Happy new year!
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 Amanda Lees in
the Countdown hot seat: http://www.crimereview.co.uk/page.php/interview/9040
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This week’s reviews are:
PEAKY BLINDERS: THE LEGACY by Carl Chinn, reviewed by
John Cleal
The TV series Peaky Blinders turned the fashionably
dressed, charismatic, but deeply flawed Shelby family into cult anti-heroes.
Now read the sordid facts behind their criminal legacy.
THE KINGDOM by Jo Nesbo, reviewed by Viv Beeby
In an enclosed and remote Norwegian mountain community
the rules of good and evil are played out in a manner more reminiscent of the
Wild West. It's a place where family means everything and guilty secrets are
buried deep …
BITTER WASH ROAD by Garry Disher, reviewed by Chris
Roberts
Constable Paul Hirschhausen has committed the heinous
crime of whistleblowing on corrupt colleagues, and as a reward is posted to a
rural backwater where life is a challenge.
KILL A STRANGER by Simon Kernick, reviewed by Linda
Wilson
Matt comes home from a night out with friends to find
his girlfriend missing and a dead oman’s body in their bed. The nightmare gets
worse when he’s told that Kate will die if he involves the police. To get Kate
back, Matt has to do the unthinkable. He has to kill a stranger.
FOR THE DEAD by Lina Bengtsdotter, reviewed by Ewa
Sherman
Thirty years ago, teenager Paul was found drowned in a
lake, and his best friend Francesca vanished from home. His death was considered
a suicide. Francesca was never found. When journalist Johan Ro writes about the
cold case, DI Charlie Lager gets pulled into the story.
BACKLASH by Marnie Riches, reviewed by Sylvia Maughan
Bev Saunders wants to be a private investigator and
has started to take on cases. She sets out to go undercover as a cleaner for a
colourful local man of doubtful reputation
A LONG WAY OFF by Pascal Garnier, reviewed by Chris
Roberts
Marc dreams of freedom and abandons his quiet life for
a trip with his daughter Anne, but things move in a rather unexpected
direction.
THE FAMILIAR DARK by Amy Engel, reviewed by Kati
Barr-Taylor
Junie and her best friend are dead. And Eve will make
sure their killer pays.
WATCHING FROM THE DARK by Gytha Lodge, reviewed by
Linda Wilson
When Aidan Poole logs onto Skype to talk to his
girlfriend, he gets a nasty shock. Someone is in the flat with her, but she
doesn’t seem to know it.And she’s in danger.
FEAR FOR MISS BETONy by Dorothy Bowers, reviewed by
John Cleal
Former governess Emma Betony is asked to sort out a
series of strange happenings at a friend’s struggling girls’ school.
THE SYSTEM by Ryan Gatiss, reviewed by Chris Roberts
The discovery of a gun used in a shooting leads to the
prosecution of two young men, one guilty and the other innocent. The case will
change the lives of several people.
SISTER by Kjell Ola Dahl, reviewed by Ewa Sherman
Frank Frølich works as a private detective after being
suspended from duty with Oslo Police. He takes on an assignment to find the
missing sister of a young immigrant woman who is just about to be deported to
her home country. He also gets involved in searching for an eyewitness from a
ferry disaster 30 years ago.
THE GIRL FROM WIDOW HILLS by Megan Miranda, reviewed
by Kati Barr-Taylor
Arden left the story that defined Widow Hills, even
though she was the story. She even left her name. But two decades later, her
past is shadowing her, and her life is in danger once again.
GILLARD’S STING by Margaret Duffy, reviewed by Sharon
Wheeler
Ex-military and spook Patrick Gillard and his author
wife Ingrid Langley are pulled back into the action as they try to track down a
missing top cop.
A MATTER OF MURDER by Ann Granger, reviewed by John
Cleal
Drop-out Miff Ferguson disturbs a killer disposing of
his victim and is forced to flee to escape the man who now wants to dispose of
the only witness to the crime. When a second member of the dead girl’s family
is found in a blazing van Detective Inspector Jess Campbell and Superintendent Ian
Carter must try to solve the mystery.
YOUR STILL BEATING HEART by Tyler Keevil, reviewed by
Chris Roberts
After the death of her husband, Eira Vaughn is adrift.
But her life is given new meaning as a result of a chance encounter in Prague.
THE SCOUNDREL HARRY LARKYNS by Rebecca Gowers,
reviewed by John Cleal
A 140-year-old cold case investigation into a true
crime of passion – the murder of bon viveur and conman Harry Larkyns by one of
the fathers on modern cinema.
THE STITCHER AND THE MUTE by DK Fields, reviewed by
John Barnbrook
In the United Realms there are no elections, instead
each year the leading group is chosen by picking which of them tells the most
compelling story. As the election proceeds, Detective Cora Gorderheim becomes
more embroiled in solving the crime and also resolving personal issues.
ARE YOU WATCHING? by Vincent Ralph, reviewed by Linda
Wilson
Jess is out to catch a killer. The only problem is
that the killer might catch her first.
THE POTTERY COTTAGE MURDERS by Carol Ann Lee &
Peter Howse, reviewed by
John Cleal
A police manhunt across the snowbound moors. Just one
survivor. This is the first definitive account of the horrifying 1977 Pottery
Cottage murders that shocked the nation.
Best wishes
Sharon and Linda
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