Attack in the Library by George Arion (Petrona, January) 3
Blood Falls by Tom Bale (Euro Crime, March) 2
The Accident by Linwood Barclay (Petrona, February) 3
Finders Keepers by Belinda Bauer (Euro Crime, January) 2.5
Bone and Cane by David Belbin (Petrona, March) 3
Dead Scared by S J Bolton (Petrona, February) 3.5
Long Gone by Alafair Burke (Petrona, February) 2
The Glass Room by Ann Cleeves (Euro Crime, February) 3
Hurt Machine by Reed Farrel Coleman (Petrona, January) 2
I Will Have Vengeance by Maurizio de Giovanni (Euro Crime) 2.5
Trial of Passion by William Deverell (Petrona, March) 3
The Brotherhood by Y A Erskine (Petrona, February) 4
Death in a Cold Climate by Barry Forshaw (Euro Crime, February) 2.5
Bloodland by Alan Glynn (Petrona, February) 4
V is for Vengeance by Sue Grafton (Petrona, February) 3.5
A Room Full of Bones by Elly Griffiths (Euro Crime, January) 3
Good Bait by John Harvey (Euro Crime, January) 3
The Devotion of Suspect X by Keigo Higashino (Petrona, February) 2
The Mattress House by Paulus Hochgatterer (Euro Crime, January) 3.5
Good People by Ewart Hutton (Euro Crime, February) 3
Kinglake-350 by Adrian Hyland (Petrona, January) 5
The Flatey Enigma by Viktor Arnar Ingolfsson (Petrona, March) 4
The Sick Rose by Erin Kelly (Euro Crime) 3.5
Where the Devil Can’t Go by Anya Lipska (Petrona, March) 4
Random Violence by Jassy Mackenzie (Euro Crime) 2.5
The Blackhouse by Peter May (Petrona, February) 4
The Lewis Man by Peter May (Petrona, February) 4
The Fall by Claire McGowan (Petrona, March) 2.5
The Cold Cold Ground by Adrian McKinty (Petrona, February) 3.5
Yin Yang Tattoo by Ron McMillan (Petrona, January) 2
Lost and Found by Carolyn Parkhurst (Petrona, January) 2.5
The Nobodies Album by Carolyn Parkhurst (Petrona, January) 5
The Impossible Dead by Ian Rankin (Petrona, January) 4
Needlepoint by Jenny Roberts (Petrona, February) 3
Look Again by Liza Scottoline (Petrona, March) 3
Dead in the Water by Aline Templeton (Petrona, January) 3
Cradle to Grave by Aline Templeton (Petrona, March) 2.5
Lucifer’s Tears by James Thompson (Petrona, January) 2.5
Murder on the Thirty-First Floor by Per Wahloo (Euro Crime) 3
Before I Go To Sleep by S J Watson (Petrona, January) 2
Desert Wives by Betty Webb (Petrona, March) 3
Scoring system:
5: excellent
4: very good
3.5: better than good
3: good
2.5: not quite as good as good
2: average or not distinctive
1: not recommended (usually not reviewed)
Read in 2012 but not reviewed:
John Brady: A Stone of the Heart
Chris Culver: The Abbey
Penny Hancock: Tideline
Mohammed Hanif: Our Lady of Alice Bhatti
Jens Lapidus: Easy Money
Rosamund Lupton: Afterwards
Margaret Maron: One Coffee With
Louise Voss and Mark Edwards: Catch Your Death
