Tag Archives: Crime
The Lantern Men (Ruth Galloway Book 12) by @EllyGriffiths ~ Murder/Mystery #TuesdayBookBlog
Author: Elly Griffiths
Published: February 2020 by Quercus
Category: Crime, Murder, Mystery, Police Procedural, Book Review
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Everything has changed for Dr Ruth Galloway.
She has a new job, home and partner, and is no longer North Norfolk police’s resident forensic archaeologist. That is, until convicted murderer Ivor March offers to make DCI Nelson a deal. Nelson was always sure that March killed more women than he was charged with. Now March confirms this, and offers to show Nelson where the other bodies are buried – but only if Ruth will do the digging.
Ruth and Kate are now living in Cambridge with Dr Frank Barker and, although Ruth enjoys her job teaching at St Jude’s college, she still misses Norfolk and her cottage on the edge of the Saltmarsh.
None The Wiser (Detective Mark Turpin Book 1) by @RachelAmphlett ~ What if some secrets were never meant to stay buried? #CrimeFiction #TuesdayBookBlog
Author: Rachel Amphlett
Published: March 2020 by Saxon Publishing
Category: Crime Fiction, Mystery, Suspense, Police Procedural, Book Review
None the Wiser is the first book in a new murder mystery series from USA Today bestselling author Rachel Amphlett.
What if some secrets were never meant to stay buried?
When a parish priest is brutally murdered in cold blood, a rural community is left in shock – and fear.
New to the Vale of the White Horse, Detective Sergeant Mark Turpin discovers the murder bears the hallmark of a vicious killer who shows no remorse for his victim, and leaves no trace behind.
As Father Seamus Carter tries to find a semblance of calm through prayer, guilt and disgust eat away at him. As he struggled to write his sermon, he wondered if sharing his own weaknesses would be punishment enough. The events of the previous week had reopened an old wound and he is a frightened man. He has cause to be…he doesn’t know it but these are his final few moments.
Mini #BookReviews ~ The Jackman and Evans Series by #JoyEllis, narrated by #RichardArmitage #CrimeFiction #FridayReads
I’ve been binge listening to this series and somehow missed book one but it didn’t really matter with regard to getting to know the characters and their backstories. Detective Inspector Rowan Jackman leads the team. He’s a private person from an affluent background, well respected and liked, and is good at motivating his team. His passion is horses. Detective Sergeant Marie Evans is a widow who lost her husband in a motorbike accident. She’s able to assess situations and people with accuracy and is nicknamed Super Mario by her colleagues. Marie’s passion is motorbikes.
#ThrowbackThursday ~ Two Nick Bracco Thrillers (A Touch of Deceit/A Touch of Revenge) by Gary Ponzo #AudiobookReview
I really enjoyed listening to these books which were released by Audible in 2013 and performed by RC Bray.
Renee at It’s Book Talk began this meme as a way to share old favourites, as well as books that have been waiting on the ‘to be read’ pile for however long, and are finally getting an airing.
My Thoughts
The Other People by C.J. Tudor ~ Creepy, Atmospheric, Intriguing #AudiobookReview @cjtudor #RichardArmitage #TuesdayBookBlog
Author: C.J. Tudor
Performed by Richard Armitage
Published: January 2020 by Penguin Audio
Category: Contemporary, Psycological, Suspense, Audiobook, Review
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She sleeps, a pale girl in a white room . . .
Three years ago, Gabe saw his daughter taken. In the back of a rusty old car, covered in bumper stickers. He was driving behind the car. He watched her disappear. But no one believes him. Most people believe that his daughter, and wife, are dead. For a while, people believed that Gabe was responsible.
The Other People is told from three main perspectives—Gabe, Fran and Katie. Three people with their own distinct stories that will become inextricably and insidiously linked along the way, although I could never have guessed how. And then there’s the sleeping girl in a white room…
A Silent Death by Peter May ~ Crime on the Costa del Sol @authorpetermay #Thriller #FridayReads #AudiobookReview @riverrunbooks
Author: Peter May
Performed by Peter Forbes
Published: January 2020 by riverrun
Category: Crime, Thriller, Suspense, Audiobook, Book Review
A silent vow.
A silent life.
A silent death.
Spain, 2020. When ex-pat fugitive Jack Cleland watches his girlfriend die, gunned down in a pursuit involving officer Cristina Sanchez Pradell, he promises to exact his revenge by destroying the policewoman.
A phone call from a concerned neighbour sets in motion a chain of events that results in bloodshed and ruined lives.
#ThrowbackThursday ~ BLACK To Reality by Russell Blake #Hardboiled #Noir Fiction
BLACK To Reality was published in 2014. I loved listening to the series on audio and have the final one to look forward to in hardcopy as it wasn’t released as an audiobook.
Renee at It’s Book Talk began this meme as a way to share old favourites, as well as books that have been waiting on the ‘to be read’ pile for however long, and are finally getting an airing.
My Thoughts
The Last Sister by @KendraElliot ~ Deadly Secrets in Rural Oregon #LastSisterBlogTour #NetGalley #Suspense
Author: Kendra Elliot
Published: January 2020 by Montlake
Category: Suspense, Romance, Book Review
Twenty years ago Emily Mills’s father was murdered, and she found his body hanging in the backyard. Her younger sister, Madison, claims she was asleep in her room. Her older sister, Tara, claims she was out with friends. The tragedy drove their mother to suicide and Tara to leave town forever. The killer was caught. The case closed.
Ever since, Emily and Madison have tried to forget what happened that night—until an eerily similar murder brings it all back. It also brings FBI special agent Zander Wells to the Oregon logging town. As eager as he is to solve the brutal double slaying, he is just as intrigued with the mystery of Emily’s and her sisters’ past.
When more blood is shed, Zander suspects there’s a secret buried in this town no one wants unearthed. Is it something Emily and Madison don’t know? Or aren’t telling? And Tara? Maybe Emily can’t bear to find her. Because when Tara disappeared, she took a secret of her own with her.
A small town in Oregon is about to give up its dark and deadly secrets.
Hysteria: The Alexander Gregory Thrillers by @ljross_author ~ Set in Paris During Fashion Week #AudiobookReview #FridayReads
Author: LJ Ross
Performed by Hugh Dancy
Released: December 2019 by Whole Story Audiobooks
Category: Crime Fiction, Mystery, Psychological, Audiobook, Review
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Recently returned from his last case in Ireland, elite forensic psychologist and criminal profiler Dr Alexander Gregory receives a call from the French police that he can’t ignore. It’s Paris fashion week and some of the world’s most beautiful women are turning up dead, their faces slashed in a series of frenzied attacks while the world’s press looks on.
