Crime Review Update

In our new edition of Crime Review (www.crimereview.co.uk) this week we
have 16 reviews, together with Mari Hannah in the Countdown interview hot
seat:
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This week’s reviews are:
SPLINTER THE SILENCE by Val McDermid, reviewed by Linda Wilson
Carol Jordon, faced with the humiliation of a drink-driving charge, turns
to former friend and colleague, Tony Hill, and the pair are soon immersed
in a series of apparent suicides due to internet bulling. As ever, it takes
Hill to spot the patterns others have missed.

THE MOTH CATCHER by Ann Cleeves, reviewed by Arnold Taylor
A retired farm labourer comes upon the body of a young man in a quiet
Northumberland valley. When the police visit his flat to find out more
about him they find the body of another man.

SOLOMAN CREED by Simon Toyne, reviewed by John Cleal
A plane crashes in the Arizona desert and a lone figure emerges from the
blazing wreck. He has no memory of his past, no idea of his future. He only
knows he must save a man – a man who is already dead.

POISONED GROUND by Barbara Nadel, reviewed by Chris Roberts
PI Mumtaz Hakim goes undercover in a psychiatric institution seeking
evidence that a doctor has manufactured evidence to cover up his crimes.

RIVER OF SOULS by Kate Rhodes, reviewed by John Cleal
A minister’s wife calls in forensic psychologist Alice Quentin to reopen
the case of the attack which left her daughter mutilated and half drowned.
A priest and a policewoman die the same way and Alice must get inside the
mind of a madman obsessed by the River Thames.

IN BITTER CHILL by Sarah Wards, reviewed by Craig Sisterson
Two girls are snatched off the street in small-town Derbyshire in 1978.
One, Rachel Jones, is found. The other, Sophie Jenkins, disappears forever.
More than 30 years later, Sophie’s mother commits suicide, and Rachel
realises she has to find out what really happened.

THE TRAITOR by Jonathan Holt, reviewed by Chris Roberts
The discovery of a banker on a popular Venice beach, his throat cut and
tongue removed, kicks off an investigation with international ramifications.

NORMAL by Graeme Cameron, reviewed by Madeleine Marsh
He’s in control of his life, a practiced serial killer skilled in his
chosen art. But when he kidnaps Erica, his life starts to unravel.

A COLD KILLING by Anna Smith, reviewed by John Cleal
Crime reporter Rosie Gilmour, back from hiding in Bosnia, investigates the
murder of a retired university lecturer who was far more than he appeared.

FORGOTTEN VOICES by Jane A Adams, reviewed by Sharon Wheeler
Widow Ellen Tailor is found dead at her remote farmhouse – but it’s a
mystery who wanted her dead. DI Mac MacGregor consults his amateur sleuth
friend Rina Martin for her advice.

DYING WISH by James Raven, reviewed by Linda Wilson
When an author has a heart attack at his own book signing, he makes a
bizarre last request of an old friend. He wants his house burned to the
ground.

BAD SEED by Alan Carter, reviewed by Chris Roberts
Australian cop Cato Kwong returns to investigate the slaughter of four
people, a crime with Chinese connections that brings the detective into
closer contact with his heritage.

THE SUICIDE CLUB by Andrew Williams, reviewed by John Cleal
British forces are mired in the bloody stalemate of Passchendaele. Prime
Minister Lloyd George is unhappy with progress and soldier-spy Sandy Innes,
sent to report on the divided headquarters of commander-in-chief Sir
Douglas Haig, soon suspects treachery.

LOCKWOOD & CO: THE WHISPERING SKULL by Jonathan Stroud, reviewed by Linda
Wilson
Lockwood & Co go up against the Fittes Agency again in the search for a
deadly relic that’s been stolen after being dug up from a London graveyard.

THE TWO-PENNY BAR by Georges Simenon, reviewed by Chris Roberts
The night before his execution, condemned man Lenoir tells Maigret of a
murderer he was blackmailing – a man who was recently seen at a two-penny
bar.

LOVE YOU TO DEATH (audiobook) by Meg Cabot, reviewed by Linda Wilson
Being able to talk to the dead isn’t always easy, as 16-year-old Susannah
Simon will testify.

Best wishes

Sharon