Crime Review Update-- New issue of Crime Review

As posted elsewhere.....

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

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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