The Heist – Daniel Silva
I wasn’t aware of any master art restorer / spy / assassin job opportunities. Gabriel Allon, on the other hand, combines all three skills expertly in The Heist, the new thriller from Daniel Silva. I’m already hooked. Allon is working on Veronese altarpiece when he’s called into action. His friend, eccentric London art dealer Julian ...
Twisted – Lynda La Plante
Your teenage daughter, supposedly at a sleepover at a friend’s house doesn’t come home. Then it turns out she wasn’t where she was supposed to be at all. Every parent’s worst nightmare is explored in Twisted, the new gripper from Lynda La Plante. Marcus and Lena Fulford are wealthy, attractive and successful: their strikingly beautiful ...
Top Secret Twenty-One – Janet Evanovich
One of the first previews I wrote for this site was for Takedown Twenty back in December. Now barely six months later, the follow-up is hitting the bookshops. Top Secret Twenty-One by Janet Evanovich ably demonstrates that there’s just no stopping Stephanie Plum, everybody’s favourite bounty hunter. We’re in Trenton, New Jersey, and Stephanie has ...
The Nightmare Place – Steve Mosby
Steve Mosby is a Leeds lad and that makes him almost a neighbour to me. I’ll definitely be taking a look at The Nightmare Place, but not after sunset. It’s a very dark tale indeed. The Creeper is a stalker who breaks into the bedrooms of sleeping women. His attacks seem random and DI Zoe ...
To the Top of the Mountain – Arne Dahl
I came to love Arne Dahl through the BBC4 TV series. A crack team of elite detectives is brought together to solve a range of complex and violent international crimes. When something’s going down, the team leaps into an eco-friendly minibus to go and investigate. Very scandi cool. To the Top of the Mountain is ...
A Better World – Marcus Sakey
Meet the Brilliants; a group of people with special, but varying gifts involving extraordinary prescience, intellectual or perceptive powers. They use their gifts well and a Brilliant-led terror cell is causing problems for Federal Agent Nick Cooper in A Better World by Marcus Sakey. Since 1980, 1% of the world has been born Brilliant. These ...
RoseBlood – Paul Doherty
If you like your mysteries with a medieval flavour, then RoseBlood by Paul Doherty will definitely be your cup of mead. England in 1455 is a kingdom on the brink of civil war. Everyone must choose the flag they will stand behind: the red rose of King Henry of Lancaster, or the white rose of ...
The Silkworm – Robert Galbraith (J. K. Rowling)
When Robert Galbraith was unmasked as J. K. Rowling, the story made front pages across the UK. Rowling said she had wanted to keep her identity secret, and whether or not the leak was an elaborate PR stunt has been much debated. I guess the next debate will be The silkworm, Galbraith’s eagerly-awaited follow-up to ...
