March 2016 – Live and Deadly

When She Was Bad by Tammy Cohen

YOU SEE THE PEOPLE YOU WORK WITH EVERY DAY. BUT WHAT CAN’T YOU SEE? Amira, Sarah, Paula, Ewan and Charlie have worked together for years – they know how each one likes their coffee, whose love life is a mess, whose children keep them up at night. But their comfortable routineContinue reading “When She Was Bad by Tammy Cohen”

Tastes Like Fear by Sarah Hilary

You’ll never be out of Harm’s way The young girl who causes the fatal car crash disappears from the scene. A runaway who doesn’t want to be found, she only wants to go home. To the one man who understands her. Gives her shelter. Just as he gives shelter to the other lost girls whoContinue reading “Tastes Like Fear by Sarah Hilary”

The Waters of Eternal Youth by Donna Leon

a beautifully written book, speaking evocatively of a different pace of life and a life-affirming conclusion.

Ordeal by Jørn Lier Horst translated by Anne Bruce

The Hummel case has bothered William Wisting for more than six months. The investigation into what happened when taxi-driver Jens Hummel disappeared has been fruitless, and he has to endure criticism. A crucial discovery directs suspicion at Dan Roger ‘Danny’ Brodin. The problem is, however, that Danny is already in prison, convicted of another murder.Continue reading “Ordeal by Jørn Lier Horst translated by Anne Bruce”

Deaver in Newton Mearns

It felt just a little bit surreal. Last week, at Aye Write, I had watched and listened to Theresa Talbot interviewing David Ross on his new book The Rise and Fall of the Miraculous Vespas. Last night, I was in The Avenue, Newton Mearns Shopping Centre, to hear Jeffrey Deaver talk to Theresa about hisContinue reading “Deaver in Newton Mearns”

Even The Dead by Benjamin Black

Pathologist Quirke works in the city morgue, watching over Dublin’s dead. The latest to join their ghostly ranks is a suicide. But something doesn’t add up. The victim has a suspicious head wound, and the only witness has vanished, every trace of her wiped away. On the trail of the missing woman, Quirke finds himselfContinue reading “Even The Dead by Benjamin Black”

Nightblind by Ragnar Jonasson, translated by Quentin Bates

Siglufjörður: an idyllically quiet fishing village on the northernmost tip of Iceland, accessible only via a small mountain tunnel. Ari Thór Arason: a local policeman, whose tumultuous past and uneasy relationships with the villagers continue to haunt him. The peace of this close-knit community is shattered by the murder of a policeman – shot atContinue reading “Nightblind by Ragnar Jonasson, translated by Quentin Bates”

Shtum by Jem Lester

Ben Jewell has hit breaking point. His ten-year-old son, Jonah, has never spoken. So when Ben and Jonah are forced to move in with Ben’s elderly father, three generations of men – one who can’t talk; two who won’t – are thrown together. As Ben battles single fatherhood, a string of well-meaning social workers andContinue reading “Shtum by Jem Lester”

A Banquet of Consequences by Elizabeth George

Inspector Lynley investigates the London end of an ever more darkly disturbing case, with Barbara Havers and Winston Nkata looking behind the peaceful façade of country life to discover a twisted world of desire and deceit. The suicide of William Goldacre is devastating to those left behind. But what was the cause of his tragedyContinue reading “A Banquet of Consequences by Elizabeth George”