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The Wolves of London
Alex Locke is doing his best to put his unsuccessful foray into crime behind him and live a normal life, but when one of his daughters is threatened, Alex has to turn to an old acquaintance from prison for help, and things go rapidly downhill from there.
Reviewed on 08 May 2015 by Linda Wilson
Archangel's Shadows
Guild Hunter Ashwini Taj investigates the murder of a young woman found drained of life and mummified. Something nasty is definitely lurking in the shadows of New York.
Reviewed on 08 May 2015 by Linda Wilson
The Boy Who Killed Demons
When Henry Dudlow was 13, he started to see demons. Now he’s 15 and a half and knows that something needs to be done about them, but it’s not easy when you’re the only person who can see them.
Reviewed on 08 May 2015 by Linda Wilson
The Grand Banks Café
Maigret is asked by an old friend to look into the case of a former pupil of his who has been arrested for murder in the fishing port of Fécamp after returning from three months at sea. He agrees and enters a dark and seemingly mysterious world
Reviewed on 08 May 2015 by Arnold Taylor
The Frozen Dead
The grisly display of a horse carcass in an isolated mountain town initiates a police operation which soon widens when a macabre murder follows.
Reviewed on 08 May 2015 by Chris Roberts
Death in Pont-Aven
Commissaire Dupin is called to the murder of a hotel manager in the picturesque Breton village of Pont-Aven, but finds those closest to the dead man reluctant to tell what they know.
Reviewed on 08 May 2015 by Chris Roberts
The Snow Kimono
Retired inspector August Jovert meets a Japanese man with a tragic story to tell, a tale which resonates with echoes from Jovert's own past.
Reviewed on 08 May 2015 by Chris Roberts
The Murder of Harriet Krohn
Charles Torp has problems. He misses his dead wife and his gambling addiction has driven his teenage daughter away. His plan to solve his problems and win her back goes horribly wrong.
Reviewed on 08 May 2015 by John Cleal
Whited Sepulchres
Edwin Weaver must solve the killing of the earl’s household marshal which threatens to disrupt plans for the wedding of his sister. But there appears to be no motive and Edwin soon suspects there are other targets for the killer.
Reviewed on 08 May 2015 by John Cleal
An Appetite For Violets
Irrepressible under-cook Biddy Leigh wants only to wed her sweetheart and set up a tavern. But when her elderly master marries a much younger woman, Biddy is swept in a world of secrets and lies.
Reviewed on 08 May 2015 by John Cleal
Kingdom
Robert Bruce, king of Scotland, fights to throw the English occupiers out of his country.
Reviewed on 08 May 2015 by John Cleal
The Wolf in Winter
In the small town of Prosperous, Maine, a young girl is killed as she tries to escape from her captors. As Charlie Parker investigates this and an apparent suicide, he upsets some powerful people and uncovers the terrifying secret of Prosperous’s success.
Reviewed on 08 May 2015 by Sylvia Wilson
