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 David Young in
the Countdown hot seat:
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This week’s reviews are:
THE BORDER by Don Winslow,
reviewed by Chris Roberts
While a battle for control
of the drugs trade rages in Mexico, a man comes to head the DEA in Washington
determined to combat the drug cash that’s buying influence at US government
level.
A CAPITOL DEATH by Lindsey
Davis, reviewed by John Cleal
Informer Flavia Albia must
discover how an unpopular overseer met a death that threatens the triumphal
procession of the Emperor Domitian.
IN BLOOM by CJ Skuse,
reviewed by Kati Barr-Taylor
No one has ever stopped
Rhiannon killing the lowlifes before. But a little voice inside her says things
are about to change.
SHADOWS OF ATHENS by JM
Alvey, reviewed by Linda Wilson
When aspiring Athenian
playwright Philocles finds a murder victim on his doorstep, he hopes it’s
nothing personal, but events soon prove otherwise.
KILL FOR ME by Tom Wood,
reviewed by John Cleal
Killer-for-hire Victor is
hired by a drugs cartel boss to kill her own sister who she is fighting for
control of their dead father’s multi-billion empire.
JUDGMENT by Joseph Finder,
reviewed by Chris Roberts
A rare departure from her
normal correct behaviour renders Judge Juliana Brody vulnerable to blackmail.
To defeat her adversary, she will need to be as ruthless as they are.
PALM BEACH FINLAND by Antti
Tuomainen, reviewed by Ewa Sherman
Top undercover detective
Jan Nyman travels from Helsinki to a newly established holiday resort, Palm
Beach Finland, to investigate a murder and the main suspect Olivia Koski in
whose house the victim was found.
THE RIGHTEOUS SPY by Merle
Nygate, reviewed by Arnold Taylor
The Israeli Intelligence
Services know that MI6 has information they need and devise an intricate plot
to persuade them to part with it. It involves a young woman from Gaza, but what
part, precisely, is she going to play?
THE LOST
MAN by Jane Harper, reviewed by Chris Roberts
The death
of Australian outback farmer Cameron Bright brings his estranged brother Nathan
back to the family home, where there are plenty of unresolved conflicts.
FALLEN
ANGEL by Chris Brookmyre, reviewed by Kati Barr-Taylor
Amanda
has nothing to do with the Temple family, but she is about to uncover their
secret, with devastating consequences.
AFTERSHOCK
by Adam Hamdy, reviewed by John Cleal
Met detective
Patrick Bailey, FBI agent Christine Ash and photographer John Wallace are
reunited in the final battle against an evil organisation.
THE NEW
ACHILLES by Christian Cameron, reviewed by Linda Wilson
Former
soldier Alexanor is now a healer priest in the sanctuary of Epidaurus in
ancient Greece, but when the brutal reality of war ends up on his doorstep, his
fate becomes bound up with the man who will become dubbed the new Achilles.
THE
BELTING INHERITANCE by Julian Symons, reviewed by Arnold Taylor
The owner
of Belting, Lady Wainwright, had four sons, the eldest two of whom, Hugh and
David, were reported killed in World War II. However, one day a car arrives at
Belting and a man gets out, claiming to be David.
ALL THIS
I WILL GIVE TO YOU by Dolores Redondo, reviewed by Chris Roberts
Novelist
Manuel Ortigosa is devastated when his husband Alvaro is killed in a car
accident, and astounded when he finds Alvaro is a marquis from a wealthy
family.
ONLY
CHILD by Rhiannon Nevin, reviewed by Kati Barr-Taylor
Six-year-old
Zach is safe, but the gunman outside his classroom is about to destroy his
life.
THE
CORSET by Laura Purcell, reviewed by John Cleal
Prison
visitor Dorothea Truelove hears a chilling story of brutality and the
supernatural from a young seamstress accused of murder.
GALLOWSTREE
LANE by Kate London, reviewed by Linda Wilson
The death
of a young gang member sparks off an investigation that threatens to collide
with a long-running covert operation.
FOG
ISLAND by Mariette Lindstein, reviewed by Ewa Sherman
Sofia
accepts an offer of employment at a mysterious New Age movement. She’s excited
about creating a library at its headquarters on an isolated island but
gradually becomes aware how impossible is to leave the cult.
OUT OF
THIN AIR: A TRUE STORY OF IMPOSSIBLE MURDER IN ICELAND by Anthony
Adeane,
reviewed by Kim Fleet
How the
disappearance of two men in Iceland in 1974 still reverberates today
THIS LIE
WILL KILL YOU by Chelsea Pitcher, reviewed by Linda Wilson
Five
teens are invited to a murder-mystery evening at an old house. The prize for
the one who solves the puzzle is a valuable scholarship. They all want it, but
none of them expects to have to contend with the mysterious Ringmaster.
Best
wishes
Sharon
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