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This week’s reviews are:
SIX WICKED REASONS by Jo
Spain, reviewed by John Cleal
A controlling father is
murdered during a party on a yacht. All of his children, re-united for the
occasion to celebrate his intended new marriage, have motives for revenge.
ROBERT B PARKER’S BLOOD
FEUD by Mike Lupica, reviewed by Chris Roberts
Sunny Randall’s
relationship with her ex Richie is on again, so when he gets shot you know she
is going to do something about it.
THE CURATOR by MW
Craven, reviewed by Linda Wilson
When body parts start
turning up in Cumbria, National Crime Agency investigators DS Washington Poe
and civilian analyst Tilly Bradshaw are called in to make sense of an
increasingly complex puzzle.
THE OATH by Klaus-Peter
Wolf, reviewed by Ewa Sherman
Former chief of police
Ubbo Heide is enjoying a peaceful seaside retirement until a gruesome package
containing a severed head turns up on his doorstep. Soon a headless body is
found on the local beach. However, it is not just one victim.
A GOOD MAN by Ani Katz,
reviewed by Kati Barr-Taylor
Thomas Martin is a
caring, loving, reliable husband, father, son and brother. Until he isn’t.
BY FORCE ALONE by Lavie
Tidhar, reviewed by John Cleal
A new and very different
take on the Arthurian legend that combines detective novels and thrillers with
poetry, science fiction, historicals, children’s stories and autobiographical
works.
LONG RANGE by CJ Box,
reviewed by Chris Roberts
Wyoming game warden Joe
Pickett and hawk wrangler Nate Romanowski become entangled when the wife of a
judge is killed by a sniper.
A CONSPIRACY OF BONES by
Kathy Reichs, reviewed by Linda Wilson
Forensic anthropologist
Dr Tempe Brennan is drawn deep into the murky world of conspiracy theorists and
child abusers as she tries to unravel the mystery of a faceless corpse.
ASK ME NO QUESTIONS by
Louisa de Lange, reviewed by Kati Barr-Taylor
Kate Munro is convinced
it was more than a random attack that put a woman in a coma – and even more so
when she finds out who the victim is.
IT WALKS BY NIGHT by
John Dickson Carr, reviewed by John Cleal
Prefect of the Paris
city police Henri Bencolin must solve the grisly murder of the Duc de Saligny
at a fashionable Parisian gaming house.
BOBBY MARCH WILL LIVE
FOR EVER by Alan Parks, reviewed by Chris Roberts
When a young Glasgow
girl is abducted, detective Harry McCoy is sidelined by a rival who’s been
given charge of the case.
THE HAVEN: DEADFALL by
Simon Lelic, reviewed by Linda Wilson
Lily is missing. Ollie
and the rest of the Haven’s council vow to get her back, no matter what the
cost.
INTO THE DARK by Karen
Rose, reviewed by Sylvia Maughan
A young abused boy tries
to save his young brother from his stepfather whom he subsequently sees
murdered. As a witness he then becomes a target.
FUGITIVE 13 by Rob
Sinclair, reviewed by John Cleal
Aydin Torkal has spent a
year on the run from western intelligence and the brotherhood of jihadi
insurgents he betrayed. MI6 agent Rachel Cox, probably the only person who
believes him an ally in the war on terror, receives a coded message from him
warning her not to trust her own
colleagues and must
choose between her career and the truth.
THE HARD STUFF by David
Gordon, reviewed by Chris Roberts
A terrorist is in town
with some top-quality smack for which he insists on payment in diamonds. Joe
Brody intends to steal them – twice.
THE REUNION by Guillaume
Musso, reviewed by Linda Wilson
A reunion at a high-end
college in the French Riviera threatens to uncover secrets that some former
pupils had hoped were long buried.
THE MISSING WIFE by Sam
Carrington, reviewed by Kati Barr-Taylor
Sleep-deprived new
mother Louisa can trust no one – not her husband, nor her best friend, and
certainly not her ex.
PERDITION’S CHILD by
Anne Coates, reviewed by John Cleal
Hannah Weybridge
investigates the deaths of Australian men who have come to England to search
for lost relatives.
THE MAN ON THE STREET by
Trevor Wood, reviewed by Linda Wilson
When a homeless man sees
the report of a woman’s search for her missing father, he thinks he might have
been the only witness to a possible murder. The police don’t seem very
interested in what he has to say, but the man’s daughter is desperate for help,
so against his better judgment, Jimmy Mullen gets involved.
DEPARTING SHADOWS by
Paul Charles, reviewed by Chris Roberts
DI Christie Kennedy
investigates a hit-and-run outside the Gomorrhian Embassy and finds his path to
the truth entangled in diplomatic complications.
Best wishes
Sharon and Linda
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