Alice, she has no idea
that her friend will steal her life.

GREEN AND PLEASANT LAND by Judith Cutler, reviewed by Sharon Wheeler
Newly retired cops Fran Harman and Mark Turner don’t get much of a chance
to put their feet up as they are called in by West Mercia police to
investigate a cold case – but their welcome is less than warm.

A SPIDER IN THE CUP by Barbara Cleverly, reviewed by John Cleal
Assistant Commissioner Joe Sandilands, investigating the body of a young
woman found in the Thames mud and also charged with protecting a powerful
American senator who’s in London for a key economic conference, discovers
the two are linked – and that far more is at stake.

THE LONESOME HEART IS ANGRY by Paul Charles, reviewed by Chris Roberts
The Kane twins Pat and Joe need female help to run their farm, but the
place is too small to afford two wives, so they approach the local
matchmaker with a novel proposal.

PASCAL PASSION by Andrea Frazer, reviewed by John Cleal
The headmistress of a village Church of England school is horribly
murdered. DI Harry Falconer and Sergeant Davey Carmichael investigate, but
their inquiries are interrupted by a second killing.

KILLING RACHEL (audiobook) by Anne Cassidy, reviewed by Linda Wilson
Rose and Joshua believe their parents are still alive, even though no one
else does. Joshua is determined to work out a set of cryptic clues and Rose
is caught up with events surrounding the death of Rachel, a former
schoolfriend.

Best wishes

Sharon