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 Jane Harper in the Countdown hot
seat:
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This week’s reviews are:
DEAD AT FIRST SIGHT by Peter James,
reviewed by John Cleal
A woman’s apparent suicide leads
Detective Superintendent Roy Grace into the world of internet romance scams –
and a gang willing to kill anyone who threatens to expose them.
RUN AWAY by Harlan Coben, reviewed by
Linda Wilson
When wealthy investment manager Simon
Green sees his drug addict daughter busking in a park, all he wants is to bring
her home. But she runs away, and Simon ends up in a fight with her boyfriend
that goes viral on social media. And Paige doesn’t want to be found.
THE VAN APFEL GIRLS ARE GONE by
Felicity McLean, reviewed by Chris Roberts
The disappearance of the three Van
Apfel girls from their sleepy Australian suburb in 1992 has been a mystery
which still haunts their friends 20 years later.
WHITE HOT SILENCE by Henry Porter,
reviewed by John Cleal
Aid worker Anastasia Cristakos is
kidnapped. Her billionaire husband hires ex-MI6 man Paul Sampson, her former
lover, to find and free her.
WHERE NO SHADOWS FALL by Peter Ritchie,
reviewed by Arnold Taylor
Formerly a criminal investigator,
Superintendent Grace Macallan is stuck behind a desk and, unable to stand it
any longer, requests a transfer. It so happens that a notorious Glasgow gang
member has apparently committed suicide whilst in prison. Grace is given the
task of investigating the suicide and compiling a report.
NEVER HAVE I EVER by Joshilyn Jackson,
reviewed by Kati Barr-Taylor
Amy has the perfect family and a quiet
life. But her new neighbour’s nasty little game might just destroy that.
A SINNER’S PRAYER by MP Wright,
reviewed by Linda Wilson
Against his better judgement, JT
Ellington is lured back into the murky world of private investigation. But with
a sizeable proportion of the bad guys in Bristol after him, even the
resourceful JT might finally have met his match.
MARKED FOR DEATH by Tony Kent, reviewed
by Chris Roberts
Barrister Michael Devlin and his
partner Sarah Truman become very personally involved when a retired Chief
Justice is found murdered in a spectacular fashion.
OUT OF THE ASHES by
Vicky Newham, reviewed by Linda Wilson
When a fire turns out to
be arson, DI Maya Rahman heads the investigation into two deaths, and strongly
suspects there might be more to come.
THE SILVER ROAD by Stina
Jackson, reviewed by Ewa Sherman
In a remote part of
northern Sweden the lives of two people become intertwined. Lelle keeps
searching for his teenage daughter Lina who had vanished without a trace three
years ago. Meja has just moved to the area with her mentally unstable mother.
BEYOND REASONABLE DOUBT
by Gary Bell, reviewed by Chris Roberts
Elliot Rook, QC, is
asked to represent a racist bigot accused of murder and finds it difficult to
refuse – his client knows well the skeletons in Rook’s closet.
THE DEATH CHAMBER by
Lesley Thomson, reviewed by John Cleal
In 1977, a 17-year-old
girl was never seen again after leaving a village disco. Twenty years later,
police searching for another missing teenager find her remains. Cleaning
company boss and amateur detective Stella Darnell and her tube train driver
partner Jack Harmon investigate.
A QUARTER PAST DEAD by
TP Fielden, reviewed by Anthea Hawdon
Some residents of Temple
Regis might look upon the new Buntorama holiday camp as a disaster for the
seaside town. But not as much as a disaster as a dead woman being found
murdered in one of the chalets. It falls to Judy Dimont to work out the twisty
plot of dynasties and murder.
ENCHANTEE by Gita
Trelease, reviewed by Linda Wilson
1798. Paris is on the
brink of revolution. Camille Durbonne, struggling to pay food and rent, plays a
dangerous game on the filthy streets and in the glittering courts.
THE CONVICTION OF CORA
BURNS by Carolyn Kirby, reviewed by John Cleal
Cora Burns, born in a
prison and raised in a workhouse, has always struggled to control a streak of
violence. A new life as a servant in the home of a scientist gives her a chance
of a future, but she soon suspects that she, like a young girl she has
befriended, are subjects of a living experiment.
THE SATAPUR MOONSTONE by
Sujata Massey, reviewed by Chris Roberts
Lawyer Perveen Mistry is
selected to advise on the education of a young maharaja in the tiny princely
state of Satapur and finds the boy is at the centre of a power dispute.
BLOOD LINES by Angela
Marsons, reviewed by Kati Barr-Taylor
The victims could not be
more disparate, but DI Kim Stone knows their shared cause of death is not
coincidental.
WHAT LIES BURIED by
Margaret Kirk, reviewed by John Cleal
A ten-year-old girl
disappears from a birthday party. Detective Inspector Lukas Mahler races
against time to find her. But will her abductor stop at one child – and what is
the connection with a murder from 70 years back?
THE DEAD EX by Jane
Corry, reviewed by Kati-Barr Taylor
Vicki’s life was already
damaged. Now, with her ex-husband missing and the police sure she is involved,
everything is in freefall.
INCEPTIO by Alison
Morton, reviewed by John Barnbrook
In an alternate reality,
Karen Brown’s ordinary life is swept away as a series of incidents reveal her
association with high-ranking families in Nova Roma and her life changes
forever.
Best wishes
Sharon
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