New issue of Crime Review

In our new edition of Crime Review (www.crimereview.co.uk) this week we
have 16 reviews, together with Caro Ramsay in the Countdown interview hot
seat:
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This week’s reviews are:
THE STRANGER by Harlan Coben, reviewed by Sharon Wheeler
Adam Price and his family are living the American dream – until a stranger
walks up to him and shares a secret from wife Corinne’s past. And then she
disappears.

THE SOUL OF DISCRETION by Susan Hill, reviewed by Sylvia Maughan
Chief Superintendant Simon Serrailler is selected to go undercover to try
to identify the members of a paedophile ring. His mission begins in a
treatment centre for convicted offenders but takes on a more dangerous line
when his prime target decides to escape.

THE JACKDAW by Luke Delaney, reviewed by Linda Wilson
A masked man abducts a wealthy banker and he gives ordinary people watching
on the internet the choice of whether the victim lives or dies. Naturally,
there’s not much sympathy and the verdict is death, sparking an instant
internet sensation.

THE ROOT OF ALL EVIL by Roberto Costantini, reviewed by Arnold Taylor
A young Arab girl is murdered in Libya and there appears to be no
discernible motive. Thirteen years later an almost identical murder takes
place in Rome. Commissario Michele Balistreri knows that the two crimes are
connected and that a solution to one will lead to a solution of the other.

FORENSICS: THE ANATOMY OF CRIME by Val McDermid, reviewed by Linda Wilson
Crime writer Val McDermid takes a fascinating look behind the scenes at the
world of forensic science and how it has developed over time.

THE CUNNING HOUSE by Richard Marggraf Turley, reviewed by John Cleal
A raid by the Bow Street Runners on a notorious male brothel, an attack on
the Duke of Cumberland at nearby St Jamesí Palace and the alleged suicide
of a valet … What links the three events? Lawyer Wyre must find out.

CLOSE TO HOME by Lisa Jackson, reviewed by Sylvia Wilson
Sarah McAdams returns to her childhood home with the intention of restoring
it to its former glory. Is the house haunted, or is it the over-active
imagination of Sarah’s younger daughter? Then teenage girls start to
disappear from the town.

SOIL by Jamie Kornegay, reviewed by Chris Roberts
A Mississippi man determined to become an agricultural pioneer loses his
bearings and falls foul of a deluded deputy sheriff.

ASHES TO ASHES by Margaret Duffy, reviewed by Sharon Wheeler
Some dodgy goings-on at a Somerset crematorium bring trouble for
crime-fighting husband and wife Patrick Gillard and Ingrid Langley.

THE PROFESSIONALS by Owen Laukkanen, reviewed by Chris Roberts
When four friends carrying out a kidnap operation run into trouble, agents
Kirk Stevens and Carla Windermere are hot on their trail.

A SCREAM IN SOHO by John G Brandon, reviewed by John Cleal
Detective Inspector Patrick McCarthy is preparing for bed in his Soho flat
when he hears a scream. Stumbling through the 1941 blackout, he discovers
clear evidence of a murder – but no body.

THE CONVERT’S SONG by Sebastian Rotella, reviewed by Chris Roberts
Investigator Valentine Pescatore is arrested after a terrorist attack when
police find he received a warning on his phone before the event.

BETRAYED by Anna Smith, reviewed by John Cleal
Investigative reporter Rosie Gilmour senses there is more to the fading
story of a missing barmaid – and finds herself drawn into the brutal and
violent world of Glasgow’s Ulster Volunteer Force.

THE CRIME WRITER’S GUIDE TO POLICE PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE by Michael
O’Byrne, reviewed by Linda Wilson
A guide to police practice and procedure for crime writers.

THE MAN FROM BERLIN by Luke McCallin, reviewed by John Cleal
German intelligence officer Gregor Reinhardt, a former Berlin detective, is
assigned to investigate the killing of a German officer and a beautiful
young Croat filmmaker against a background of internal rivalries, partizan
attacks and growing anti-Nazi feeling.

IMMORTAL REMAINS (audiobook) by Rook Hastings, reviewed by Linda Wilson
When four girls from a posh school are killed in a series of seemingly
unrelated accidents, Bethan and her friends believe there’s more to the
deaths than meets the eye.

Best wishes

Sharon