In our new edition of Crime Review (www.crimereview.co.uk) this week we have sixteen reviews (http://crimereview.co.uk/latest_reviews.php), together with Imogen Robertson in the Countdown interview hot seat: http://crimereview.co.uk/page.php/interview/1110 Crime Review may be followed on Twitter: @CrimeReviewUK CROSS AND BURN by Val McDermid reviewed by Linda Wilson Carol Jordan has cut Tony Hill out of her life. Or at least she thinks she has. Women who bear a resemblance to Carol are turning up dead, and there’s a very unlikely suspect in the frame. MERRILY’S BORDER by Phil Rickman and John Mason reviewed by Sharon Wheeler A travelogue with a difference as the author of the Merrily Watkins series teams up with a photographer to explore the settings for the books in Herefordshire and the Marches. RESURRECTION by Wolf Haas reviewed by Chris Roberts Former police inspector Simon Brenner investigates the deaths of two Americans on a ski lift, but after six months is still at a dead end. INCINERATOR by Niall Leonard by Linda Wilson Finn Maguire owns and runs his own gym. He’s finding his feet after the murder of his stepfather and is doing pretty well, but his partner, Delroy, is being targeted by loan sharks. AS SERIOUS AS DEATH by Quintin Jardine reviewed by Sylvia Wilson Primavera Blackstone is employed to investigate attacks on aircraft owned by abrasive millionaire Jack Weighley. Are they vandalism or terrorism? When people close to the investigation begin to die, Primavera has to find the solution quickly. THE HANGMAN’S SONG by James Oswald reviewed by Linda Wilson Edinburgh is suffering a spate of suicides, all by hanging, all seemingly unconnected. Acting Superintendent Duguid wants them all wrapped up nice and tidily and, more importantly, quickly, but DI McLean doesn’t agree. THE CONVICTIONS OF JOHN DELAHUNT by Andrew Hughes reviewed by John Cleal Amoral student John Delahunt is waiting to hang for the killing of a young boy which shocked Victorian Dublin. He looks back over a life of betrayal in which he sacrificed friends, family, love and ultimately himself in pursuit of easy money and self-interest. ALL THE THINGS THAT YOU ARE by Declan Hughes reviewed by Sharon Wheeler Clare Taylor returns home after a week in Chicago with her ex to find the family house stripped bare, her husband and daughters missing, and a body in the back garden. GOOD PEOPLE by Marcus Sakey reviewed by John Cleal When the tenant of the flat below dies and leaves almost $400,000 in cash, Tom and Anna Read think their problems have all been solved. But their decision to keep the cash involves them with ruthless men who believe they have been double-crossed. THE TWELFTH DEPARTMENT by William Ryan reviewed by Chris Roberts In 1937 Moscow policeman Captain Korolev is assigned to the murders of two important scientists, but secret police interest complicates his task. THE SIEGE by Arturo Perez-Reverte reviewed by John Cleal The Spanish port is under siege from a French army, but within the city a brutal serial killer of young girls is threatening to overturn the delicate balance of public order in a hotbed of change. THE NEVER LIST by Koethi Zan reviewed by Arnold Taylor Sarah and her friend had compiled a list of rules which, in order to guarantee their safety, had to be observed. One night they broke the rules and had to face the consequences. TRUE CLOURS by Stephen Leather reviewed by Linda Wilson Spider Shepherd is undercover again, this time as a close personal protection advisor to a Russian oligarch whose friends who are being targeted by a sniper. It’s Spider’s job to advice on security, but he’s also considering some extra-curricular activity. TREACHERY by S J Parris reviewed by John Cleal Renegade monk, philosopher, spy, poet and detective Giordano Bruno, is in Plymouth with his friend, Sir Philip Sidney, on a diplomatic mission. Bruno’s investigations into a murder on Drake’s flagship uncover some of the city’s darkest secrets, but expose him – and the country itself – to mortal danger. AVAILABLE DARK by Elizabeth Hand reviewed by Sylvia Wilson Cass Neary is a photographer who is in trouble with the law in the States. In order to get away she accepts a job in Finland and becomes caught up with a violent gang, leading to a series of unexpected encounters in Iceland. A DARK SONG OF BLOOD by Ben Pastor reviewed by Chris Roberts Martin Bora, a wehrmacht officer in 1944 Rome, forms an uneasy alliance with Italian policeman Guidi to solve two shocking crimes. Best wishes Sharon
Saturday, June 07, 2014
Crime Review Update-- New issue of Crime Review
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