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 CJ Box in the
Countdown hot seat:
We’re on Twitter at:
Crime Review:
@CrimeReviewUK
Linda Wilson:
@CrimeReviewer
Sharon Wheeler:
@lartonmedia
This week’s reviews are:
THE SIBERIAN DILEMMA by
Martin Cruz Smith, reviewed by John Cleal
Investigator Arkady
Renko travels to the frozen tundra to seek his on-off lover, investigative
journalist Tatiana Petrovna, who has disappeared.
NOW YOU SEE THEM by Elly
Griffiths, reviewed by Viv Beeby
Brighton 1963 and a
schoolgirl has gone missing from the exclusive private school, Roedean. It
looks like she's a runaway but there are disturbing similarities to the
disappearances of a young local nurse and a teenage Modette.
CIRCLE OF DEATH by Chris
Ryan, reviewed by Linda Wilson
Former SAS operatives
John Porter and John Bald are recruited to a deniable op to rescue a British
academic accused of spying in Venezuela. It’s not a job they’re keen on, but
neither are in any position to refuse.
THE SCHOLAR by Dervla
McTiernan, reviewed by Chris Roberts
Garda DI Cormac Reilly
is called by his girlfriend Emma when she comes across a hit-and-run victim,
and despite their connection he is assigned the case.
THE GROVE OF THE CAESARS
by Lindsey Davis, reviewed by John Cleal
Flavia Albia becomes
involved in the hunt for a serial killer operating in the gardens left to the
people of Rome by Julius Caesar. At the same time, her parallel investigation
into fraudulent Greek philosophical texts leads to another killer.
THE DANGEROUS KIND by
Deborah O’Connor, reviewed by Kati Barr-Taylor
Cassie has gone missing,
but her best friend Marnie is the only one who seems to care.
TO KILL A MAN by Sam
Bourne, reviewed by Chris Roberts
A candidate for the
presidency aggressively defends herself from assault in her Washington home.
White House troubleshooter Maggie Costello is asked to substantiate a
defence.
STEPHEN KING AT THE
MOVIES by Ian Nathan, reviewed by Madeleine Marsh
An encyclopaedia of
every Stephen King book brought to the screen, including interviews, critical
analysis, behind the scenes insights and photographs.
THE HISTORY OF THE SAS
by Chris Ryan, reviewed by Linda Wilson
The history of the SAS,
told from the inside.
THE MAN WHO PLAYED WITH
FIRE by Jan Stocklassa, reviewed by Ewa Sherman
Jan Stocklassa follows
Stieg Larsson’s investigation into the assassination of the Swedish prime
minister Olof Palme in February 1986. The assassin has never been identified
and the trail of intrigue, espionage and conspiracy covered various parts of
the globe.
HOUSE ON FIRE by Joseph
Finder, reviewed by Chris Roberts
After the death of an
old army buddy, intelligence agent Nick Heller investigates the family behind
the pharmaceutical company whose opiate medication lead to his friend’s death.
THE OTHER MRS MILLER by
Allison Dickson, reviewed by Kati Barr-Taylor
The incongruous little
blue Ford car is on the street again. Phoebe could almost see its presence as a
game, not a danger – if it wasn’t for her father’s legacy.
OUT OF THE DARK by Gregg
Hurwitz, reviewed by John Cleal
Why is the corrupt,
dictatorial President of America trying to kill every member of a team of
‘deniable intelligence assets’ – assassins – he helped create? Orphan X, Evan
Smoak, must find out – and stop him.
THE BLACK ART OF KILLING
by Matthew Hall, reviewed by Linda Wilson
The death of an old
comrade drags former SAS Major Leo Black back into a world he thought he’d left
behind.
MISTER WOLF by Chris
Petit, reviewed by Chris Roberts
In 1944, as the allies
close in on Germany and Hitler miraculously survives an assassination attempt,
Gestapo officer August Schlegel becomes caught up in a scandal thought to be
long buried.
THE BLEAK MIDWINTER by
LC Tyler, reviewed by John Cleal
Civil war intelligence
officer John Grey, now lord of an Essex manor, must discover the truth of the
killing of a local lothario in order to save the life of a woman accused of
witchcraft.
WOMAN ON THE EDGE by
Samantha M Bailey, reviewed by Kati Barr-Taylor
Morgan’s life spins out
of control when a stranger throws herself under a train.
AN AIR THAT KILLS by
Christine Poulson, reviewed by John Barnbrook
A rich sponsor is
suspicious that there are problems in a high-security virus research institute.
A skilled scientist is sent to investigate undercover and gets embroiled in a
much more serious turn of events, events that could result in a pandemic.
SEXTON BLAKE AND THE GREAT
WAR by Mark Hodder, reviewed by John Cleal
Ace detective Sexton
Blake returns in three republished stories of his activities before and during
World War I.
ONE OF US IS NEXT by
Karen McManus, reviewed by Linda Wilson
An ever-escalating game
of Truth or Dare brings heartache and danger to the students of Bayview High.
Best wishes
Sharon and Linda
No comments:
Post a Comment