Review Archive
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And Is There Honey Still For Tea?
A libel suit between an American university professor and an Englishman accused of being a spy instigates a dangerous series of events for barrister Ben Schroeder.
Reviewed on 12 September 2015 by Arnold Taylor
By Its Cover
A theft of pages torn from some ancient books is reported by a library in Venice. Commissario Brunetti is called in to investigate. The suspicion is that an American researcher may be involved.
Reviewed on 12 September 2015 by Sylvia Maughan
Close Your Eyes
Clinical psychologist Joe O’Loughlin reluctantly agrees to help police investigating the murder of a mother and daughter after one of his former students leaks information to the press.
Reviewed on 12 September 2015 by Sharon Wheeler
Darkness, Darkness
Charlie Resnick, in semi-retirement, is called back to help with the investigation into the killing of a young woman during the miners’ strike of 30 years before.
Reviewed on 12 September 2015 by John Cleal
Half The World Away
Graduate Lori Maddox goes travelling and is teaching English in Chengdu when communications home cease. Her parents Joanna and Tom are frustrated by the lack of action in China, and set off to find her.
Reviewed on 12 September 2015 by Chris Roberts
Last Words
Garrison in Southern Indiana is a town that’s harbouring quite a few secrets, as Mark Novak discovers to his cost when he’s sent to look into an exceedingly cold case.
Reviewed on 12 September 2015 by Linda Wilson
Little Black Lies
A child goes missing on the remote Falklands Islands. This is not the first time it’s happened and the last two children to disappear have never been found.
Reviewed on 12 September 2015 by Linda Wilson
Marston Moor
Five armies meet outside York in July 1644 in a brief, but bloody battle which changed the course of history. Battle-scarred Royalist Major Innocent Stryker must call on all his experience to survive the Parliamentary assault and treachery from his own side.
Reviewed on 12 September 2015 by John Cleal
Shiver The Whole Night Through
A small town in Ireland is in the grip of an unusually severe winter. When popular local girl Sláine McAuley is found dead in a wood, everyone seems prepared to put this down to suicide, but 17-year-old Aiden Flood isn’t convinced.
Reviewed on 12 September 2015 by Linda Wilson
Swansong
DI Nick Boyd has to confront traumatic memories from his past when he goes undercover as a teacher to investigate the murder of a schoolgirl.
Reviewed on 12 September 2015 by Sharon Wheeler
The Defence
Eddie Flynn is pressed into court to represent a Russian mafia boss, and his young daughter is threatened with death if he does not cooperate.
Reviewed on 12 September 2015 by Chris Roberts
The Last Lullaby
Inspector Conny Sjöberg unearths a tale of revenge and guilt and how nearly forgotten events from the past can still shape people’s lives when he investigates the murder of a woman in an expensive Stockholm apartment.
Reviewed on 12 September 2015 by Ewa Sherman
