Review Archive
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The Axeman's Jazz
1919 and a mad axeman is terrifying New Orleans, America’s most racially mixed and vibrant city. Three very different individuals – a police Lieutenant with his own secrets, a disgraced ex-detective and the mixed-race secretary of a detective agency – set out to track him down.
Reviewed on 20 September 2014 by John Cleal
The Ballad of Mila
Two gangs are fighting for control of Venetia in north-east Italy. Mila Zago is a woman out for revenge, skilfully playing both sides off against each other as the body count mounts up around her.
Reviewed on 20 September 2014 by Linda Wilson
The Bloody City
Edwin Weaver, son of the former bailiff of Conisbrough Castle, has already bailed his devious lord out of trouble once. When William de Warenne, earl of Surrey, decides to change sides – again – in the civil war ripping England apart, he volunteers Edwin for a dangerous mission.
Reviewed on 20 September 2014 by John Cleal
The Investigation
In a wartime Japanese prison a guard is murdered under strange circumstances, and a young soldier is tasked with finding the culprit.
Reviewed on 20 September 2014 by Chris Roberts
The Lifers' Club
When archaeologist Alan Cadbury starts to look into the case of a so-called honour killing, he doesn’t expect to end up under threat, but someone wants to make sure he keeps his nose – and his trowel – out of things that don’t concern him.
Reviewed on 20 September 2014 by Linda Wilson
The Long Fall
Kate seems to have it all – a perfect family, a lovely house and a successful career. But her world comes tumbling down when the past returns to haunt her.
Reviewed on 20 September 2014 by Sharon Wheeler
The Telling Error
A personal ad appears on a website, describing a murder in detail. Meanwhile Nicki, a suburban mum, panics on seeing a familiar policeman when she is on her way to pick up her child from school. She seems to have a guilty secret. Is she involved in the murder?
Reviewed on 20 September 2014 by Sylvia Maughan
Until You're Mine
Zoe Harper appears to be the perfect live-in nanny for Claudia Morgan-Brown’s twin stepsons and soon to be born baby. But Zoe is not what she seems. What is she after and is it related to the nearby attacks on two pregnant girls?
Reviewed on 20 September 2014 by Sylvia Wilson
Can Anybody Help Me?
Yvonne is struggling after the birth of her first child. She’s moved to Dublin because of her husband’s job and hasn’t yet built up a support network, so instead, she turns to an internet site for help. But not everyone on there is all they seem.
Reviewed on 20 September 2014 by Linda Wilson
Cracked
Meda’s on her own now her mum’s dead, but she still does her best to live up to the values her mum instilled in her. But it can be hard at times, especially the bit about not eating people’s souls.
Reviewed on 06 September 2014 by Linda Wilson
That Dark Remembered Day
When Stephen is told his mother isn’t well, he knows he has to face up to his past and return to the village where he grew up, but he dreads going back. The past is something he simply doesn’t want to have to deal with, but that isn’t an option any more.
Reviewed on 06 September 2014 by Linda Wilson
The Bone Seeker
The murder of a young Inuit girl uncovers menacing secrets and cover-ups from the past in the High Arctic
Reviewed on 06 September 2014 by Sharon Wheeler
