My Review (5 stars out of 5) A suspicious death at the BB Sauce factory prompts Chief Inspector Mason to start an investigation. Along with his female sergeant, O’Rourke, Mason must work out what caused the death of factory worker Harry Armstrong. Found in a vat of the secret BB sauce, did the man commit…
Category: Crime
‘The Peepshow: The Murders at 10 Rillington Place’ by Kate Summerscale
My Review (5 stars out of 5) (Audiobook) When the bodies of three young women are discovered by a tenant in the walls of 10 Rillington Place, Notting Hill, the police start an investigation and soon focus their attention on one of the former tenants, John Reginald Halliday Christie. But the investigation also sheds new…
‘Sherlock Holmes and the Hellfire Heirs’ by Margaret Walsh
My Review (4 stars out of 5) Holmes and Watson embark on a new case on behalf of a friend of their landlady, Mrs Hudson, when a young girl goes missing. Together with the ever-present Inspector Lestrade, they soon find themselves embroiled in a case of abduction and murder. There’s something comforting about settling down…
‘Witch Hunt’ by BD Spargo
My Review (4 stars out of 5) Harbouring delusions that a young woman is a witch, former psychiatric patient Will Perkins is the first port of call when the woman in question is found murdered. But DCI Liam Doyle and his team find little evidence to back up Will’s arrest. To make things worse, Doyle’s…
‘Goodbye, Mr Boogie’ by Jake Needham
My Review (5 stars out of 5) Nicknamed the Boogieman, an assassin responsible for a string of high-profile murders, comes to the attention of a colonel in the Royal Thai Police. Keen to stop the man before he notches up another killing, the colonel needs someone to track the killer down. Meanwhile, former Detective Inspector…
‘Torch’ by Lin Anderson
My Review (4 stars out of 5) Days before a huge New Year’s party in Edinburgh, a young homeless girl is found dead. The police suspect arson and forensic scientist Dr Rhona MacLeod is called in to investigate links between the death and that of similar ones in Glasgow. Unfortunately, paired up with straight-talking fire…
‘The Moor’ by LJ Ross
My Review (5 stars out of 5) A 10-year-old girl appears at DCI Ryan’s house asking for help. She claims to have witnessed a murder – one that occurred when she was only two years old. On Newcastle Town Moor, the circus is in full swing, and the father of Ryan’s witness is the ringmaster.…
‘Rattle’ by Fiona Cummins
My Review (5 stars out of 5) Someone is on the hunt for new items to add to a grotesque museum – items that have something in common. A child with an unusual medical condition is in the killer’s sights, just waiting for the parents to make a mistake and leave their offspring at risk.…
‘Love You Dead’ by Peter James
My Review (5 stars out of 5) Audiobook Moving to a country cottage with Cleo and their baby son, Roy Grace gets a taste of happiness, but soon something comes along to spoil it. Recently discovered in a hospital, Roy’s missing wife Sandy, hasn’t finished messing with him yet. Meanwhile, a murderous woman leaves a…
‘Story of a Murder’ by Hallie Rubenhold
My Review (5 stars out of 5) (Audiobook) The story of legendary wife-murderer Dr Crippen, told with an emphasis on his victim and the women who knew and worked with her. When music hall artiste Belle Elmore disappears from her north London home, the Music Hall Ladies’ Guild want to know why. Pestering the police…
Colin Garrow 