Crime Review Update--New Issue

In our new edition of Crime Review (www.crimereview.co.uk) this week we
have 16 reviews, together with William Shaw in the Countdown interview hot
seat:
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This week’s reviews are:
OBLIVION by Arnaldur Indridason, reviewed by Ewa Sherman
1953: A young girl disappears on her way to college. A newly-promoted
detective Erlendur is only starting out. 1979: A woman discovers a corpse
floating in a blue lagoon. Erlendur is obsessed, though, with the cold case.

THE SEEKER by SG MacLean, reviewed by John Cleal
Damien Seeker is a mystery. His family and past are unknown, but as an
enforcement agent for Oliver Cromwell he is known and feared as a ruthless
investigator, sworn to protect the ruler of England at any cost.

I AM DEATH by Chris Carter, reviewed by Madeleine Marsh
Seven days after Nicole Wilson goes missing, her body is found in a field
outside LA International Airport. She has been tortured and her body posed.
A posed corpse means a ritual, which gives Detective Richard Hunter limited
time until the killer does it again.

SHOTS FIRED by CJ Box, reviewed by Chris Roberts
Ten stories from the foothills of the Rockies, home to game warden Joe
Pickett, and all featuring some sort of conflict.

BITTER FRUITS by Alice Clark-Platts, reviewed by Sharon Wheeler
DI Erica Martin is drawn into the privileged world of university students
and the murky world of social networking after first year student Emily
Brabants is found dead.

THIEVES FALL OUT by Cameron Kay (Gore Vidal), reviewed by Chris Roberts
Pete Wells is stranded in Cairo when his money is stolen, and is induced to
act as a courier. But he soon realises that he has become mixed up in
something very murky.

NOBODY WALKS by Mick Herron, reviewed by Arnold Taylor
His son’s apparent suicide brings Tom Bettany back to the UK, determined to
find some answers.

AT THE RUIN OF THE WORLD by John Henry Clay, reviewed by John Cleal
The western Roman empire is collapsing with its rulers relying on unstable
alliances with barbarians while fighting among themselves. Three young
people hang on the dream that Rome can be great once more, but how can they
save it, or themselves?

THE KILLING KIND by Chris Holm, reviewed by Linda Wilson
Michael Hendricks is a contract killer, but his quarry is other killers.
The only problem is that one of them has his sights fixed firmly on him.

THE CASE OF THE HAIL MARY CELESTE by Malcolm Pryce, reviewed by John Cleal
Railway detective Jack Wenlock sets out to solve the 30-year-old mystery of
a party of missing nuns and finds love – and problems with the secret state.

WALKING BY NIGHT by Kate Ellis, reviewed by Sharon Wheeler
A young woman insists she has seen a dead body down an alleyway – but when
police investigate, there’s nothing there. DI Joe Plantagenet is inclined
to believe her, though.

MOCKINGBIRD SONGS by RJ Ellory, reviewed by Chris Roberts
Henry Quinn is released from prison and embarks on a mission to deliver a
letter penned by his cellmate to a daughter he has never met.

THE BLOOD WHISPERER by Zoe Sharp, reviewed by Linda Wilson
Former crime scene investigator Kelly Jacks simply can’t ignore the
evidence, even though it’s not her business and no longer her job.

THE THIEF TAKER by CS Quinn, reviewed by John Cleal
As the plague wracks London, thief taker Charlie Tuesday reluctantly takes
on a murder investigation and becomes involved in a world of intrigue and
witchcraft in which he is the hunted as well as the hunter.

DEAD AND BURIED (audiobook) by Anne Cassidy, reviewed by Linda Wilson
Rose and Joshua’s search for their missing parents continues, but events
take an unexpected turn when a body is discovered buried in the garden of
the house they used to live in.

BLOOD OF MY BLOOD by Barry Lyga, reviewed by Linda Wilson
Jasper Dent – Jazz to his friends – knows he’s the only person who can end
a serial killer’s reign of terror, but as the killer in question is his own
father, it’s never going to be an easy job.

Best wishes

Sharon