New issue of Crime Review

In our new edition of Crime Review (www.crimereview.co.uk) this week we
have 16 reviews, together with Thomas Mogford in the Countdown interview
hot seat:
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This week’s reviews are:
THE GHOST FIELDS by Elly Griffiths, reviewed by Sharon Wheeler
Archaeologist Ruth Galloway uncovers some dark family secrets as she helps
police investigate the discovery of a World War II fighter plane with the
wrong body on board.

THE DISTANCE by Helen Giltrow, reviewed by Linda Wilson
A top security prison is not usually somewhere people want to break into.
But for hit-man Simon Johanssen, it’s different. He’s got a job to do, and
it’s up to old friend Charlotte Alton to help him.

NUNSLINGER by Stark Holborn, reviewed by John Cleal
Visitandine nun Sister Thomas Josephine is a survivor of an attack on a
California-bound wagon train, in 1864. She goes on the run, building a
legend as the Six Gun Sister as she flees across the south west.

FALLOUT by Paul Thomas, reviewed by Chris Roberts
Maori detective Tito Ihaka is tasked with a very cold case, and combines
this with investigations into the death of his own father.

FESTIVE IN DEATH by JD Robb, reviewed by Sylvia Wilson
When personal trainer Trey Ziegler is found dead, there is no shortage of
suspects, but when Eve Dallas uncovers his darkest secrets, the story takes
a murderous twist.

THE WAITING GAME by Sheila Bugler, reviewed by Arnold Taylor
Detective Inspector Ellen Kelly no longer feels she needs the counselling
sessions following her killing of a man in the performance of her duty. But
her new boss doesn’t trust her and insists on dictating the course of her
investigation into a serious and potentially dangerous case of stalking.

HOSTAGE by Kristina Ohlsson, reviewed by Linda Wilson
A plane bound for New York from Stockholm is hijacked on its way across the
Atlantic. Unless Sweden and the USA accede to the terrorist’s demands, the
plane will be blown up.

FULL MEASURE by T Jefferson Parker, reviewed by Chris Roberts
A marine returns from Afghanistan to find his parents’ avocado ranch
devastated by fire, and many other sources of tension in his hometown.

ANGELICA’S SMILE by Andrea Camilleri, reviewed by Sylvia Maughan
A series of burglaries occur in the home town of Inspector Montelbano.
During his investigations he meets a young woman, but fact and fiction
become mixed up in his mind. Will he be able to solve the mystery of the
burglaries before there are any tragic consequences?

THE FROZEN SHROUD by Martin Edwards, reviewed by John Cleal
DCI Hannah Scarlett joins forces again with historian Daniel Kind to
investigate a third killing – all following the same MO and spread over a
hundred years – in a small and isolated community on the shores of
Ullswater, reputedly haunted by the ghost of the first victim.

RUNNER by Patrick Lee, reviewed by Linda Wilson
When Sam Dryden encounters a terrified young girl, his natural instinct is
to help her, but he never expected the terrifyingly organised and
relentless pursuit that immediately follows.

THE KILL SWITCH by James Rollins and Grant Blackwood, reviewed by John Cleal
Undercover operative Tucker Wayne and his dog Kane must get a Russian
pharmaceutical magnate, who may hold the key to a bio-weapon which
threatens a global apocalypse, out of the country.

A GOOD WAY TO GO by Peter Helton, reviewed by Sharon Wheeler
Bristol DI Liam McLusky has just returned to work after suspension – and is
embroiled immediately in a murder enquiry where the victims have been left
bound and gagged.

HOLD THE DARK by William Giraldi, reviewed by Chris Roberts
Wolf specialist Russell Core receives an appeal from a mother seeking
recovery of her son’s body after a wolf attack.

WATCHING YOU by Michael Robotham, reviewed by John Cleal
Marnie Logan, a single mother since her gambler husband disappeared, often
feels she’s being watched. She turns to clinical psychologist Joe
O’Loughlin for help, but when she discovers a book her husband was
preparing for her birthday, her situation quickly spirals into one of fear
and horror.

ROBOT OVERLORDS by Mark Stay, reviewed by Linda Wilson
Humanity has lost the battle for its autonomy and robots are in control of
the earth. The survivors are being confined to their homes for seven years
but the robots claim they’ll then leave peacefully. Robots never lie, so
they say, but can they be trusted?

Best wishes

Sharon