New Reviews: Ashton, Clements, French, Godwin, Moss, Staincliffe, White

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Here are this week's reviews:

I review two Inspector McLevy Mysteries (radio plays) now released on audio book, written by David Ashton: Servant of the Crown & The Picture of Innocence;

Terry Halligan reviews the latest "John Shakespeare" outing in Rory Clements' Prince, the third in this Tudor series;

Maxine Clarke reviews the first in a series from Nicci French, Blue Monday which features psychoanalyst Frieda Klein;

Amanda Gillies reviews Richard Godwin's Apostle Rising;

Michelle Peckham reviews Siren by Australian author Tara Moss;

Lizzie Hayes reviews Cath Staincliffe's thought provoking Witness (currently 99p on UK Kindle)

and Terry also reviews Michael White's The Art of Murder the second and latest in the DCI Pendragon series.

Previous reviews can be found in the review archive and forthcoming titles can be found by author or date, here.

Win: Apostle Rising by Richard Godwin

Euro Crime has 6 copies of Apostle Rising by Richard Godwin to giveaway. To enter the draw, just answer the simple question* and include your details in the form below.
*The answer can be found in the Bibliographies section.

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Detective Chief Inspector Frank Castle never caught the Woodlands Killer and it almost destroyed him. Now years later, mauled by the press, and traumatised by nightmares, he is faced with a copycat killer with detailed inside knowledge of the original case. He and his partner DI Jacki Stone enter a deadly labyrinth, and at its centre is the man Castle believes was responsible for the first killings. He's running a sinister cult and playing dark mind games with the police. The investigation has a shattering effect on the lives of Castle and Stone. The killer is crucifying politicians, and he keeps raising the stakes and slipping through their hands. Dark coded ritualistic killings are being carried out on high profile figures and the body count is rising. Castle employs a brilliant psychologist to help him solve the case, and he begins to dig into the killer's psyche. But some psychopaths are cleverer than others. 'Apostle Rising' is an extremely powerful Noir Crime story that contains a unique twist, timed to perfection by the author. It is a dark, layered narrative with detailed psychological profiling, and a chilling dimension of horror.