RTE Update

The June 6, 2015  issue of RTE is out and includes fifteen new reviews as well as a new interview:
http://www.reviewingtheevidence.com

Plus

Jonathon King in the 'Sixty seconds with . . .' interview hot seat:

http://www.reviewingtheevidence.com/interviews.html?id=203


Reviews this week:

A GOD IN RUINS    Kate Atkinson        Reviewed by Yvonne Klein
In a "companion volume" to LIFE AFTER LIFE, Atkinson concentrates on the beloved Teddy of that book and his life during and after his service as an RAF bomber pilot in World War II.

DON’T LOSE HER     Jonathon King        Reviewed by Craig Sisterson   
When a pregnant federal judge is abducted, Philly cop turned Florida recluse Max Freeman gets pulled into the case by his employer and best friend, the judge's husband. Max pursues an eccentric gang deep into a hidden world he knows better than most: the shadowy waterways of the Everglades.

DEAD GIRL WALKING    Christopher Brookmyre      Reviewed by Yvonne Klein   
When the lead singer of an up-and-coming folk rock band disappears, disgraced journalist Jack Parlabane is privately hired to find out what happened to her.

THE FORGOTTEN ROOM    Lincoln Child    Reviewed by Christine Zibas   
Dr. Jeremy Logan is called in to investigate strange behavior at a Rhode Island think tank, where it seems some experiments have gone awry.

THE WHISPERING CITY    Sara Moliner    Reviewed by Jim Napier   
A fledgling social reporter is assigned to cover the murder investigation of a once-influential widow, and finds herself reluctantly paired with a seasoned investigator unwittingly working to an agenda dictated by others

THE FATAL FLAME     Lyndsay Faye    Reviewed by Barbara Fister   
In the third and final volume of the Timothy Wilde series, one of New York City's first policemen needs to find out whether there's connection between an arson case and a woman who dresses like a man.

THE DEAD ASSASSIN    Vaughn Entwistle    Reviewed by Rebecca Nesvet   
When a reanimated murderer kills a hero of the Crimean War, Sherlock Holmes and his friend Oscar Wilde must save Queen and Country

THE TAPESTRY    Nancy Bilyeau     Reviewed by Meredith Frazier   
The third book in a trilogy featuring the life of Joanna Stafford, former Dominican novice follows events that take Joanna to Henry VIII's court and on to Brussels and Germany as she tries to save herself and those she loves from the dangers of court politics, assassination plots, and a world generally in turmoil

MURDER IN PICCADILLY    Charles Kingston    Reviewed by Caryn St Clair   
Massy Cheldon is the only thing that stands between Bobbie Cheldon and a large estate. When Massy is murdered, Bobbie is the logical suspect…a bit too logical for Chief Inspector Wake.

THE SUSSEX DOWNS MURDER    John Bude    Reviewed by Caryn St Clair   
Brothers John and William Rother along with William's wife live at Chalklands. John disappears shortly after leaving on a motor trip. When his car and evidence of foul play is discovered, William is the logical suspect. But is the easiest solution to the crime the right solution?

DEADLY DESIRES AT HONEYCHURCH HALL  Hannah Dennison Reviewed by Meredith Frazier
                                           
Antiques expert Kat Stanford and her romance-writing mother Iris find themselves in the middle of a battle between high-speed railway developers and historic preservationists - a controversy that quickly leads to a growing body count and a quagmire of secrets.

MOUNTAIN RAMPAGE    Scott Graham     Reviewed by Sharon Mensing   
While shepherding college students through an archeological dig in Rocky Mountain National Park, Chuck Bender uncovers a killer.

DRY BONES        Craig Johnson        Reviewed by Sharon Mensing   
Longmire finds himself involved in politics and murder when a gigantic tyrannosaurus rex is discovered on disputed land

WHERE THEY FOUND HER    Kimberly McCreight    Reviewed by Megan Sweeney    
Molly Sanderson has a new job as newspaper reporter in the small college town of Ridgedale, New York.  Her first story for involves the recovery of a body of an infant on the college campus, particularly difficult for Molly, who in the past had given birth to a still-born child.

FALSE TONGUES    Kate Charles        Reviewed by Cathy Downs   
While English cleric Callie Anson is on retreat and examining her love life, her intended is investigating the stabbing death of a teenaged boy in London

We post more than 900 new reviews a year -- all of them are archived on the site -- as well as a new interview with a top author every issue.

Yvonne Klein
Editor: ymk@reviewingtheevidence.com