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The Astonishing Colour of After
Leigh is struggling to cope with the aftermath of her mother’s suicide, but when a big red bird appears and speaks with her mother’s voice, Leigh knows she has one last chance to connect with her mother.
Reviewed on 10 November 2018 by Linda Wilson
The Insider
When the body of a fourth woman is found on a railway line, DCI David Stone and DS Frankie Oliver have a strong suspicion that a serial killer is at work. On top of that, someone on their team is leaking information to the press.
Reviewed on 10 November 2018 by Linda Wilson
Blackstone Underground
The Bank of England is being threatened with an audacious break-in. It’s Blackstone’s job to stop this happening
Reviewed on 10 November 2018 by Linda Wilson
Enough Rope
When London PI Lee Arnold is asked for help by a former police colleague, he isn’t keen on getting involved, but allows himself to be persuaded to investigate a kidnapping.
Reviewed on 10 November 2018 by Linda Wilson
The Betel Nut Tree Mystery
Chen Su Lin, assistant to Singapore’s Chief Inspector Le Froy, ends up at risk when a rich young Englishman is found dead, his body soaked in betel nut juice.
Reviewed on 10 November 2018 by Chris Roberts
The Temptation of Forgiveness
An elderly man is discovered seriously injured at the foot of some steps down to a canal. By chance his wife has just spoken with Inspector Brunetti about the possibility of her son taking drugs. Are the two incidents connected?
Reviewed on 10 November 2018 by Sylvia Maughan
Inhuman Resources
Alain Delambre, formerly a highly paid executive in human resources, has been out of regular work for four years. When a major company shows some interest in his application for a senior position he adopts desperate measures to obtain it.
Reviewed on 10 November 2018 by Arnold Taylor
The Darkness
As 64-year-old Detective Inspector Hulda Hermannsdottir of the Reykjavik police is forced into early yet unwelcome retirement, she can work on one cold case of her choice. Hulda takes on the apparent suicide of a Russian asylum seeker Elena. But ignored by her colleagues and plagued by painful memories she seems to be heading into real danger.
Reviewed on 10 November 2018 by Ewa Sherman
Memo From Turner
When a young girl is crushed in a hit-and-run the culprit’s rich family conspire to protect him. Warrant Officer Turner is determined that someone will pay.
Reviewed on 10 November 2018 by Chris Roberts
Maigret's Secret
A well-known wealthy woman is found stabbed to death in a frenzied attack. Maigret interviews her husband and cannot make up his mind about his guilt or innocence.
Reviewed on 10 November 2018 by Arnold Taylor
Munich
Britain in 1938 holds its breath as Neville Chamberlain, the Prime Minster, negotiates with Adolf Hitler to resolve the crisis of Hitler’s intention to invade Czechoslovakia. Two friends from Oxford, one German and one British, are involved in the discussion that take place in Munich.
Reviewed on 10 November 2018 by John Barnbrook
Destroying Angel
1655. Captain Damian Seeker of Oliver Cromwell’s handpicked guard has been sent north to prepare the way for stringent new anti-Royalist laws. What should be a to a routine visit to a village on the North York moors uncovers a stew of hatred, ambition and treachery.
Reviewed on 10 November 2018 by John Cleal
Don't Make a Sound
Malcolm and Harriet are about to have another daughter, a little sister for Daisy. All Malcolm need do is remove the flimsy lock and steal this latest child her from her parents.
Reviewed on 10 November 2018 by Kati Barr-Taylor
Death Comes in Through the Kitchen
A boyfriend finding his soon-to-be fiancée dead in her bathtub would be the start of a complicated tale in any country. But this is Cuba where layers of ambiguity and lies cover every aspect of life.
Reviewed on 10 November 2018 by Anthea Hawdon
Tombland
Hunchback lawyer/sleuth Matthew Shardlake is sent by Princess Elizabeth to investigate a murder of which a distant Boleyn relative is accused and finds himself unwillingly caught up in the East Anglian rising which became known as Kett’s Rebellion.
Reviewed on 10 November 2018 by John Cleal
One Deadly Summer
Beautiful and sensual Eliane, know as Elle, is the object of the lust of every man in a small Provencal village. When she targets car mechanic and part-time fireman Fiorimond she is planning revenge for his family’s involvement a crime committed decades earlier.
Reviewed on 10 November 2018 by John Cleal
A House of Ghosts
Kate Cartwright, a woman with special gifts, is invited by armaments millionaire Lord Francis Highmount and his wife to join a party on their isolated island to take part in a seance to contact their sons killed in World War I. As the guests arrive, it becomes clear each has something to hide – and soon one will be savagely murdered.
Reviewed on 10 November 2018 by John Cleal
The Mitford Murders
A war heroine nurse is murdered on a south coast train. Aristocratic Nancy Mitford investigates, aided by her one-time nurserymaid and companion Louisa Cannon.
Reviewed on 10 November 2018 by John Cleal
The Piranhas
A group of teenagers from central Naples form their own paranza or mob crew, taking advantage of the vacuum left by the breakdown in the traditional Camorra.
Reviewed on 10 November 2018 by Chris Roberts
The Man Who Came Uptown
Michael Hudson is a young man in a Washington DC jail, granted the opportunity to start again, to come uptown, but facing a significant challenge on his way there.
Reviewed on 10 November 2018 by Chris Roberts
