Here are this week's new reviews and details of this month's competitions.
Latest Reviews:
Maxine Clarke reviews the paperback edition of Simon Beckett's Written in Bone writing that it is "superbly and tightly plotted and proceeds at a thrilling pace";
Declan Burke reviews the latest in the Ed Loy PI series from Declan Hughes - The Dying Breed (US: The Price of Blood) calling it a "complex, labyrinthine, gritty, coarse (and, yes, bloody) novel";
I review the second in the Sarah Tanner series from Victorian supremo L M Jackson - The Mesmerist's Apprentice which I found took a while to warm up, but worth the wait;
Maxine also review the new outing from Donna Leon - The Girl of His Dreams which sees a return to form for the mistress of Venice;
Staying over the Channel, Norman Price reviews the succint offering from Jean-Patrick Manchette - Three to Kill - saying that it is a "taut superbly written noir thriller"
and back in the UK, Fiona Walker enthuses about the latest and, alas, last Frost book from R D Wingfield - A Killing Frost.
Current Competitions (closing date 30 April):
Win a copy of The Trophy Taker by Lee Weeks*
Win a copy of The Death Maze by Ariana Franklin**
Win a copy of An Expert in Murder by Nicola Upson**
* UK/Europe only
**No geographical restrictions on entrants
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Sunday, April 20, 2008
Sunday, April 06, 2008
New Reviews & April's Competitions
Here are this week's new reviews and details of the two new competitions for April (with no geographical restrictions):
Latest Reviews:
It's time for Mike Ripley's March Crime File in which he reviews A Quiet Flame by Philip Kerr, Silesian Station by David Downing, The Mesmerist's Apprentice by L M Jackson and Orpheus Rising by Colin Bateman;
I review the latest Bryant and May title by Christopher Fowler to make it onto audiobook: Ten-Second Staircase - I just love this series which is so well narrated by Tim Goodman;
New Euro Crime reviewer Amanda Gillies opens her account with her take on Allan Guthrie's Savage Night, calling it "noir fiction at its best";
Fiona Walker provides the low down on the latest antics of Dalziel and Pascoe in Reginald Hill's A Cure For All Diseases and explains why she found it "mostly brilliant";
Maxine reviews Brian McGilloway's follow up to Borderlands - Gallows Lane which "leaves the reader looking forward to more"
and Maxine loved the latest offering from Catherine Sampson The Pool of Unease which takes the series character to China.
Current Competitions (closing date 30 April):
Win a copy of The Death Maze by Ariana Franklin
Win a copy of An Expert in Murder by Nicola Upson
(there are no geographical restrictions on entrants)
Latest Reviews:
It's time for Mike Ripley's March Crime File in which he reviews A Quiet Flame by Philip Kerr, Silesian Station by David Downing, The Mesmerist's Apprentice by L M Jackson and Orpheus Rising by Colin Bateman;
I review the latest Bryant and May title by Christopher Fowler to make it onto audiobook: Ten-Second Staircase - I just love this series which is so well narrated by Tim Goodman;
New Euro Crime reviewer Amanda Gillies opens her account with her take on Allan Guthrie's Savage Night, calling it "noir fiction at its best";
Fiona Walker provides the low down on the latest antics of Dalziel and Pascoe in Reginald Hill's A Cure For All Diseases and explains why she found it "mostly brilliant";
Maxine reviews Brian McGilloway's follow up to Borderlands - Gallows Lane which "leaves the reader looking forward to more"
and Maxine loved the latest offering from Catherine Sampson The Pool of Unease which takes the series character to China.
Current Competitions (closing date 30 April):
Win a copy of The Death Maze by Ariana Franklin
Win a copy of An Expert in Murder by Nicola Upson
(there are no geographical restrictions on entrants)
Sunday, March 16, 2008
New Reviews on Euro Crime
Here are this week's new reviews and a reminder of March's competition:
Latest Reviews:
Maxine Clarke reviews the latest thriller from Nicci French, Until It's Over, writing, "you won't want to put this book down until you have finished it";
Maxine also reviews the second in the Lorimer-Brightman series from Alex Gray, A Small Weeping, which she found enjoyable with a few caveats;
Geoff Jones was entertained by Mrs Tanner in L M Jackson's A Most Dangerous Woman set in Victorian London;
Norman Price provides several reasons why you should read the new outing for Bernie Gunther in Philip Kerr's latest, A Quiet Flame
and Laura Root recommends the long awaited new book from International Dagger nominee Dominique Manotti - Lorraine Connection - calling it "unusual, stylish and compelling".
Current Competition (closing date 31 March):
Win a copy of A Carrion Death by Michael Stanley (UK & Europe only)
(geographical restrictions are in brackets)
Latest Reviews:
Maxine Clarke reviews the latest thriller from Nicci French, Until It's Over, writing, "you won't want to put this book down until you have finished it";
Maxine also reviews the second in the Lorimer-Brightman series from Alex Gray, A Small Weeping, which she found enjoyable with a few caveats;
Geoff Jones was entertained by Mrs Tanner in L M Jackson's A Most Dangerous Woman set in Victorian London;
Norman Price provides several reasons why you should read the new outing for Bernie Gunther in Philip Kerr's latest, A Quiet Flame
and Laura Root recommends the long awaited new book from International Dagger nominee Dominique Manotti - Lorraine Connection - calling it "unusual, stylish and compelling".
Current Competition (closing date 31 March):
Win a copy of A Carrion Death by Michael Stanley (UK & Europe only)
(geographical restrictions are in brackets)
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