Category: Police procedural
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Nighthawking by Russ Thomas – Book Review
PUBLISHERS BLURB After the gut-punch ending of Firewatching, DS Adam Tyler returns to another shocking cold case… A body has been discovered in Sheffield’s beautiful Botanical Gardens. A young woman, dead from a stab wound, buried in a quiet corner. Police quickly determine that the body has been there for months, and would have gone…
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bound by Vanda Symon – Book Review
PUBLISHERS BLURB The passionate, young police officer Sam Shephard returns in a taut, atmospheric and compelling police procedural, which sees her take matters into her own hands when the official investigation into the murder of a local businessman fails to add up… The New Zealand city of Dunedin is rocked when a wealthy and apparently…
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The Devil’s Mark by WD Jackson-Smart – Book Review
PUBLISHERS BLURB Bloody remains. Multiple victims. Ritual sacrifice? When a blood-stained effigy of body parts is found in a central London park, D.I Daniel Graves must set about trying to discover what it could mean and find the person responsible. Symbols at the crime scene suggest the occult. Who would leave a murder victim in…
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Smoke Screen by Thomas Enger & Jørn Lier Horst – Book Review
PUBLISHERS BLURB Oslo, New Year’s Eve. The annual firework celebration is rocked by an explosion and the city is put on terrorist alert. Police officer Alexander Blix and blogger Emma Ramm are on the scene, and when a severely injured survivor is pulled from the icy harbour, she is identified as the mother of two-year-old…
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Evil Impulse by Leigh Russell – Book Review
PUBLISHERS BLURB Living with her colleague and long time love interest, Detective Inspector Ian Peterson, it seems that Geraldine Steel has finally found happiness. But life is never that simple. As a psychopath starts killing random women on the streets of York, Geraldine is abducted by a drugs syndicate who have been threatening her sister.…
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The Coral Bride by Roxanne Bouchard – Book Review
PUBLISHERS BLURB In this beautiful, lyrical sequel to the critically acclaimed We Were the Salt of the Sea, Detective Moralès finds that a seemingly straightforward search for a missing fisherwoman off Quebec’s Gaspé Peninsula is anything but. When an abandoned lobster trawler is found adrift off the coast of Quebec’s Gaspé Peninsula, DS Joaquin Moralès…
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Out For Blood by Deborah Masson – Book Review
PUBLISHERS BLURB THE RETURN Of DI EVE HUNTER: DI Eve Hunter is back in the edge-of-your-seat new detective thriller from Deborah Masson, winning author of the Bloody Scotland Crime Debut of the Year 2020. A young man, the son of an influential businessman, is discovered dead in his central Aberdeen apartment. Hours later, a teenaged…
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Dead Perfect by Noelle Holten – Book Review
PUBLISHERS BLURB A murdered woman… When the body of a young woman is found in a local park, DC Maggie Jamieson knows she’s dealing with no ordinary killer. The murder victim has been disfigured; her outfit changed to resemble someone else. Someone Maggie knows all too well…her close friend Dr Kate Moloney. A determined detective……
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Their Little Secret by Mark Billingham – Book Review
PUBLISHERS BLURB She says she’s an ordinary mother. He knows a liar when he sees one. Sarah thinks of herself as a normal single mum. It’s what she wants others to think of her. But the truth is, she needs something new, something thrilling. Meanwhile, DI Tom Thorne is investigating a woman’s suicide, convinced she…
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In Cold Blood by Jane Bettany – Book Review
PUBLISHERS BLURB No secret can stay buried forever… As the Whitworth family begin renovations on their new home, their plans are brought to an abrupt end when they discover a body buried in the back garden. DI Isabel Blood and her team are called to investigate, but as she approaches Ecclesdale Drive, a feeling of…
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Slow Slicing by Tony J. Forder – Book Review
PUBLISHERS BLURB The bestselling author of the compelling DI Bliss crime series is back with another stunning novel. WHEN DEATH BECOMES THE KINDEST CUT OF ALL When slices of flesh and body parts are discovered in different areas of the country, DI Bliss and his team are tasked with running the operation. After Bliss realises…
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Deadly Revenge by Leigh Russell – Book Review
PUBLISHERS BLURB When a hysterical mother reports her baby’s sudden disappearance, suspicion immediately falls on the absent husband. But Detective Geraldine Steel’s gut instinct tells her this case is not as simple as her colleagues think… Complications in the mother’s life begin to surface, including her relationship with her controlling father, a controversial political figure.…
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Shed No Tears by Caz Frear – Book Review
PUBLISHERS BLURB Christopher Masters, known as ‘The Roommate Killer’, strangled three women over a two-week period in a London house in November 2012. Holly Kemp, his fourth victim, was never found. Until now. Her remains have been unearthed in a field in Cambridgeshire and DC Cat Kinsella and the major investigation team are…
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The Silent Wife by Karin Slaughter – Book Review
PUBLISHERS BLURB Atlanta, Georgia. Present day. A young woman is brutally attacked and left for dead. The police investigate but the trail goes cold. Until a chance assignment takes GBI investigator Will Trent to the state penitentiary, and to a prisoner who says he recognises the MO. The attack looks identical to the one he…
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Final Verdict by Sally Rigby – Book Review
PUBLISHERS BLURB The judge has spoken……everyone must die. When a killer starts murdering lawyers in a prestigious law firm, and every lead takes them to a dead end, Detective Chief Inspector Whitney Walker finds herself grappling for a motive. What links these deaths, and why use a lethal injection? Alongside forensic psychologist, Dr Georgina Cavendish,…
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All Fall Down by M.J. Arlidge – Book Review
PUBLISHERS BLURB “You have one hour to live.” Those are the only words on the phone call. Then they hang up. Surely, a prank? A mistake? A wrong number? Anything but the chilling truth… That someone is watching, waiting, working to take your life in one hour. But why? The job of…
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Monstrous Souls by Rebecca Kelly – Book Review
PUBLISHERS BLURB What if you knew the truth but couldn’t remember? Over a decade ago, Heidi was the victim of a brutal attack that left her hospitalised, her younger sister missing, and her best friend dead. But Heidi doesn’t remember any of that. She’s lived her life since then with little memory of her friends…
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The Creak On The Stairs by Eva Björg Ægisdóttir – Book Review
PUBLISHERS BLURB The first in the electrifying new Forbidden Iceland series, The Creak on the Stairs is an exquisitely written, claustrophobic and chillingly atmospheric debut thriller by one of Iceland’s most exciting new talents When the body of a woman is discovered at a lighthouse in the Icelandic town of Akranes, it soon becomes clear…
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Before I Say I Do by Vicki Bradley – Book Review
PUBLISHERS BLURB Winner of the inaugural Write here, Right Now Prize 2018, in partnership with the Bradford Literature Festival, a debut by experienced Met Police detective constable Her dream wedding is about to become her worst nightmare. Julia is nervous and it’s not just because she’s about to get married. There’s a lot that her…
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In Plain Sight by Marion Todd – Book Review
I am pleased to be taking part in the blog tour for In Plain Sight and am reposting my review. PUBLISHERS BLURB A child’s life is at stake. Which of the residents of St Andrews is hiding something – and why? When a baby girl is snatched from the crowd of spectators at a…
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