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 16 reviews, together with Kevin Brooks in the Countdown interview hot
seat:
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This week’s reviews are:
A TWIST OF THE KNIFE by Peter James, reviewed by Linda Wilson
A collection of short stories bringing together vengeful spouses, ghosts
and police procedurals, including the first-ever case for Roy Grace.

SINS OF THE FATHER by Graham Hurley, reviewed by Sharon Wheeler
DS Jimmy Suttle’s marriage has broken up, his daughter is dead and a
stomach-churning murder on his Devon patch leads him to Africa.

THE SPRING OF KASPER MEIER by Ben Fergusson, reviewed by Chris Roberts
In 1946 Berlin, Kasper Meier is pressured to locate a RAF pilot but his
attempts to find out the truth put him in extreme danger.

BONES NEVER LIE by Kathy Reichs, reviewed by Sylvia Wilson
Forensic scientist Temperance Brennan is called in to assist with a cold
case investigation, and learns that DNA from a recent case links it to
Anique Pomerleau, an old adversary.

JUDGES by Andrea Camilleri, Carlo Lucarelli and Giancarlo de Cataldo,
reviewed by Sylvia Maughan
Three Italian judges in three different areas each have similar ideals and
are differently equipped to achieve them. Will any of them ever succeed in
overcoming the established criminal societies with their associated
collaborators in the field of the law?

GALVESTON by Nic Pizzolatto, reviewed by John Cleal
Gangland enforcer Roy Cady has been sentenced to death twice – by cancer
and by his own boss. He escapes a murder set-up, rescues a young prostitute
and the pair, together with her little ‘sister’, go on the run from New
Orleans through Louisiana and Texas.

BITTER REMEDY by Conor Fitzgerald, reviewed by Chris Roberts
Commissioner Alec Blume takes a break with a course on Bach Flower Remedies
in Monterozzo, but the discovery that he is a policeman from Rome stirs up
some activity related to cases of missing persons.

DEATH OF AN AVID READER by Frances Brody, reviewed by John Cleal
Detective Kate Shackleton is hired by a titled lady to find her
illegitimate daughter and her inquiries take her into the quiet of a
Yorkshire library, the poverty-stricken back streets of Leeds, a series of
murders – and a meeting with a very clever monkey!

INSIDE ENEMY by Alan Judd, reviewed by Arnold Taylor
Charles Thoroughgood, the newly-appointed head of a revamped MI6, is
presented almost immediately with the problem of cyber attacks on the UK.
At the same time one of his field agents is murdered and a former colleague
who turned traitor escapes from prison.

A TRICK OF THE MIND by Penny Hancock, reviewed by Linda Wilson
Ellie is convinced she’s been responsible for a hit and run accident and is
determined to make amends, but her decision to become involved with the
victim has far-reaching consequences.

THE ISLANDERS by Pascal Garnier, reviewed by Chris Roberts
After a separation of quarter of a century, Olivier and Jeanne resume their
occupation of the island, a notional refuge and the only place offering the
pair contentment. But a death is only the start of a series of nightmarish
events.

AS THE CROW FLIES by Damien Boyd, reviewed by Sharon Wheeler
DI Nick Dixon has moved back to Somerset from the Met – and finds himself
investigating the death of an old climbing friend who wasn’t all that he
seemed.

THE NIGHT HUNTER by Caro Ramsay, reviewed by Linda Wilson
Elvie McCulloch’s sister disappeared while out for a run. When a woman who
disappeared in similar circumstances turns up dead in dramatic
circumstances, Elvie starts to fear the worst for Sophie.

A KILLING OF ANGELS by Kate Rhodes, reviewed by John Cleal
Someone tucked a picture of an angel and a handful of white feathers into a
banker’s pocket before pushing him in front of a Tube. It appears that a
killer is stalking the Square Mile.

THE ICE TWINS by SK Tremayne, reviewed by Linda Wilson
A year after one of Sarah Moorcroft’s twins died in a tragic accident, the
horrible realisation dawns that she might have made a terrible mistake
about the identity of the dead twin.

CEMETERY GIRL by David Bell, reviewed by John Cleal
The disappearance of Tom and Abbey Stuart’s 12-year-old daughter shatters
their marriage and their lives. Four years later she is found. She refuses
to say anything about the time she has been missing and when the police
arrest a suspect, she will not give evidence. The Stuarts face a choice:
let the man who has destroyed their lives go free – or take matters into
their own hands.

Best wishes

Sharon