Review Archive
| << < 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 Page 33 of 299 > >> |
The President's Daughter
US President Matthew Keating isn’t afraid of taking hard decisions, but when the consequences of those decisions threaten his family, it gets very personal indeed.
Reviewed on 25 June 2021 by Linda Wilson
The Shot
After a year in office, Fidel Castro was sufficiently unpopular for elements of the US Government and the mob to arrange an assassination. However, these things don’t always go according to plan.
Reviewed on 25 June 2021 by Chris Roberts
A Death at the Hotel Mondrian
When Dutch detective Lotte Meerman is approached by a man claiming to be someone who has been dead for more than 30 years, she ignores him but later regrets her decision.
Reviewed on 25 June 2021 by John Cleal
A Little London Scandal
London in the 1960s was a time of great social change but also a time where social mores resulted in a clandestine word of sexuality and corruption.
Reviewed on 25 June 2021 by John Barnbrook
A Madness of Sunshine
Anahera has barely returned to her remote rural birthplace when a young woman goes missing, and the close-knit local community fear there is a serial killer close to home.
Reviewed on 25 June 2021 by Chris Roberts
Blood Runs Thicker
Undersheriff of Worcester Hugh Bradecote and his associates, the cynical Sergeant Catchpoll and his apprentice Walkelin must solve the mystery of who killed the unpopular and bullying manor lord Osbern de Lench and left his body stripped to its underwear.
Reviewed on 25 June 2021 by John Cleal
Cages
A single mother on the run, escaping her traumatic past with her son, has found a place as a guard in one of Britain’s northern prisons, where she seems settled at last. But all this is turned on its head by a highly intelligent villain with escape on his mind.
Reviewed on 25 June 2021 by Kerry Hood
Deity
A celebrated but secretive pop star dies in mysterious circumstances; some acclaim him a gentle genius, others see him as a predatory paedophile.
Reviewed on 25 June 2021 by Chris Roberts
Highland Fling
A Highland holiday to visit Superintendent Alan McGregor’s family turns into a week fraught with danger for ex-secret service sleuth Mirabelle Bevan when her arrival is greeted by the murder of a Russian/American fashion buyer.
Reviewed on 25 June 2021 by John Cleal
I Saw Him Die
Best-selling author and detective Agatha Christie is asked by the British intelligence service to investigate a series of threats to a former agent.
Reviewed on 25 June 2021 by John Cleal
Letters from the Dead
Photographer Thomas Bexley has become a drunken recluse, haunted by visions of the dead after a dreadful case in Wales. When news of a spate of kidnappings, for which his friend and mentor is the major suspect, rouses his interest, Bexley soon finds himself accused of a string of murders.
Reviewed on 25 June 2021 by John Cleal
Sleepless
Nadja Kulka, wearing a wig and borrowed clothes, drives a car along unknown country roads to a remote house. She is nervous and unsure of the destination, but as she agreed to help her friend Laura, she has no choice but to deliver a body.
Reviewed on 25 June 2021 by Ewa Sherman
