My Review (4 stars out of 5) (Audiobook) Police officer Mattie Cobb and her police-dog partner, Robo, discover a burned body on an isolated ridge in Colorado. But as the investigation into the death gets underway, Mattie finds she has familial links to the dead man, throwing her whole life into a tailspin. When three…
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‘Nazeer’ by AJ Griffiths-Jones
My Review (4 stars out of 5) Afghan Immigrant Nazeer Bashir pays to bring his brother to France so he too, can enjoy a better life. However, when the brother arrives with a new sixteen-year-old wife in tow, the family aren’t happy. Meanwhile, Inspector Max Mallery is engaged on a surveillance operation with the French…
‘Foraging for Murder’ by Simon Whaley
My Review (4 out of 5 stars) The Marquess of Mortiforde has a lot on his plate. With the first food festival about to begin and a new Chief Executive arriving early to upset the apple cart, there is a lot at stake for Aldermaston. Caught between the Vegetarian Society and the meat brigade, the…
‘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…
‘Anna’ by AJ Griffiths-Jones
My Review (5 stars out of 5) Following a road accident, Inspector Max Mallery is keen to get back to his duties in Bordeaux, but a call from German-born Anna Hartmann throws him a curve ball. Not only is she Max’s ex-wife, but her husband Nicolas Lavigne (a former colleague of Max’s), has gone missing.…
‘After the Storm’ by Isabella Muir
NB This post first appeared on the Blog Tour for ‘After the Storm’, via Rachel at Rachel’s Rare Resources. My Review (4 stars out of 5) Giuseppe Bianchi’s intended short stay with relatives in Bexhill-on-Sea, turns into an extended holiday due to his reluctance to return home and the memories that haunt him there. While…
‘Sabine’ by AJ Griffiths-Jones
***** New Year’s Eve finds Max Mallery and his team celebrating, but the festivities are destined to come to a swift end the following day when a body is discovered at the Saint Margaux Vineyard. Unfortunately, Therese Bisset’s is not the only suspicious death – the apparent suicide of an engineer begins to look like…
‘The Moving Toyshop’ by Edmund Crispin
**** Poet Richard Cadogan sets off for a much-needed holiday to Oxford. Arriving late one night, he becomes intrigued to find the door of a toyshop unlocked. Snooping around, he discovers the dead body of an elderly woman. Before he can do anything else, someone bops him on the head. Informing the police, Cadogan is…
‘No Love Lost’ by Robert Crouch
***** When Kent Fisher interviews a young woman as a prospective new employee, he gets a bit of a surprise. But agreeing to help track down the woman’s mother, who abandoned her as a baby, he also sets in motion a series of dramatic events that could change his life forever. Aided by cop pal…
‘The Quality of Mercy’ by Malia Zaidi
**** Returning home to London, Lady Evelyn plans to start her own detective agency and having done so, soon finds herself with a dead body on her hands. With her forthcoming marriage to Daniel also on the cards, Lady E must also consider what she wants out of life. In the meantime, she has to…
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