My Review (5 stars out of 5) Dr Hawley Harvey Crippen and his wife, Belle, lived in a rented house at 39 Hilldrop Crescent. Following supper with two of their friends, Crippen appears to have poisoned his wife and cut up her body, burying her under the cellar floor. Moving his mistress, Ethel le Neve,…
Category: Crime
‘A Sunny Day in Oldham’ by Joy Mutter
My Review (5 stars out of 5) Detective Sergeant Mark Jenkin has a lot on his plate. Swivelling between two families and two sons, he must keep on his toes to stay ahead of suspicion. But when an elderly woman is killed in her own back garden, Mark’s complex double life begins to spin out…
‘All That Remains’ by Patricia Cornwell
My Review (5 stars out of 5) A serial killer leaves a young couple dead in the woods, producing yet another murder where Chief Medical Examiner Kay Scarpetta cannot establish the cause of death. With the latest murder involving the daughter of a powerful woman who wants answers, Kay finds herself in a difficult position.…
‘Underrated’ by Morwenna Blackwood
My Review (4 stars out of 5) Five young guys try to improve their lot in the world, exploring love, drugs and friendship. Set in Liverpool and Devon, their lives intertwine as they experiment with cocaine. This is the first book I’ve read by this author and her third publication so far. The book takes…
‘The Poisonous Solicitor’ by Stephen Bates
My Review (5 stars out of 5) In 1922, solicitor Major Herbert Rowse Armstrong was tried and found guilty of killing his wife by poisoning her with arsenic. Hanged for her murder, the case caused a scandal not only in Hay-on-Wye where he lived but across the whole country. My first introduction to this story…
‘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…
‘Catch Me If You Can’ by Frank W. Abagnale with Stan Redding
My Review (3 stars out of 5) (Audiobook) In the nineteen sixties, American Frank W. Abagnale, while utilising several aliases, became one of the cleverest con men the world has ever seen. Posing as an airline pilot, a doctor, a lawyer, and sociology professor, he forged thousands of cheques, stayed free of charge in hundreds…
‘Blue Lightning’ by Ann Cleeves
My Review (5 stars out of 5) Visiting his family on Fair Isle, Jimmy Perez and his girlfriend Fran are treated to a party to celebrate their engagement, but the celebrations don’t last long. One of the field centre workers is found with a knife in her back and bird feathers threaded into her hair.…
‘Dark Skies’ by LJ Ross
My Review (5 stars out of 5) A secret camping trip turns sinister leaving one person dead. Thirty years later the body surfaces during a diving expedition in Kielder reservoir, prompting a police investigation. DCI Ryan decides to treat the death as suspicious until another body is found. But are the two cases linked, and…
‘A Rising Man’ by Abir Mukherjee
My Review (5 stars out of 5) Calcutta, 1919. After the horrors of war and the death of his wife, Captain Sam Wyndham is keen to make a new start. Joining Calcutta’s police force seems like the perfect solution, as it offers a location and position that couldn’t be more different from his recent experiences.…
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