Welcome to my stop on the Blog Tour for Operation Berlin, via Rachel at Rachel’s Random Resources. Blurb In a city rebuilding from war, truth can be the most dangerous weapon of all. Berlin, 1930. Historian Archie Laverick, scarred mentally and physically by the Great War, travels to Berlin to research a famed Prussian general.…
Category: Amateur Sleuth
‘No Time for Doubt’ by Robert Crouch
My Review (5 stars out of 5) A decomposed body is found in a dingy bedsit, leading Kent Fisher to dig into his past. Uncovering a series of crimes from thirty years ago, he must ask some probing questions to find out the truth. With the help of his detective pal Belinda, Kent sets about…
‘The Riddle of the Sands’ by Erskine Childers
My Review (5 stars out of 5) (Audiobook) First published in 1903, The Riddle of the Sands influenced many spy stories by writers such as John Buchan, Ian Fleming and John le Carre. When civil servant Caruthers is invited on a duck-shooting holiday with his yachting enthusiast pal, Davies, he learns about his friend’s recent…
‘A Killing at Smugglers Cove’ by Michelle Salter
My Review (4 stars out of 5) This is book 4 in the Iris Woodmore Mysteries series and is the first I’ve read by this author. When Iris and her pals, Millicent and Percy, are in Devon for a wedding, Iris is a bit put out. It’s her father who’s about to be married and…
‘No Easy Answers’ by Robert Crouch
My Review (5 stars out of 5) As the festive season approaches, ex-environmental health officer Kent Fisher has a lot on his mind, and another murder investigation is the last thing he needs. Torn between his new wife Gemma, who has distanced herself from him until he can accept her past (and give up his…
‘The Healer’ by Antti Tuomainen
My Review (5 stars out of 5) In the days leading up to Christmas, a climate catastrophe looms over Helsinki – but flooded subway tunnels and abandoned vehicles aren’t the only issue. With ruthless private security firms taking the law into their own hands, poet Tapani Lehtinen and his wife Johanna are some of the…
‘Dying to Date’ by Sharmyn McGraw
My Review (3 stars out of 5) Relationship expert Kristina Truly has a habit of dating the wrong men, but that doesn’t stop her from promoting her self-help books via her Finding Mr. Right, Not Mr. Perfect seminars. When three women are murdered, Detective Jakes realises all the victims attended Kristina’s workshops. But is Kristina…
‘No Escape’ by Robert Crouch
My Review (5 stars out of 5) When Kent Fisher’s new wife Gemma takes his car and goes missing early one morning, the amateur sleuth is forced to focus on his detecting skills to work out where she is, why she left and who else might be involved. With only Gemma’s mobile phone and a…
‘The Red House Mystery’ by AA Milne
My Review (4 stars out of 5) A country house becomes a crime scene when the host’s brother is found murdered. Visiting a friend who’s staying at the house, Antony Gillingham fancies himself as an amateur sleuth. With his pal Bill (also a guest at the house), he sets out to solve the mystery. Best…
‘Murder at the Abbey’ by Frances Evesham
My Review (3 stars out of 5) A History Society picnic is interrupted when human bones are discovered in a nearby river, close to historic Cleeve Abbey. Amateur sleuth Libby and her husband, who just happen to be on hand, are keen to get involved, especially when the Society organise a ghost-hunting night at the…
Colin Garrow 