Crime Review-- New issue of Crime Review

As posted elsewhere earlier today....

In our new edition of Crime Review (*www.crimereview.co.uk
*) this week we have sixteen new
reviews (*http://crimereview.co.uk/latest_reviews.php
*), together with Gunnar
Staalesen in the Countdown interview hot seat:
(*http://crimereview.co.uk/page.php/interview/705
*)

 Reviews this week are:

ALL I DID WAS SHOOT MY MAN by Walter Mosley reviewed by John Cleal

Private investigator Leonid McGill helped frame an innocent woman for a
huge robbery at an insurance company. When he regrets his actions and
decides to free her from prison, he sets in motion events which threaten
her, himself and his family.

THE SECRETS OF LIFE AND DEATH by Rebecca Alexander reviewed by Laura Parkin

1585 - Dr John Dee and his assistant Edward Kelley attempt to find a cure
for the Countess Bathory's terrible illness...only to discover a dark
secret. 2013 - Jackdaw Hammond is forced to reveal who she really is to
police consultant Felix Guichard after several girls' bodies are found
covered in occult symbols, and she was the last person to see them alive.

A DEATH IN VALENCIA by Jason Webster reviewed by Chris Roberts

Chief Inspector Max Camera is pulled from the murder of a local
restaurateur when the owner of an abortion clinic is kidnapped.

DARK DAWN by Matt McGuire reviewed by John Cleal

A teenager is found kneecapped and killed in a luxury development on
Belfast's River Lagan. Acting DS John O'Neill faces a wall of silence,
indifference and a hostile senior officer as he enters the world of
violence, drug dealing and corruption that is post-Troubles Belfast.

THE CASE OF THE LOVE COMMANDOS by Tarquin Hall reviewed by Sylvia Wilson

Vish Puri helps the Love Commandos to find a missing untouchable boy who is
in love with a high caste girl. In the process, he investigates the murder
of the boy's mother and uncovers the exploitation of illiterate villagers
by an international DNA company and a tale of political corruption at the
highest level.

STAY ALIVE by Simon Kernick reviewed by Linda Wilson

A family canoeing trip leads to terror for teenager Jess Grainger when she
ends up helping a mysterious woman escape from the men with guns who are
clearly trying to kill her. Jess soon discovers that they'll kill anyone
who gets in their way.

BLACK FRIDAYS by Michael Sears reviewed by Arnold Taylor

Jason Stafford, an outstanding Wall Street trader, has just been released
from prison, having been found guilty of fixing the books. He is
unemployable in his former capacity and is grateful when the head of an
investment firm asks him to look into problems caused by a trader who has
recently died.

JUST ONE EVIL ACT by Elizabeth George reviewed by Sylvia Maughan

One of DS Barbara Haver's neighbours, a child, is abducted and her mother
is also missing. The child's father takes extreme measures to try to
retrieve her while Barbara lets her emotions control her actions.

SOMEONE ELSE'S SKIN by Sarah Hilary reviewed by Sharon Wheeler

DI Marnie Rome and DS Noah Jake are called to a women's refuge where a man
has been stabbed. What they find turns all their expectations upside down
as the violence escalates.

THE DEAD by Howard Lynsky reviewed by John Cleal

Gang boss David Blake is back on top until the arrest of his accountant for
child murder sparks a chain of events which put Blake's empire - and life -
at risk.

HIGH ROLLERS by Jack Bowman reviewed by Linda Wilson

National Transportation Safety Board investigator Tom Patrick is first on
the scene when the engine of an aircraft on the ground at Los Angeles
airport tears itself apart killing three men and injuring six more. And
it's not the only 737 that has problems as the death toll starts to rise.

BARCELONA SHADOWS by Marc Pastor reviewed by Chris Roberts

In early 20th century Barcelona, Inspectors Corvo and Malsano seek the
monster abducting children for the most grisly of purposes.

THE TOY TAKER by Luke Delaney reviewed by Linda Wilson

Someone is taking children from the safety of their houses in the middle of
the night, getting in through locked doors while their parents are
sleeping. It's DI Sean Corrigan's job to find them.

SACRIFICE by Will Jordan reviewed by Linda Wilson

Ryan Drake and his Shepherd team specialize in finding people and bringing
them back. This time they're off to Afghanistan to bring back a senior CIA
operative held by insurgents.

PENANCE by Dan O'Shea reviewed by John Cleal

When an elderly woman is shot dead by a sniper after leaving the
confessional, Chicago detective John Lynch is assigned to investigate and
enters a murky world of political ambition and double cross.

BAGDAD CENTRAL by Elliott Colla reviewed by Chris Roberts

In post-invasion Baghdad, former police inspector Khafaji is seized by the
Americans and pressed into unwilling service.


Best wishes

Sharon