As posted elsewhere yesterday....
In our new edition of Crime Review (www.crimereview.co.uk) this week we have 16 reviews (http://crimereview.co.uk/latest_reviews.php), together with Edward Marston in the Countdown interview hot seat: http://crimereview.co.uk/page.php/interview/1650 Crime Review can be followed on Twitter: @CrimeReviewUK Linda Wilson can be followed on Twitter: @CrimeReviewer Sharon Wheeler can be followed on Twitter: @lartonmedia This week’s reviews are: COMPLEX 90 by Micky Spillane and Max Allan Collins, reviewed by John Cleal When a PI is shot dead at a society party where he and Mike Hammer are providing security, Hammer takes on his job accompanying a conservative Senator to Russia. Kidnapped, he shoots his way out, leaving a trail of bodies and returns to America to find he is wanted by both sides in a Cold War threatening to heat up. ROBERT B PARKER’S WONDERLAND by Ace Atkins, reviewed by Linda Wilson When a developer trying to buy the condo where Henry Cimoli has an apartment resorts to dubious tactics, Henry calls in a favour from Spenser. THE MAHE CIRCLE by Georges Simenon, reviewed by Chris Roberts On holiday by the Mediterranean, the staid Doctor Mahe catches a glimpse of a different life, which gradually becomes an obsession. DAMAGE by Felix Francis, reviewed by Fiona Spence Jeff Hinkley, an investigator with the British Horseracing Authority (BHA) Integrity Service, puts his career and life on the line to single-handedly prevent the collapse of British horseracing. DAUGHTER by Jane Shemilt, reviewed by Sharon Wheeler GP Jenny Meredith appears to have the perfect life. But everything unravels around her when her teenage daughter goes missing. THE BAKLAVA CLUB by Jason Goodwin, reviewed by Chris Roberts Ottoman detective Yashim becomes drawn in to a dispute between supporters and opponents of European powers fought in the heart of the 1842 Ottoman Empire. THE DELIVERANCE OF EVIL by Roberto Costantini, reviewed by Arnold Taylor On the day that Italy won the World Cup in 1982 a young and very beautiful girl is murdered. Twenty-four years later, with that murder still unsolved, Italy again wins the World Cup and again a young girl is murdered. Commissario Michele Balestreri blames himself for having failed to solve the earlier crime and is determined to solve this one. THE TILTED WORLD by Tom Franklin and Beth Ann Fennelly, reviewed by John Cleal Two prohibition agents are sent to a small Deep South town to investigate the disappearance of their predecessors. KILLER AMBITION by Marcia Clark, reviewed by Chris Roberts Los Angeles Deputy DA Rachel Knight has the difficult job of prosecuting a Hollywood mogul when a kidnapping ends in murder. THE EXTREMIST by Roger Pearce, reviewed by Linda Wilson A series of apparently anti-American acts of violence and extremism threaten the UK’s much-vaunted special relationship with the US. DCI John Kerr has the task of identifying the connections and stopping the escalating violence. BROKEN DOLLS by James Carol, reviewed by Maddy Marsh When young women are abducted, tortured and lobotomised before being released, the detective inspector in charge of the case calls on Jefferson Winter for help. Once an FBI agent, Winter is now a private consultant helping law enforcement with particularly difficult and harrowing cases. FEAR AND LOATHING by Hilary Norman, reviewed by Sharon Wheeler Detective Sam Becket is a happy family man – but someone is killing off equally happy mixed race couples, and leaving cryptic notes for him at the scene. KNIFE MUSIC by David Carnoy, reviewed by John Cleal When a bright, attractive teenager hangs herself after her mother discovers her diary in which she confesses to sex with the surgeon who saved her life, Detective Hank Madden must decide whether her death was suicide – and prove whether the doctor was involved or not. FEAR NOTHING by Lisa Gardner, reviewed by Sylvia Wilson Despite being injured at the crime scene, Sergeant Detective DD Warren is investigating a murder. The evidence points to the sister of Warren’s pain specialist, serving life for murder, but a much more complicated story emerges that casts doubt on her original conviction. THE GUILLOTINE CHOICE by Michael J Malone with Bashir Saoudi, reviewed by John Cleal Mohand Saoudi, a 20-year-old Berber in French-dominated Algeria, faces an impossible choice. Found with his dying French employer, he must name the killer or face a never-ending sentence in the dreaded Devil’s Island. Can he send a member of his own family to the guillotine? THE DANGER GAME by Kevin Brooks, reviewed by Linda Wilson A routine enquiry for Delaney & Co leads to a brutal beating for one of their employees and takes Travis deep into the world of gang warfare on the Slade Lane estate. Best wishes Sharon
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