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The Root of All Evil
A young Arab girl is murdered in Libya and there appears to be no discernible motive. Thirteen years later an almost identical murder takes place in Rome. Commissario Michele Balistreri knows that the two crimes are connected and that a solution to one will lead to a solution of the other.
Reviewed on 18 April 2015 by Arnold Taylor
The Man From Berlin
German intelligence officer Gregor Reinhardt, a former Berlin detective, is assigned to investigate the killing of a German officer and a beautiful young Croat filmmaker against a background of internal rivalries, partizan attacks and growing anti-Nazi feeling.
Reviewed on 18 April 2015 by John Cleal
Close To Home
Sarah McAdams returns to her childhood home with the intention of restoring it to its former glory. Is the house haunted, or is it the over-active imagination of Sarah’s younger daughter? Then teenage girls start to disappear from the town.
Reviewed on 18 April 2015 by Sylvia Wilson
The Soul of Discretion
Chief Superintendant Simon Serrailler is selected to go undercover to try to identify the members of a paedophile ring. His mission begins in a treatment centre for convicted offenders but takes on a more dangerous line when his prime target decides to escape.
Reviewed on 18 April 2015 by Sylvia Maughan
The Jackdaw
A masked man abducts a wealthy banker and he gives ordinary people watching on the internet the choice of whether the victim lives or dies. Naturally, there’s not much sympathy and the verdict is death, sparking an instant internet sensation.
Reviewed on 18 April 2015 by Linda Wilson
Ashes to Ashes
Some dodgy goings-on at a Somerset crematorium bring trouble for crime-fighting husband and wife Patrick Gillard and Ingrid Langley.
Reviewed on 18 April 2015 by Sharon Wheeler
The Stranger
Adam Price and his family are living the American dream – until a stranger walks up to him and shares a secret from wife Corinne’s past. And then she disappears.
Reviewed on 18 April 2015 by Sharon Wheeler
A Good Way To Go
Bristol DI Liam McLusky has just returned to work after suspension – and is embroiled immediately in a murder enquiry where the victims have been left bound and gagged.
Reviewed on 04 April 2015 by Sharon Wheeler
Angelica's Smile
A series of burglaries occur in the home town of Inspector Montelbano. During his investigations he meets a young woman, but fact and fiction become mixed up in his mind. Will he be able to solve the mystery of the burglaries before there are any tragic consequences?
Reviewed on 04 April 2015 by Sylvia Maughan
Fallout
Maori detective Tito Ihaka is tasked with a very cold case, and combines this with investigations into the death of his own father.
Reviewed on 04 April 2015 by Chris Roberts
Festive in Death
When personal trainer Trey Ziegler is found dead, there is no shortage of suspects, but when Eve Dallas uncovers his darkest secrets, the story takes a murderous twist.
Reviewed on 04 April 2015 by Sylvia Wilson
Full Measure
A marine returns from Afghanistan to find his parents’ avocado ranch devastated by fire, and many other sources of tension in his hometown.
Reviewed on 04 April 2015 by Chris Roberts
