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This
week’s reviews are:
THE
CRAFTSMAN by Sharon Bolton, reviewed by Linda Wilson
Florence
Lovelady returns to the town that launched her police career, but soon starts
to fear that her first murder case might not have been as cut and dried as
everyone had thought.
THE
TAKING OF ANNIE THORNE by CJ Tudor, reviewed by Kati Barr-Taylor
After 25
years, Joe Thorne is going home. That’s because someone has emailed him to say
whatever happened to his sister is happening again.
CARELESS
LOVE by Peter Robinson, reviewed by Sharon Wheeler
Superintendent
Alan Banks and his team investigate two suspicious deaths – a student found in
an abandoned car, and a man in a smart suit at the bottom of a gully on the
moors.
BLOODMOON
by Peter Tremayne, reviewed by John Cleal
Sister
Fidelma is sent on a secret mission to uncover a rumoured assassination plot
against the High King of Tara.
RED SNOW
by Will Dean, reviewed by Chris Roberts
The tiny
frozen Swedish town of Gavrik is dominated by the liquorice factory, source of
employment but also some weirdness, and a long history of unexplained deaths.
THE DARK
CLOUDS SHINING by David Downing, reviewed by Arnold Taylor
It’s 1921
and former secret service officer Jack McColl is approached by his former boss
to undertake a mission to Russia. MI5, whose remit does not extend to Europe,
is involved there and he needs to find out precisely what they are doing.
COLD AS
THE GRAVE by James Oswald, reviewed by Linda Wilson
When the
desiccated body of a child is found in an Edinburgh basement, it’s immediately
believed to be a cold case, but when that’s proved to be incorrect, life gets
complicated for DCI Tony McLean.
UNREST by
Jesper Stein, reviewed by Ewa Sherman
Detective
Superintendent Alex Steen must investigate the death of a brutally murdered
unidentified man, found outside a Copenhagen cemetery after a night of violent
street riots. But Denmark’s national security agency is also interested in the
victim.
RULES OF
PREY by John Sandford, reviewed by Chris Roberts
In his
first appearance, Lieutenant Lucas Davenport faces an intelligent serial killer
working by rules of behaviour which make it unlikely he will ever be caught.
THE LINES
WE LEAVE BEHIND by Eliza Graham, reviewed by John Cleal
A young
woman is incarcerated in an asylum, charged with a violent crime of
which she
has no memory. As she struggles to come to terms with her past an
entirely
different character emerges.
IN THE
BLOOD by Ruth Mancini, reviewed by Kati Barr-Taylor
Solicitor
Sarah Kellerman’s client is one she may regret taking on. The young woman is
due to stand trial for the attempted murder of her baby.
AND FIRE
CAME DOWN by Emily Viskic, reviewed by Chris Roberts
Caleb
Zelic is visited by a girl seeking his help and returns to his home of
Resurrection Bay to try to establish what she was running from.
THE
INDUSTRY OF HUMAN HAPPINESS by James Hall, reviewed by John Cleal
Max
Cadenza’s dream of harnessing new technology to put the world’s greatest music
onto gramophone records is threatened by a crooked theatrical impresario.
THE CASE
OF THE FOOL by EV Harte, reviewed by Anthea Hawdon
“So he
want kill me. Or he want marry me? Which?” Doris is faced with a stark question
from a Russian immigrant tangled up in a web of squatters and drug dealers and
needs to find her way out of the tangle before the first of those options
becomes a reality.
DEAD
STOCK by Rachel Ward, reviewed by Linda Wilson
Supermarket
checkout worker Bea and her friend and colleague Ant are on the
case of a
cat killer in Kingsleigh.
THE OTHER
WOMAN by Sandie Jones, reviewed by Kati Barr-Taylor
Emily
falls for Adam, unaware she has become part of a twisted love triangle – one
that could be the death of her.
THE
LANGUAGE OF SECRETS by Ausma Zehanat Khan, reviewed by Chris Roberts
Detective
Esa Khattack and his partner Rachael Getty are on the case of the killing of an
undercover colleague who was investigating a suspected Islamic terrorist plot.
THE
MURDER OF HARRIET MONCKTON by Elizabeth Haynes, reviewed by John Cleal
Harriet
Monckton is found dead in the privy behind the dissenting chapel she regularly
attended. An inquest lasting nearly three years tries to establish if she was
murdered and if so, by who.
ROGUE by
JB Turner, reviewed by Arnold Taylor
A secret
American committee, consisting of a retired general, a retired admiral and two
former heads of the CIA, is intent on arranging the assassination of a
well-known and popular senator whose libertarian and anti-military views they
regard as a potential danger to the United States.
MY SECRET
YOUTUBE LIFE by Charlotte Seager, reviewed by Linda Wilson
Lily has
everything – the perfect life, the perfect boyfriend, three million followers
on YouTube. But, unseen by her fans, Lily’s life is starting to unravel.
Best
wishes
Sharon
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