A Means of Escape by Joanna Price

A Means of Escape is the first in the Kate Linton series by Joanna Price which is set in Glastonbury.

When Lizzie reviewed it so positively for Euro Crime, I subsequently downloaded the Kindle sample, raced through that and bought the ridiculously cheap full version.

I don't have much to add to Lizzie's review except that I too thoroughly enjoyed the book. The plot works well in the "new age" atmosphere of Glastonbury, there are plenty of red herrings and it keeps the identity of the killer murky plus there is a sparky, but not (yet at least) romantic, relationship between the two main detectives.

I wish I'd read it sooner (International Dagger reading has been my main reading for the last 8 months) however it does mean, not such a long wait for the sequel, Eeny Meeny Miny Moe, which is out at the end of the month.

New Reviews: Goodwin, Harvey, James, Johnston, Kitson, Koppel, Marklund, Pastor, Price

As well as the 9 new reviews, don't forget to see which title, author and translator made the top spot for the Euro Crime reviewers' favourite book of 2011.

The competition's still open: win Death of the Mantis by Michael Stanley (no geographical restrictions).

Here are this week's reviews:

Susan White reviews the latest in the Yashim the Eunuch series by Jason Goodwin, An Evil Eye (and Susan has even tried some of the recipes featured in this series);

John Harvey's Good Bait features a new protagonist plus a couple of characters from earlier books including DCI Karen Shields from the heart-breaking Cold in Hand and is reviewed here by Maxine Clarke;

Michelle Peckham thinks Peter James's Dead Man's Grip signals that the series could be running out of steam;

The Silver Stain is a belated but welcome return for Paul Johnston's PI Alex Mavros, set in Greece, reviewed here by Geoff Jones;

Terry Halligan found Bill Kitson's latest DI Mike Nash, Back-Slash hard to put down;

I review Hans Koppel's She's Never Coming Back tr. Kari Dickson which I didn't enjoy very much;

Fortunately Lynn Harvey had a better experience with Liza Marklund's The Bomber which has been retranslated by Neil Smith;

Norman calls Ben Pastor's Liar Moon "grown-up crime fiction"

and Lizzie Hayes reviews Joanna Price's debut A Means of Escape set in the Glastonbury area (and incidentally is very cheap on Kindle at the moment).

Previous reviews can be found in the review archive.

Forthcoming titles can be found by author or date or by category, here and new titles by Mark Billingham, Kevin Brophy and Hakan Ostlundh have been added to these pages this week.