New issue of Crime Review--Update

In our new edition of Crime Review (www.crimereview.co.uk) this week we
have 16 reviews, together with Helen Grant in the Countdown interview hot
seat:
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This week’s reviews are:
DEATH IS A WELCOME GUEST by Louise Welsh, reviewed by Linda Wilson
Magnus McFall is in prison on remand for a crime he didn’t commit. Around
him, men start dying like flies –and it’s no better outside the prison
walls either, as Malcolm soon finds out.

SNOWBLIND by Ragnar Jonasson, reviewed by Sharon Wheeler
New cop Ari Thor Arason is offered a job in the far north of Iceland. A
famous writer dies, a woman is attacked – and the village is cut off by an
avalanche with a killer on the loose.

THE GIRL WHO WASN’T THERE by Ferdinand von Schirach, reviewed by Chris
Roberts
Artist Sebastian von Eschburg is arrested for a murder of a girl, although
no body has been found, and the victim can’t be identified.

BRYANT AND MAY: THE BURNING MAN by Christopher Fowler, reviewed by Sylvia
Maughan
A burned body is discovered on the steps of a London bank whilst a mob runs
amok in the city, protesting at the actions of the bankers. Soon more
individuals are killed, always through the medium of fire.

THE STAR OF ISTANBUL by Robert Olen Butler, reviewed by Chris Roberts
Reporter and US government spy Kit Cobb has a suspect German under
investigation, crossing the Atlantic in 1915 on the Lusitania.

THIS THING OF DARKNESS by Harry Bingham, reviewed by John Cleal
DC Fiona Griffiths uses her unique talents to link three apparently
unconnected events involving two deaths and a massive international
conspiracy.

BLOOD FEVER (audiobook) by Charlie Higson, reviewed by Linda Wilson
On a school trip to Sardinia, young James Bond has to rescue a friend’s
sister from the clutches of a secret society.

EXIT STAGE LEFT by Graham Ison, reviewed by Sharon Wheeler
DCI Harry Brock and his team investigate when an actor is found dead amidst
London roadworks one snowy February morning.

KILL FEE by Owen Laukkanen, reviewed by Chris Roberts
When a billionaire is gunned down, police get a good look at the shooter,
but his dead eyes and slack face strike them as very odd.

DRIVEN by Toby Vintcent, reviewed by Linda Wilson
Former Royal Marine Colonel Matt Straker is brought in to investigate a
possible case of deliberate sabotage within the glamorous but cut-throat
world of Formula 1 racing.

THE NORFOLK MYSTERY by Ian Sansom, reviewed by John Cleal
Wounded Spanish Civil war veteran Stephen Sefton accepts a job as assistant
to the eccentric ‘Professor’ Swanton Morley who is writing a
county-by-county guide to traditional England. Starting in Norfolk, they
discover a vicar hanging by his church’s bell rope.

ONE KICK by Chelsea Cain, reviewed by Sylvia Wilson
Kit ‘Kick’ Lannigan was abducted at the age of five and for six years
starred in child pornography movies. Now, ten years after her rescue, she
is presented with the opportunity to fight back against the abusers.

ROBIN HOOD YARD by Mark Sanderson, reviewed by John Cleal
Reporter John Steadman and his lifelong friend Detective Constable Matt
Turner investigate a series of brutal sexually perverted killings against a
background of approaching war.

RUNNING GIRL by Simon Mason, reviewed by Linda Wilson
When Chloe Dow’s body is found in a pond, Garvie Smith isn’t very impressed
with the police investigation into her murder. The only problem is that
Garvie’s still at school and is meant to be revising for his exams, not
sticking his nose into other people’s business.

THE WINTER FOUNDLINGS by Kate Rhodes, reviewed by John Cleal
Psychologist Alice Quentin is doing research at a high security hospital,
when a copycat killer begins kidnapping and murdering young girls –
apparently in tribute to a prolific child killer who is a patient there.
Alice must establish a relationship with the charismatic killer to find the
link to these new murders.

NO KNOWN GRAVE by Maureen Jennings, reviewed by Arnold Taylor
A convalescent hospital in 1942, run by Anglican nuns for badly injured
servicemen, is an unlikely place for a double murder to take place. That,
however, is what DI Tom Tyler finds when he is called to the hospital.

Best wishes

Sharon