Daily Archives: October 15, 2010

River of Shadows by Valerio Varesi

Posted on October 15, 2010 by Maxine

'River of Shadows' by Valerio Varesi (translated by Joseph Farrell) Publisher: MacLehose Press   Commissario Soneri of the Parma police in Italy has two strange, simultaneous cases on his hands. In one, an elderly man called Decimo Tonna has plunged … Continue reading →

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Three Seconds by Roslund and Hellstrom

Posted on October 15, 2010 by Maxine

Translated by Kari Dickson. Put aside quite a few hours of your life when you start THREE SECONDS, an addictive thriller that has deservedly won Sweden's main crime fiction award. The novel is a meaty tome about a man who … Continue reading →

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Shadowplay by Karen Campbell

Posted on October 15, 2010 by Maxine

I very much enjoyed SHADOWPLAY, the third book by Karen Campbell, a former police officer whose previous profession adds a sense of authenticity to her writing. Anna Cameron, insecure protagonist of THE TWILIGHT TIME and “avenging angel” of AFTER THE FIRE, has just … Continue reading →

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Black Ice by Leah Giarratano

Posted on October 15, 2010 by Maxine

Black Ice by Leah GiarratanoBantam, 2009. The third installment of this searing Australian series finds DS Jill Jackson working undercover, using the name Krystal Peters, in the slums of Sydney. She’s identifying plenty of low-life drug dealers, to the pleasure … Continue reading →

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Silence by Jan Costin Wagner

Posted on October 15, 2010 by Maxine

Silence by Jan Costin WagnerTranslated by Anthea BellHarvill Secker Silence begins with the description of a murder that took place in 1974, in which a young teenage girl disappeared while riding her bicycle in the Finnish countryside. Her body is … Continue reading →

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Let the Dead Lie by Malla Nunn

Posted on October 15, 2010 by Maxine

Let the Dead Lie by Malla NunnPan Macmillan, 2010.  The year 1953 finds Emmanuel Cooper in Durban, no longer a policeman after the Morton’s fork he faced in A Beautiful Place to Die, working in the shipyards with other ex-army men … Continue reading →

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Gone by Mo Hayder

Posted on October 15, 2010 by Maxine

GoneBy Mo HayderBantam Press, 2010 Mo Hayder is back on form with a vengeance in Gone, her latest novel about detective Jack Caffery of the Bristol major crime investigation unit and police diver sergeant Flea Marley. After two promising but, for … Continue reading →

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Blacklands by Belinda Bauer

Posted on October 15, 2010 by Maxine

Blacklands by Belinda BauerCorgi,  2010 Exmoor dripped with dirty bracken, rough, colourless grass, prickly gorse and last year’s heather, so black it looked as if wet fire had swept across the landscape, taking the trees with it and leaving the … Continue reading →

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