New Issue of Crime Review

We feature new 20 reviews in each issue of Crime Review (
www.crimereview.co.uk), together with a top industry interview. This time
it’s author Lynda La Plante in the Countdown hot seat:
http://crimereview.co.uk/page.php/interview/5506

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This week’s reviews are:

THE BALTIMORE BOYS by Joel Dicker, reviewed by John Cleal
Three brilliant young men from different branches of a Jewish family all
have dazzling futures until their close world collapses amid lies, jealousy
and betrayal.

WARLORD by Chris Ryan, reviewed by Linda Wilson
SAS trooper Danny Black leads a covert team with orders to take down a
Mexican drug lord.

PARADISE VALLEY by CJ Box, reviewed by Chris Roberts
Cassie Dewell has spent years tracking a serial killer known as the Lizard
King. An attempt at a trap goes spectacularly awry so Cassie must find
another route to finally bring him down.

THE CONSTANT SOLDIER by William Ryan, reviewed by Arnold Taylor
It is 1944 and Paul Brandt, a German soldier, is returning home from the
Russian front, disfigured and having lost an arm. He has no idea what his
future will be once he has recovered from his injuries.

RESISTANCE by Val McDermid, reviewed by Linda Wilson
When festival goers start falling sick, journalist Zoe Beck sets out to
clear the name of the man whose sausage sandwiches are being blamed for the
outbreak of the mystery disease.

BUTTERFLY ON THE STORM by Walter Lucius, reviewed by Ewa Sherman
A young Afghan boy is found in the woods outside Amsterdam, apparently a
victim of a hit-and-run. Journalist Farah Hafez realises that he speaks her
native language and decides to investigate the events that led to the
accident.

CAMBRIDGE BLACK by Alison Bruce, reviewed by John Cleal
A young woman sets out to prove her father’s innocence of an arson blaze in
which two people died and her inquiries lead DC Gary Goodhew to two more
connected crimes, including the death of his own grandfather.

EYES LIKE MINE by Sheena Kamal, reviewed by Kati Barr-Taylor
A girl is missing. And it’s Nora Watts’ daughter – the one she gave up at
birth.

THREE DAYS AND A LIFE by Pierre Lemaitre, reviewed by Arnold Taylor
Antoine Courtin is 12 years old and lives alone with his divorced mother.
Something of a loner, he has developed a deep love for the neighbours’ dog
and when it is hit by a car and has to be put down he is devastated.

BUFFALO JUMP BLUES by Keith McCafferty, reviewed by Chris Roberts
PI Sean Stranahan is hired by the beautiful Ida Evening Star to find an old
flame who knows something about a small herd of bison that went over a
cliff.

HOFFER by Tim Glencross, reviewed by John Cleal
Suave William Hoffer is a fixer for the super-rich. When a girl is found
murdered in his flat, his past seems to be catching up with him – and he
must revive old instincts to survive.

EXQUISITE by Sarah Stovell, reviewed by Kati Barr-Taylor
What could be wrong with a spark of chemistry between a mentee and her
mentor – other than everything …

THE LEGACY OF THE BONES by Dolores Redondo, reviewed by Chris Roberts
Inspector Amaia Salazar returns to the valley of her birth in Spain to
tackle a chain of murders linked by the severed arms of the victims and the
one-eyed mythical tarttalo.

THE LONG ARM OF THE LAW edited by Martin Edwards, reviewed by John Cleal
CWA chairman Martin Edwards introduces 15 short stories by some of the
great novelists from the golden age of crime writing.

THE BEST KIND OF PEOPLE by Zoe Whittall, reviewed by John Barnbrook
George Woodbury is a respected and much-loved teacher who saved his school
from the attack of a gunman. He is a pillar of the small community of
Avalon until the day he is arrested and accused of inappropriate sexual
behaviour with several of his students.

NEW GUARD by Robert Muchamore, reviewed by Linda Wilson
In one last highly dangerous and highly deniable operation, CHERUB mission
controller James Adams has to plan and execute the rescue of two kidnapped
oil industry workers from war-torn Syria.

THE FORTUNATE BROTHER by Donna Morrissey, reviewed by Chris Roberts
The Now family are crushed by the loss of the eldest son and thrown into
confusion when a local man is killed, a man who nobody had reason to like.

FALSE HEARTS by Laura Lam, reviewed by John Barnbrook
Tila and Taema are sisters who used to be conjoined twins. They moved from
an isolated cult to live in San Francisco, and here they were separated and
given new artificial hearts. Tila is in serious trouble and Taema agrees to
go undercover to save her.

LIGHT TOUCH by Stephen Leather, reviewed by Linda Wilson
Spider Shepherd is sent undercover to report on whether another operative
from a different agency, also working undercover, has gone rogue. In
addition, he’s dragged into the hunt for a possible rogue SAS soldier.

CONTINENTAL CRIMES edited by Martin Edwards, reviewed by Sylvia Wilson
A collection of stories from the golden age of detective fiction, all set
in continental Europe.

Best wishes

Sharon