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 Paul Charles in the Countdown hot
seat:
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This week’s reviews are:
BIG SKY by Kate Atkinson, reviewed
by Viv Beeby
PI Jackson Brodie stumbles upon some
dark and dangerous deeds in the picturesque seaside town he now calls home.
THE NEVER GAME by Jeffery Deaver,
reviewed by Linda Wilson
Three victims, each stuck in a
deadly locked room scenario. Only one man can help them – Colton Shaw, a man
who earns his money from finding missing people, dead or alive.
THE STALKER by Alex Gray, reviewed
by John Cleal
Superintendent William Lorimer and
his Major Incident Team track a serial killer – but Lorimer’s own wife is in
danger from a madman who targets a particular type of woman.
MAN ON EDGE by Humphrey Hawksley,
reviewed by Chris Roberts
A rogue Russian colonel plans the
assassination of the US and Russian presidents at a summit meeting. Rake Ozenna
stands in his way.
THE REGRET by Dan Malakin, reviewed
by Kati Barr-Taylor
Someone is stalking Rachel again,
but no one seems to care.
HIGH FIRE by Eoin Colfer, reviewed
by Linda Wilson
A teenager, a dragon and a crooked
cop. Life in the Louisiana swamp will never be the same for Squib Moreau when
he meets Vern, the last dragon.
I WILL MISS YOU TOMORROW by Heine
Bakkeid, reviewed by Ewa Sherman
A damaged ex-Chief Inspector
Thorkild Aske has just left prison, his life in tatters. He is asked to find a
young man, Rasmus, who has disappeared off the North Norwegian coast. Rasmus is
the cousin of Frei, the woman that Thorkild still loves but whom he has
accidently killed.
THE DEAD LINE by Holly Watt,
reviewed by John Cleal
Journalist Casey Benedict, alerted
to the possibility of a horrific trade in babies, embarks on a dangerous
investigation.
BURNT ISLAND by Kate
Rhodes, reviewed by Linda Wilson
When a man is
horrifically murdered on a remote island in the Scillies, DI Ben Kitto’s boss
wants results fast, but even with a relatively small pool of suspects to draw
on, the case isn’t an easy one to crack.
BLOOD IN THE WATER by
Jack Flynn, reviewed by John Cleal
Gang war erupts on the
Boston waterfront and Diamond, daughter of union boss Cormack McConnell, is
caught in the middle.
DARKNESS FOR LIGHT by
Emma Viskic, reviewed by Chris Roberts
Deaf Melbourne-based PI
Caleb Zelic goes to meet a new client but finds him dead, and is drawn into a
dispute he only vaguely understands but with participants prepared to kill
wherever necessary.
THE KILLER YOU KNOW by
SR Masters, reviewed by Kati Barr-Taylor
They thought Will’s
teenage vow to kill three people was a joke. Now Adeline and her friends are
not so sure.
A STRANGER IN MY GRAVE
by Margaret Millar, reviewed by John Cleal
Daisy Harker has
everything: a beautiful home and a wealthy businessman husband who loves her.
She also has a recurring nightmare – she sees her own grave and a date that
means she has been dead for four years! On the edge of a breakdown, she hires
an investigator.
NO FIXED ABODE by Dana
Stabenow, reviewed by Chris Roberts
The crash of a light
aircraft in a remote Alaskan town has significant implications for PI Kate
Shugak and her friends.
TO KEEP YOU SAFE by Kate
Bradley, reviewed by Linda Wilson
Former
soldier-turned-teacher Jenni Wales has to decide how far she will go to save
one of her pupils when no one else appears to care that the girl is terrified
and at risk of abduction.
THE FAMILY by Louise
Jensen, reviewed by Kati Barr-Taylor
Oak Leaf Farm may not
provide the sanctuary Laura hoped for. It may be the place she cannot escape.
DEEP STATE by Chris
Hauty, reviewed by John Cleal
Former small-town girl,
ex-army boxer and now White House intern Haley Chill stumbles across a plot to
assassinate the American president.
DEGREES OF GUILT by HS
Chandler, reviewed by Chris Roberts
Maria Bloxham calls the
police to report she has killed her husband, and soon finds herself on trial.
The jury are invited to consider whether her husband’s behaviour constitutes a
defence.
SOFA SURFER by Malcolm
Duffy, reviewed by Linda Wilson
When 15-year-old Tyler
meets a girl at the local lido, he’s only looking to make some money from
giving her swimming lessons, but an unlikely friendship grows between them that
threatens Tyler’s relationship with his own family.
THE KINGDOM by Jess
Rothenberg, reviewed by John Barnbrook
The Kingdom is a fantasy
theme park, home to hybrids, living creatures, some extinct, some rare and some
human. The Fantasists are beautiful hybrid women, designed as perfect hosts but
are they capable of murder?
Best wishes
Linda and Sharon
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