Category Archives: Book Reviews

Synopsis: He wasn’t a cop for too long before he, like his parents and grandparents, was exposed to the class system –but in his case that also existed within the Police service. Here, he quickly found that there was an Continue reading Stable of Touts -Review-→

Synopsis: David Brodie, literally once ace reporter, is on a serious downward slide with ex-wife, ex-job and ex-bank balance hanging around his neck. Until he receives a phone call. From a dead man. Soon it could be ex-life. When the Continue reading I’m Dead Again -Review-→

Synopsis: Exiled from his beloved Newcastle sixteen years ago, Detective Sergeant Lee Jamieson is returning home in search of the teenage daughter he’s never met. With a good promotion under his belt and his parents gone, he’s ready to return Continue reading The Prodigal -Review-→

Synopsis: All Lock Gilkenney wants is a family. But he’ll have to cross the line to get one. Lock is a dedicated investigator at Child Protective Services. An anonymous report of neglect comes in. He responds and finds the kids Continue reading Baby Please Don’t Go -Review-→

Synopsis: Meet Crystal and Harry – lovers who work in the entertainment business: after murdering three critics for poor reviews, they decide to skip town and head for the coastline. Once there, they know things will be fine – it’ll Continue reading White Walls and Straitjackets. -Review-→

Synopsis: Charlie and her roommates along with their friends could have never imagined that, after the birthday party of the night before, their morning would take a twisted turn with a macabre discovery: a box containing the head of a Continue reading Head In The Box -Review-→

Synopsis: Tom Bettany is working at a meat processing plant in France when he gets a voicemail from an Englishwoman he doesn’t know telling him that his estranged 26-year-old son is dead – Liam Bettany fell from his London balcony, Continue reading Nobody Walks -Review-→

Synopsis: The hunt for mass murderer Cara Lindstrom is over. FBI Special Agent Matthew Roarke has been working for this moment: the capture of a killer who savagely hunts the worst of humanity. But Roarke remains traumatized by his own Continue reading Cold Moon -Review-→

Synopsis: The greater the Evil, the more deadly the game… When a rapist is found mutilated in a brutal attack, Detective Kim Stone and her team are called in to bring a swift resolution. But, as more vengeful killings come Continue reading Evil Games -Review-→

Synopsis: Newly-appointed DI Jack Striker, of GMP’s Major Incident Team, has a dark secret, one that would land him in prison. Striker’s first case seems a straight-forward gang-on-gang slaying, until a notorious youth is found hanged. Before any chance to Continue reading My Kind of Justice -Review-→

Synopsis: “Funny and brutal, heartfelt and compelling” Craig Robertson. Even though he’s a successful criminal, Kenny O’Neill – Glasgow’s answer to Tony Soprano – is angry. Not only has his high-class escort girlfriend just been attacked, but his father is Continue reading Beyond The Rage -Review-→

I know I have started early (I have a lot of books to read for my July challenge) but this book is part of the #NewAuthorForMe challenge I am taking part in starting next week. So here it is: Black Continue reading Black Cat Mojo -Review-→

  Synopsis: Shortlisted for the Crime Writer’s Association 2013 Debut Dagger Detective Inspector Avison Fluke is a man on the edge. He has committed a crime to get back to work, concealed a debilitating illness, and is about to be Continue reading Born In A Burial Gown -Review-→

  Synopsis: DI Sally Parker has a serial killer on her patch. One thing that sets this killer apart from the others she’s hunted before: his willingness to leave DNA at each of the crime scenes. It’s up to Sally Continue reading Wrong Place -Review-→