My Review (5 stars out of 5) (Audiobook) Patrick Nolan’s highly researched book explores the CIA’s involvement in the assassinations of President John F. Kennedy and his brother Senator Robert F. Kennedy. Detailing the lives and movements of both Lee Harvey Oswald and Sirhan Bishara Sirhan, the author targets the CIA’s Richard Helms and many…
‘See Them Run’ by Marion Todd
My Review (5 stars out of 5) During a wedding celebration, one of the guests ventures outside to meet an admirer – only to discover the individual has something more deadly in mind. Called to the scene, DI Clare Mackay is faced with a puzzle. The dead man has a white card on his body…
‘The Night Shift’ by Gemma Rogers
My Review (5 stars out of 5) Nina spends her nights working at a storage facility where all she has to do is keep an eye on the occasional visitor while giving herself time to study for her medical degree. But one night a man appears whose behaviour makes her suspicious… This is the third…
‘Out of Bounds’ by Val McDermid
My Review (5 stars out of 5) A crash involving a teenage joyrider and a routine DNA test prompts a new look at a twenty-year-old murder inquiry. But Detective Chief Inspector Karen Pirie’s interest is piqued by a different case – one her boss tells her to leave alone. Digging into both cases, Karen soon…
‘The House of Light and Shadows’ by Lauren Westwood
My Review (5 stars out of 5) Finance solicitor Kate is wrenched from her legal firm when her estranged sister is admitted to hospital. Sibling Emma’s children need someone to take care of them until their mother is well enough to take over. Unfortunately, the relationship between the two sisters is not on an even…
‘Dead Lions’ by Mick Herron
My Review (5 stars out of 5) Slough House boss Jackson Lamb travels to Oxford to check what a dead body might be doing on a bus. When the corpse turns out to be former spy Dickie Bow, it sets Lamb wondering if the apparently assassinated spook left some sort of message, something that might…
‘The Woven Lie’ by Liz Harris
My Review (4 stars out of 5) This is the first book I’ve read by this author, so I wasn’t sure what to expect. I lived in Suffolk for several years, so it was interesting to come across places I’m familiar with, such as The Angel, in Bury St Edmunds, where Charles Dickens stayed while…
‘Killing Rommel’ by Steven Pressfield
My Review (5 stars out of 5) (Audiobook) In 1942, Hitler’s armies are sweeping across Europe. In North Africa, Rommel has beaten back the British Eighth Army and stands ready to overrun Egypt, Suez, and the oil fields of the Middle East. The British come up with a desperate plan to infiltrate enemy lines and…
‘Old Rage’ by Sheila Hancock
My Review (5 stars out of 5) (Audiobook) Actor and writer Sheila Hancock writes about her life from (and before) 2016, recalling incidents from her childhood, her long acting career and her marriage to actor John Thaw. But she also talks a lot of about politics, Covid, lockdown, racism and the difficulties of getting old.…
‘Chasing Her Shadow’ by Joy Mutter
My Review (5 stars out of 5) Actor Wilhelm Schreiber lives in London with his Italian wife and their sons. But the growing rivalry between siblings Wolfgang and Conrad, soon takes a dangerous turn. I’ve read most of this author’s books so am familiar with her penchant for those classic literary themes, murder and lust.…
Colin Garrow 