Review Archive
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Tokyo Redux
The death of a prominent official in post-war Japan remains a mystery to this day, but the circumstances are explored through the lives of fictional characters who were touched by the event.
Reviewed on 25 June 2021 by Chris Roberts
The Carrier
After years of leading a double life as an academic and a member of an elite security team, Erasmus Levine decides to flee. The problem is that he does it during the presidential visit to Sweden and while he is physically attached to a nuclear briefcase. Soon he becomes the world’s most wanted man.
Reviewed on 25 June 2021 by Ewa Sherman
The Cat and the Corpse in the Old Barn
Ceramic artist Clarice Beech finds herself lying on a decomposing body after a fall as she attempts to capture an escaped cat. Together with her separated husband Rick, a detective inspector, she sets out to uncover the truth behind the death.
Reviewed on 25 June 2021 by John Cleal
Like Mother, Like Daughter
Kat has two daughters, Imogen and Jemima. She has a secret about the elder daughter, Imogen, that even Imogen does not know. One day Imogen disappears, and Kat is desperately worried that this is linked to what she knows.
Reviewed on 22 May 2021 by John Barnbrook
Private Moscow
One of PI Jack Morgan’s oldest friends is shot dead at his company’s New York public launch. In Moscow an office worker is murdered in a bomb blast. Morgan finds a link and exposes a deadly conspiracy.
Reviewed on 22 May 2021 by John Cleal
Secret Weapon
Seven short stories featuring teenage spy Alex Rider.
Reviewed on 22 May 2021 by Linda Wilson
Slow Burn
Spider Shepherd is taxed with bringing a former jihadists wife and son back to the UK as the price for his cooperation with the security services but, as ever, there are added complications.
Reviewed on 22 May 2021 by Linda Wilson
Smoke Screen
When a bomb rips through the centre of Oslo as the clock strikes in a New Year, police officer Alexander Blix and journalist Emma Ramm are both at the scene. And so begins a new investigation and a ten-year-old mystery to solve for this unlikely partnership ...
Reviewed on 22 May 2021 by Viv Beeby
The Coldest Case
With the ever-present danger of forest fires adding to his workload, Bruno, Chief of Police, still finds time to help investigate a cold case that has haunted his friend J-J throughout his career.
Reviewed on 22 May 2021 by Linda Wilson
The Finisher
As teacher Maeve Kelly struggles to compete in a charity half marathon, Superintendent Peter Diamond, tasked with crowd control, spots a violent criminal he once jailed – and his suspicions are raised when a runner disappears without trace.
Reviewed on 22 May 2021 by John Cleal
The Island
Scottish Cal and Norwegian Elsa leave their home in Washington DC to stay for six months in Norway, with their two teenage daughters and a baby son. The change of scene brings a devastating change to their lives: 15-year-old Licia vanishes from a summer camp on a tranquil island where two men shot tens of youngsters.
Reviewed on 22 May 2021 by Ewa Sherman
The Last Thing To Burn
A young Vietnamese woman smuggled into Britain is imprisoned in a rural hell and as the last of her possessions are taken from her she desperately seeks a means to escape.
Reviewed on 22 May 2021 by Chris Roberts
