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 Rebecca Alexander
in the Countdown hot seat: http://crimereview.co.uk/page.php/interview/7936
We’re on
Twitter at:
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Review: @CrimeReviewUK
Linda
Wilson: @CrimeReviewer
Sharon
Wheeler: @lartonmedia
This
week’s reviews are:
THE LAST
HUNT by Deon Meyer, reviewed by John Cleal
Captain
Benny Griessel of South Africa’s elite Hawks police unit and his partner Vaughn
Cupido are assigned to investigate the death of an ex-policeman and uncover a plot
to kill the country’s corrupt president
MAIGRET
AND THE NAHOUR CASE by Georges Simenon, reviewed by Arnold Taylor
Maigret
is woken early in the morning by an old friend who says he has a story Maigret
needs to hear.
THE DANCE
OF DEATH by Oliver Bottini, reviewed by Chris Roberts
Freiburg
detective Louise Boni tries to protect a family under threat from a man who
appears outside their house, holding a gun.
THE
SINNER by Martyn Waites, reviewed by Linda Wilson
Tom
Killgannon is asked to do one last undercover job, to get close to convicted
child killer Noel Cunningham in Blackmoor prison and ensure he reveals the
burial sites of his last two victims. He’s told the job will be straightforward.
He was lied to.
THE BOY
WHO FELL by Jo Spain, reviewed by John Cleal
The body
of a teenage boy is found outside a deserted house where he had been partying
with friends. Examination suggests he was raped before being pushed through a
window to his death. His alleged attacker is in custody, but DCI Tom Reynolds
has doubts.
BAD DAY
AT THE VULTURE CLUB by Vaseem Khan, reviewed by Chris Roberts
In the
latest adventures of the Baby Ganesh Detective Agency, ex-Inspector Chopra and
his friends investigate the murder of a prominent Parsee.
BETON
ROUGE by Simone Buchholz, reviewed by Ewa Sherman
Public
prosecutor Chastity Riley and Detective Chief Inspector Ivo Stepanovic meet
when they are called to investigate a horrendous case of a naked and tortured
man left in a case outside an office of Germany’s biggest magazines where’s he
been working.
SO LUCKY
by Nicola Griffith, reviewed by Linda Wilson
In one
week, Mara Tagarelli loses her wife, her health and her job. Soon she is
struggling on all levels and even afraid for her life. Not just because of the
advance of multiple sclerosis but because someone is targeting vulnerable
people and Mara believes she knows why.
FALLING
FROM THE FLOATING WORLD by Nick Hurst, reviewed by Chris Roberts
Ray
Clemence is an Englishman in Japan. When his girlfriend Tomoe disappears, he
suspects the yakusa is involved. His attempts to find out more brings him into
their clutches and there appears to be no escape.
WHEN I
LOST YOU by Merilyn Davies, reviewed by Kati Barr-Taylor
Crime
analyst Carla Brown must help the police team find out if the baby’s murderer
is her mother, or if an even more sinister crime has taken place.
THE
HOMECOMING by Andrew Pyper, reviewed by Madeleine Marsh
After the
death of their absent father, the Quinlan family are bequeathed a lodge in
acres of private land worth millions. All they have to do to inherit is stay
there for 30 days. And survive.
THE SHARP
EDGE OF A SNOWFLAKE by Sif Sigmarsdottir, reviewed by Linda Wilson
Two very
different girls are brought together in the aftermath of a murder in the snowy
Icelandic winter.
SHE WAS
THE QUIET ONE by Michele Campbell, reviewed by Sylvia Maughan
Twins Bel
and Rose are starting in the same dorm at their new boarding school. They are
very different from each other and make different choices in both subjects and
friends. Dorm heads Heath Donovan and wife are also new, brought in to turn
this difficult dorm around.
THE
BLAMELESS DEAD by Gary Haynes, reviewed by John Cleal
FBI
Special Agent Carla Romero and lawyer Gabriel Hall are thrown together as they
investigate a series of gruesome crimes that have their roots 70 years in the
past.
THE BAD
DAUGHTER by Joy Fielding, reviewed by Kati Barr-Taylor
Robin,
the daughter who turned her back on her family, is going home – now that half
of them are dying.
THE
EXILED by David Barbaree, reviewed by Linda Wilson
A series
of dangerous power games are played out in ancient Rome against the threatening
backdrop of Mount Vesuvius.
THE CROWN
AGENT by Stephen O’Rourke, reviewed by John Cleal
Disgraced
young Edinburgh doctor Mungo Lyon is recruited by the Crown to investigate a murder
and shipwreck.
ON MY
LIFE by Angela Clarke, reviewed by Chris Roberts
Jenna
Burns’ life is turned into a nightmare when she finds herself in prison on
remand for the murder of her boyfriend’s daughter.
SCORPIONS
IN CORINTH by JM Alvey, reviewed by Linda Wilson
Athenian
playwright Philocles and his actors have been hired to take one of his popular
plays to Corinth. Critics he can take, but poisoning is a bit extreme.
YOU DIE
NEXT by Stephanie Marland, reviewed by John Barnbrook
Some
urban explorers break into an abandoned film studio and encounter an apparently
horrific murder scene. They run, but then one by one they are found murdered.
Best
wishes
Sharon
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