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 Peter Ritchie in
the Countdown hot seat:
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Twitter at:
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Review: @CrimeReviewUK
Linda
Wilson: @CrimeReviewer
Sharon
Wheeler: @lartonmedia
This
week’s reviews are:
THE LONG
CALL by Ann Cleeves, reviewed by Linda Wilson
A man is
found stabbed to death on the bleak North Devon coast. Detective Inspector
Matthew Venn leads the hunt for the killer.
ACCIDENTAL
AGENT by Alan Judd, reviewed by Arnold Taylor
Brexit
negotiations are taking place and are proving troublesome. When Charles
Thoroughgood, Head of MI6, learns from his Director of Operations that somebody
working for the EU Commission has offered to provide information to the British
Government, he has decide what to do in order to test its trustworthiness.
AMERICAN
HEROIN by Melissa Scrivener Love, reviewed by Chris Roberts
Lola
Vasquez has become a woman of substance in her South LA suburb through the retailing
of narcotics, but her continued survival depends upon meeting challenges with
some very tough decisions.
TO CATCH
A KILLER by Emma Kavanagh, reviewed by John Cleal
Detective
Sergeant Alice Parr is first attender at the attempted murder of an
unidentified woman in a London park. As the case expands, she discovers she is
chasing a killer, always one step ahead, with her own life in danger.
HEY
SHERLOCK! by Simon Mason, reviewed by Linda Wilson
The
disappearance of a girl from home late one night puzzles the police. Teenage
sleuth Garvie Smith has his own ideas about Amy Roecastle’s disappearance, but
no one is particularly interested in his take on things, at least not until
their own ideas start to run out.
THE GLASS
WOMAN by Caroline Lea, reviewed by Ewa Sherman
A young
woman, Rósa, is suddenly married off to Jón Eiríksson, a brooding widower and a
wealthy chieftain of an isolated settlement in 17th century Iceland. As she
joins him at his croft, she becomes aware of many secrets surrounding her
husband, especially the suspicion that he has murdered his previous wife.
SLEEP by
CL Taylor, reviewed by Kati Barr-Taylor
One of
the seven hotel guests is a murderer, and he or she is watching Anna.
THE COPY
CAT by Jake Woodhouse, reviewed by Chris Roberts
Inspector
Jaap Rykel returns, on leave with PTSD but unable to resist involvement when a
murder is reported with features corresponding precisely to a previous homicide
for which a man has already been imprisoned.
FIGHT
JACK by Anna Smith, reviewed by John Cleal
Former
corporate lawyer Kerry Casey is slowly steering her father’s gangland empire
towards legitimacy, but faces a deadly threat from a vicious Columbian drugs
cartel.
HEADLONG
by Cynthia Harrod-Eagles, reviewed by Sharon Wheeler
A leading
literary agent has been found dead – and DCI Bill Slider and his team are under
pressure from the powers-that-be to confirm that the death was accidental.
Slider’s not so sure, though.
THE
HAUNTING OF HENDERSON CLOSE by Catherine Cavendish, reviewed by Linda
Wilson
Hannah
has landed her dream job as a tour guide, playing the part of a woman living in
1830s Edinburgh, but when things start to go bump in the daytime as well as the
night, she starts to wonder if she’s bitten off more than she can chew.
SURFEIT
OF SUSPECTS by George Bellairs, reviewed by Chris Roberts
When an
explosion at a Surrey joinery kills three of the directors, Superintendent Tom
Littlejohn of Scotland Yard is called in to investigate.
A DEATH
IN CHELSEA by Lynn Brittney, reviewed by John Cleal
A society
gossip writer is found hanged. She was hated by many and her family are
convinced she was murdered. A small crime-fighting team are tasked to find the
truth.
55 by
James Delargy, reviewed by Kati Barr-Taylor
Heath and
Gabriel are telling the same story about their abduction. But one of them is
lying.
FIXED
ODDS by William McIntyre, reviewed by Chris Roberts
Lawyer
Robbie Munro returns to represent George ‘Genghis’ McCann, a drug addict on
legal aid, and Oscar ‘The Showman’ Bowman, a rich snooker champion.
HUDSON’S
KILL by Paddy Hirsch, reviewed by John Cleal
As New
York City expands, black and Irish gangs fight for control and speculators
gamble fortunes. When a young girl is found butchered, Marshal Justy Flanagan
and his friend Kerry O’Toole, penetrate a shadowy community and must fight to
save the city – and their own lives.
FOUND by
Erin Kinsley, reviewed by Kati Barr-Taylor
Claire
and Matt are about to learn that abduction brings more than fear, hopelessness
and impotence – it brings an impenetrable silence.
DEEP BLUE
TROUBLE by Steph Broadribb, reviewed by Linda Wilson
Gibson
‘The Fish’ Fletcher has broken out of prison, killing several guards in the
process. Bounty hunter Lori Anderson has the job of bringing him back.
ROGUE
KILLER by Leigh Russell, reviewed by John Cleal
Only
Detective Sergeant Geraldine Steel thinks a murder is the work of a more deliberate
killer. When two more victims die in similarly indiscriminate attacks, the
spectre of a serial killer stalks York.
A PLACE
TO LIE by Rebecca Griffiths, reviewed by John Barnbrook
Joanna’s
sister is stabbed in a London convenience store. Her death appears linked to a
summer spent in the countryside when they were children, a time when sinister
events happened.
Best
wishes
Sharon
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