As posted elsewhere earlier today....
At RTE this week we have
Fifteen new crime fiction reviews:
http://www.reviewingtheevidence.com
Nele Neuhaus in the 'Sixty seconds with . . .' interview hot seat:
http://www.reviewingtheevidence.com/interviews.html?id=174
Reviews this week:
TITLE AUTHOR REVIEWER
THE WAYS OF EVIL MEN Leighton Gage P.J. Coldren
Federal Police Chief Inspector Mario Silva and his team are sent to
investigate the possible genocide of a tribe of indigenous people near a
small town in rural Brazil.
DOMINION C J Sansom Yvonne Klein
In a Britain which, in 1952, has been a client state of a triumphant
Nazi Germany for over a decade, certain civil servants respond to
Churchill's exhortation to "never surrender," and act as an underground
resistance cell to undermine German power.
THE DEAD IN THEIR VAULTED ARCHES Alan Bradley Yvonne Klein
In her sixth appearance, almost twelve-year-old Flavia de Luce is
confronted with a suspicious death and learns much about her own family
that she never knew.
THEN WE TAKE BERLIN John Lawton Anne Corey
In 1963, John Holderness, known as Wilderness, an undercover burglary
operative for the British secret service, is lured back to Berlin to
facilitate an escape from East Berlin, through the tunnels he had used
after WWII for smuggling goods.
CROSS AND BURN Val McDermid Jim Napier
Forensic psychologist Dr. Tony Hill and ex-DCI Carol Jordan, struggle to
rebuild their lives after a vicious killer has wrecked havoc on them.
But even as they struggle within themselves, a new terror is on the
loose in Bradfield: someone is kidnapping, murdering and mutilating
young women, and his actions will test their already-severely-strained
relationship.
BAD WOLF Nele Neuhaus Paris Abell
German police Inspectors Pia Kirchhoff and Oliver von Bodenstein
investigate seemingly unrelated crimes, only to uncover a monstrous
conspiracy that goes to the highest levels of German society
DEAD TO ME Cath Staincliffe Meredith Frazier
Newly partnered Manchester cops Janet Scott and Rachel Bailey
investigate the murder of seventeen-year-old Lisa Finn while navigating
the complicated personal and professional relationships of their own lives.
THE HARLOT'S TALE Sam Thomas Diana Bourse
In 17th century York a prostitute and her client are found horridly
murdered and Lady Bridget Hodgson is summoned to the scene by Joseph,
brother to her deceased husband, to help him figure out what has
happened and to ferret out information from those in the city who will
never talk to him
THE HANGING JUDGE Michael Ponsor Yvonne Klein
The author draws on his own experience on the bench in this legal
thriller centred on a Federal death penalty case tried before a judge
who is not in favour of capital punishment.
THE LOST GIRLS OF ROME Donato Carrisi Christine Zibas
A forensic scientist with the Rome police investigates the murder of her
husband and uncovers a trail that leads to an ancient secret society.
THE ORPHAN CHOIR Sophie Hannah Caryn St Clair
A seriously depressed woman starts out having a feud with her neighbor
over the volume of his music and ends up being haunted by music that no
one else hears.
THE WRONG QUARRY Max Allan Collins P.J. Coldren
Quarry has a new twist on his profession but he may have played it wrong
this time around.
BLOOD PROMISE Mark Pryor Sharon Mensing
Hugo Marston is assigned to babysit for a xenophobic U.S. Senator in
France, but nonetheless finds himself in the midst of a murder investigation
THAT OLD BLACK MAGIC Mary Jane Clark Meredith Frazier
Piper Donovan, still recovering from a traumatic attempt on her life,
travels to New Orleans to work at the renowned French Quarter bakery
Boulangerie Bertrand and finds herself in the middle of a string of
serial killings with links to voodoo.
THE KILL ORDER Robin Burcell Paris Abell
FBI Agent Sydney Fitzpatrick uncovers a code that poses a serious threat
to national security, but that also might unlock the secret behind her
father's death.
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Yvonne Klein
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