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feature new 20 reviews in each issue of Crime Review (www.crimereview.co.uk),
together with a top industry interview. This time it’s Steph Cha in the
Countdown hot seat:
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This
week’s reviews are:
THE NIGHT
FIRE by Michael Connelly, reviewed by Linda Wilson
When a
cold case lands in Harry Bosch’s lap, he needs the help of night shift
detective Renée Ballard again as the two look into an unsolved murder from 20
years ago.
SALT LANE
by William Shaw, reviewed by Kati Barr-Taylor
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Alexandra Cupidi is about to learn that the Kentish Fens offer more than quiet
and seclusion after the tumultuous Met. They are the almost perfect hiding
place for bodies.
THE
BENEFIT OF HINDSIGHT by Susan Hill, reviewed by Viv Beeby
Lafferton
police are just about coping with a series of ruthless and meticulously planned
robberies. But a possible error of judgement puts Chief Superintendent Simon
Serrailller's reputation on the line.
A SHADOW
ON THE LENS by Sam Hurcom, reviewed by John Cleal
Forensic
photographer and investigator Thomas Bexley probes the horrifying murder of a
teenage girl in an isolated South Wales village and plunges into a world of
claustrophobic suspicion, mass murder and the supernatural.
MAIGRET
AND THE KILLER by Georges Simenon, reviewed by Chris Roberts
A young
man with a particular interest in recording the voices of strangers is stabbed
and killed in the street during an early spring downpour. The hobby initially
proves to be a distraction for Maigret.
LIBERATION
SQUARE by Gareth Rubin, reviewed by Arnold Taylor
Imagine
that D-Day had gone the other way, with the Germans victorious, instead of the
Allies. In the highly charged political climate that follows, a woman sets out
to clear the name of her husband, who’s been arrested on a murder charge.
THE ROOM
OF THE DEAD by MRC Kasasian, reviewed by John Cleal
Inspector
Betty Church finds wartime life in her sleepy hometown of Sackwater hard to
bear until a bombing raid and the discovery of a body on the beach put her on
the trail of a killer.
CAGE BY
LILJA SIGURÐARDÓTTIR, reviewed by Ewa Sherman
In
Iceland Agla’s prison sentence for financial crimes is coming to an end while
her former nemesis Maria gets drawn into helping her to pull another international
money fraud.
WHEN THE DEAD COME CALLING by Helen
Sedgwick, reviewed by Linda Wilson
The murder of a psychotherapist sends a
northern village into shock and piles the pressure on resident DI Georgie
Strachan.
GUILTY NOT GUILTY by Felix Francis,
reviewed by Chris Roberts
Bill Russell is devastated when told
that his wife has been murdered, and things get worse when the police make him
their main suspect. Bill is sure his brother-in-law is the culprit, but is
there enough evidence to get a conviction in court?
KILLING WITH CONFETTI by Peter Lovesey,
reviewed by John Cleal
When the son of the county’s Deputy
Chief Constable marries the daughter of a gang boss, Superintendent Peter
Diamond, head of Bath CID, is assigned to make sure no criminal rivals can
threaten the life of the bride’s father.
DEADLY DANCE by Hilary Bonner, reviewed
by Linda Wilson
A killer has preyed on a 14-year-old
girl in Bristol. At first it seems an easy case for DI David Vogel and his
team, but then doubts creep in.
PRESERVATION by Jock Serong, reviewed
by Chris Roberts
When in 1797 a vessel is shipwrecked on
an island in what became known as Bass Strait, a small group make their way to
Sydney, but the few who arrive have different tales about the journey.
IN HER EYES by Sarah Alderson, reviewed
by Kati Barr-Taylor
It isn’t the first time June’s life has
hung in the balance. But this time it’s not cancer killing her. It’s a bullet.
MURDER IN THE MILL-RACE by ECR Lorac,
reviewed by John Cleal
When the warden of a children’s home is
killed, local police can make no headway in an isolated and self-contained
village. Scotland Yard is called in and Chief Inspector Macdonald sent to take
over the case.
ONCE A LIAR by AF Brady, reviewed by
Chris Roberts
New York lawyer Peter Caine has built a
successful career defending some very nasty people but finds himself as a suspect
when his ex-mistress is murdered.
THE HOLIDAY by TM Logan, reviewed by
Kati Barr-Taylor
The villa in the south of France is
idyllic, but the messages that Kate finds on her husband’s phone portend a
lurking danger.
MORE RIVALS OF SHERLOCK HOLMES by Nick
Rennison, reviewed by John Cleal
Fifteen of the rivals of the great
Sherlock Holmes – police officers, PIs and eccentric criminologists – who all
had their day in the sun in the popular magazines.
THE PROMISE by Teresa Driscoll,
reviewed by Kati Barr-Taylor
The Promise is one that they have kept
for more than 30 years, but Beth and her friends know it is about to be
unburied. And they all have too much to lose.
MY SECRET LIES WITH YOU by Faye Bird,
reviewed by Linda Wilson
Cait is determined not to enjoy the
holiday her mother has arranged. But a meeting with boy-next-door Marko changes
things, and Cait starts to think North Wales might not be quite as dull as she
expected. There’s also the mysterious disappearance of a local girl to add
spice to the holiday.
Best wishes
Linda and Sharon
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