My Review (5 stars out of 5) DCI Ryan’s plans to leave Newcastle in search of a killer are put aside when DC Jack Lowerson turns up on Ryan’s doorstep one night in a state of utter despair. Another officer is dead and Lowerson may be to blame. But in order to ensure everything is…
Category: Crime
‘And Brother it’s Starting to Rain’ by Jake Needham
My Review (5 stars out of 5) Now retired from Singapore CID, Sam Tay has time on his hands. When John August comes calling asking a favour, Sam isn’t sure what to make of it. August needs help tracking down a woman involved in a murder plot – a plot to kill John August. Knowing…
‘Personal’ by Lee Child
My Review (5 stars out of 5) On a bus heading for Seattle, Jack Reacher picks up a copy of the Army Times. In the personals column he finds a message aimed at one particular person – Jack Reacher. Having already read about someone taking a shot at the French president, and knowing he owes…
‘Unlawful Killings’ by Wendy Joseph QC
My Review (5 stars out of 5) (Audiobook) High court Judge Wendy Joseph QC relates six cases that are characteristic of the many murder trials she presided over during a ten-year period at the Old Bailey. Her writing style is witty and highly intelligent, though never difficult to read or heavy handed. The six cases…
‘Non-Suspicious’ by Ed Church
My Review (5 stars out of 5) When a British war veteran is found dead in a churchyard, Homicide marks it as non-suspicious. However, DC Brook Deelman wants to find out more, if only to track down the old man’s relatives. As he begins to delve into the man’s past, he learns of another veteran…
‘Supper with the Crippens’ by David James Smith
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,…
‘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…
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