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 Toby Vintcent in the Countdown hot seat:
http://crimereview.co.uk/page.php/interview/6274

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This week’s reviews are:

PANDORA’S BOY by Lindsey Davis, reviewed by John Cleal
Flavia Albia investigates the suspicious death of a young girl on the
Quirinale Hill, home of Rome’s wealthiest and most aristocratic and ancient
citizens

AMERICAN BY DAY by Derek B Miller, reviewed by Chris Roberts
Police chief inspector Sigrid Odegard leaves her native Norway for New York
State to find her brother Marcus, who has gone missing.

MAIGRET AND THE HEADLESS CORPSE by Georges Simenon, reviewed by Arnold
Taylor
A dismembered body, found in the Canal St-Martin, presents Maigret with a
thoroughly baffling case involving a taciturn woman. And the examining
magistrate wants quick results.

THE SILENCED by Anders de la Motte, reviewed by Ewa Sherman
A viciously savaged body is found in the water. Detective Inspector Julia
Gabrielsson investigates the macabre case, and gets pulled into a web of
political scheming.

BLACKSTONE’S FANCY by Richard Falkirk, reviewed by Linda Wilson
Bow Street Runner Edmund Blackstone is charged with stopping a prize fight.
The only trouble is that one of the fighters is Blackstone’s own protégé,
the up and coming Ebony Joe.

THE EXTREMIST by Nadia Dalbuono, reviewed by Sylvia Maughan
A hostage situation is in progress in Rome and one of the terrorists asks
to see Detective Leone Scamarcio in person. Scamarcio then has to find
something and take it back before the deadline for the hostages to be
killed expires.

ACTS OF VANISHING, by Fredrik T Olsson, reviewed by Kati Barr-Taylor
William Sandberg is about to lose his daughter. And the world is about to
lose its last grip on safety, once and for all.

BATS IN THE BELFRY by ECR Lorac, reviewed by John Cleal
A group of successful professionals jokingly share ideas on how to commit
the perfect murder. When one of them disappears under mysterious
circumstances Chief Inspector Macdonald is called in.

LOCK 13 by Peter Helton, reviewed by Sharon Wheeler
Artist and PI Chris Honeysett is asked to track down a dead angler who
miraculously seems to have come back to life six years after his boat
capsized. But he’s sidetracked by the disappearance of his life drawing
model.

THE FIGHTER by Michael Farris Smith, reviewed by Chris Roberts
Jack Boucher, who was abandoned as a child, took up cage fighting as a way
to find himself, and after 25 years has reached the end of a very long road.

A SECRET BEAT by Rebecca Denton, reviewed by Linda Wilson
Alexia Falls chucks in a chance of college in the US to follow her heart to
London and take an internship at a production company. But money worries
lead her down a dangerous path.

THE SHOCK by Marc Raabe, reviewed by Kati Barr-Taylor
A woman goes missing in a storm, but there is only one person who believes
her life is at risk.

THE DRIFTER by Nick Petrie, reviewed by Chris Roberts
Ex-marine Peter Ash returns home to the US with problems from service in
the Middle East, but none sufficient to prevent him helping out the family
of a once close comrade.

DECEPTION by Teri Terry, reviewed by Linda Wilson
With the country in the grip of a deadly epidemic, Shay has turned herself
in, believing she’s the person who started it all. Her friend Kai disagrees
and is determined to find her.

THE MAN WHO DIED by Antti Tuomainen, reviewed by Ewa Sherman
Jaakko Kaunismaa, a successful entrepreneur in the mushroom industry, is
told that he’s been poisoned and hence on the verge of death. He decides to
find his own murderer.

A FINE AMBITION by RS Hill, reviewed by John Cleal
A chambermaid’s body is discovered on Instow beach. It appears she drowned,
but Abigail March who, with detective Theo Newton is among guests at the
hotel where she worked, is suspicious.

BESIDE THE SYRIAN SEA by James Wolff, reviewed by Chris Roberts
When his father is kidnapped by ISIS, Jonas employs his skills as an
intelligence agent. But until now he has been working from behind a desk.

SWEET WILLIAM by Iain Maitland, reviewed by Linda Wilson
A father is desperate to be reunited with his son, and isn’t prepared to
let anyone or anything stand in his way.

SUBLIMINAL by CB Barrie, reviewed by John Barnbrook
After being made redundant from her commercial research job, Emma Lilton is
desperately seeking new employment. She capitalises on her secret research
into subliminal imprinting and gets employment with an advertising agency,
leading to dire implications for Britain.

CRIME, CLEMENCY AND CONSEQUENCE IN BRITAIN 1821 – 1839 by Alison Eatwell,
reviewed by Kim Fleet
A short review of the letters appealing for clemency that were sent to the
Home Secretary during the 1820s and 1830s.

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