Happy new year, everyone! In our new edition of Crime Review (www.crimereview.co.uk) this week we have 16 reviews, together with Tammy Cohen in the Countdown interview hot seat: We’re on Twitter at: Crime Review: @CrimeReviewUK Linda Wilson: @CrimeReviewer Sharon Wheeler: @lartonmedia This week’s reviews are: AND SOMETIMES I WONDER ABOUT YOU by Walter Mosley, reviewed by Chris Roberts PI Leonid McGill comes to the aid of the beautiful Marella on a train, who proves to be suitably grateful. Meanwhile, he receives plenty of other new calls on his services. THE VOICES BEYOND by Johan Theorin, reviewed by Ewa Sherman Jonas is excited about summer on the island where his family run a holiday resort. But when he encounters a terrifying ghost ship one night, only an elderly islander wants to solve the mystery that threatens the calm and peace of all visitors. FRONT RUNNER by Felix Francis, reviewed by Fiona Spence Jeff Hinkley is back, and investigating the racing scene again, but someone is determined to see him dead. TOXIC by Jamie Doward, reviewed by Arnold Taylor The body of a man, headless and missing his hands, turns up on a deserted beach at Dungeness in Kent. He is soon identified as an important banker, but why he should have been murdered is a mystery. SMALLER AND SMALLER CIRCLES by FH Batacan, reviewed by Chris Roberts The poor who scavenge the Payatas dump in Manila don’t rate very highly with law enforcement, so when the eviscerated bodies of boys begin to be found it is a while before anyone sees a pattern. A BED OF SCORPIONS by Judith Flanders, reviewed by Sharon Wheeler Book editor Sam Clair finds herself embroiled in her cop boyfriend’s murder case when an old friend from the art world is found dead. EMPEROR’S SILVER by Nick Brown, reviewed by John Cleal Roman investigator Cassius Corbulo, his bodyguard and Christian slave must track down a gang of counterfeiters threatening the economic stability of the Empire. THE BANGKOK ASSET by John Burdett, reviewed by Chris Roberts Detective Sonchai Jitpleecheep of the Thai police is called to the scene when a young girl is killed by extraordinary force. A message to Sonchai has been left in blood on the mirror. DEAD ON COURSE by Glenis Wilson, reviewed by Sharon Wheeler Jockey Harry Radcliffe is back in the saddle after serious injury – but he soon finds himself embroiled with investigating the death of a gangster’s sister. TABULA RASA by Ruth Downie, reviewed by John Cleal Legion doctor Gaius Ruso and his wife Tilla must solve the mystery of a missing military clerk and a local boy to avoid threatened rebellion during the building of Hadrian’s Wall. SHARDS OF HOPE by Nalini Singh, reviewed by Linda Wilson Arrow Squad leader Aden Kai has been kidnapped and his psychic abilities are being blocked. The rest of the world doesn’t know if he’s alive or dead, and the way things are looking, dead is going to be the most likely outcome. THE PRICE OF BLOOD by Patricia Bracewell, reviewed by John Cleal Queen Emma of Normandy, threatened by Viking invasions, a brutal and unstable husband and enemies at court, struggles to defend both her children and her crown. ARSENIC FOR TEA by Robin Stevens, reviewed by Linda Wilson Daisy Wells and Hazel Wong are at Daisy’s home, Fallingford, for the school holidays. When one of the guests is taken ill in mysterious circumstances, the Wells and Wong Detective Society has its next case to investigate. THE DEADLIEST SIN by the Medieval Murderers, reviewed by John Cleal In the Murderers’ tribute to Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales, a group of pilgrims on their way to Walsingham tell their stories of the Seven Deadly Sins. ENDGAME by CJ Daugherty, reviewed by Linda Wilson The struggle for control of Cimmeria Academy reaches an explosive climax. AWAKEN by Meg Cabot, reviewed by Linda Wilson The ferries that take the dead to their onward destinations have stopped running and the souls of the dead are mounting up, with nowhere to go. It’s up to 17-year-old Pierce Oliviera, the new consort of the Lord of the Underworld, to restore order. Best wishes Sharon
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