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 Christopher Wakling in the Countdown hot seat:

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This week’s reviews are:

DEAD IF YOU DON’T by Peter James, reviewed by Sharon Wheeler
A missing teenager sets Detective Superintendent Roy Grace and his team of
Brighton cops in a race against the clock.

A BRUSH WITH DEATH by Quintin Jardine, reviewed by Linda Wilson
Bob Skinner is asked by the Security Service to look into the death of a
multi-millionaire boxer.

MURDER AT THE GRAND RAJ PALACE by Vaseem Khan, reviewed by Chris Roberts
Retired police inspector Ashwin Chopra takes on the case of a man found
dead in the Grand Raj Palace hotel, while his wife Poppy is kept busy
seeking a reluctant bride.

ZEN AND THE ART OF MURDER by Oliver Bottini, reviewed by John Cleal
An injured Japanese monk appears in a small Black Forest village. Tracking
the man leads Chief Inspector Louise Boni to an international child sex and
smuggling ring.

THE WOMAN BEFORE ME by Ruth Dugdall, reviewed by Kati Barr-Taylor
Ruth Wilks lives inside a prison inside a prison for the manslaughter of a
baby she loved like her own. Cate holds the key to open one door, but only
Rose has the key for the other.

EARTH STORM by Mons Kallentoft, reviewed by Ewa Sherman
Detective Malin Fors investigates cases of two opposing voices – the murder
of a right-wing extremist and a missing left-wing teenage activist.

FRIENDS AND TRAITORS by John Lawton, reviewed by Arnold Taylor
Frederick Troy, a member of the Metropolitan Police, forms an unlikely
friendship with Guy Burgess, even though he is aware that he is probably a
spy. Burgess's reappearance after his defection to the Soviet Union, puts
Troy in danger.

THE ORPHANS by Annemarie Neary, reviewed by Kati Barr-Taylor
Two small children on a beach in North Goa wait for their parents to
return. That was 25 year ago. They are still waiting.

CERTAIN SIGNS THAT YOU ARE DEAD by Torkil Damhaug, reviewed by Ewa Sherman
A badly injured patient vanishes at Akershus University Hospital. The
Iranian porter Arash is blamed as he later finds the body in the basement.
But as the retired pathologist Jenny Plåterud gets involved, things get
messier and more complicated.

THE DEVIL’S CLAW by Lara Dearman, reviewed by Chris Roberts
A young journalist returns home to Guernsey, and when a drowned woman is
found on the beach finds links to other such deaths stretching back over 50
years.

MISS KOPP’S MIDNIGHT CONFESSION by Amy Stewart, reviewed by John Cleal
Constance Kopp, New Jersey’s only female deputy sheriff, faces new
challenges as America prepares to enter the first world war.

THE COST OF LIVING by Rachel Ward, reviewed by Linda Wilson
When a colleague is attacked on her way home, Bea, who works in the same
supermarket, takes an interest in the case.

BLIND DEFENCE by John Fairfax, reviewed by Chris Roberts
Barrister William Benson defends a man accused of the murder of his partner
and finds the case extends beyond simple domestic strife to organised
criminal activity.

SWEETFREAK by Sophie McKenzie, reviewed by Linda Wilson
Carey’s best friend is receiving nasty messages from someone calling
themselves SweetFreak. When Carey is accused of being the perpetrator,
she’s determined to prove her innocence, but the evidence is against her.

WE WERE THE SALT OF THE SEA by Roxanne Bouchard, reviewed by Chris Roberts
Detective Sergeant Joaquin Morales, relocating from Montreal to a seaside
village, is assigned the death of a local woman who sailed home after years
away.

A LESSON IN VIOLENCE By Jordan Harper, reviewed by John Cleal
An 11-year-old girl is unexpectedly reunited with her father, but this is
only the beginning for them.

POTTER’S BOY by Tony Mitton, reviewed by Linda Wilson
The son of the village potter wants to grow up to become a fighter, not a
potter. This is Ryo’s story.

A STRANGER IN THE HOUSE by Shari Lapena, reviewed by John Barnbrook
Karen drives her car into a lamppost, late at night, in a seedy part of
town, but she cannot remember why she was there. The police are suspicious,
her husband disbelieving, and her best friend is behaving oddly.

STAR OF THE NORTH by DB John, reviewed by John Cleal
A young black Korean-American woman disappears without trace from a South
Korean island. Her twin sister refuses to believe she may be dead and is
herself later recruited by the CIA to find the truth and go undercover into
the world’s most secretive state.

DANGEROUS TO KNOW by Anne Buist, reviewed by Kate Balfour
Natalie, a bipolar clinical psychiatrist who moves to the country for a
quiet life, finds it anything but. She starts to counsel her new boss,
Frank, whose family’s history is very far from normal. Natalie must try to
stop herself from being drawn into their dangerous web.

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Sharon
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