Tag: crime

The Dragon and the Lumberjack by S W Ellenwood: punchy, fast-paced thriller

Synopsis The sequel to S. W. Ellenwood’s debut novel, The Janitor and the Spy, picks up six months after Thomas Thornhill’s nightmare mission in Amsterdam. On his own, he now goes under the alias of Jack Montferrand and seeks to gain entry into the oldest and most dangerous triad in Asia to find Them. On… Continue reading The Dragon and the Lumberjack by S W Ellenwood: punchy, fast-paced thriller

Good Samaritans by Will Carver: darkly ingenious

Synopsis One crossed wire, three dead bodies and six bottles of bleach… Seth Beauman can’t sleep. He stays up late, calling strangers from his phonebook, hoping to make a connection, while his wife, Maeve, sleeps upstairs. A crossed wire finds a suicidal Hadley Serf on the phone to Seth, thinking she is talking to The… Continue reading Good Samaritans by Will Carver: darkly ingenious

The Fourth Victim by John Mead: police procedural with a strong sense of place

The Fourth Victim Whitechapel is being gentrified. The many green spaces of the area, which typify London as a capital city, give the illusion of peace, tranquillity and clean air but are also places to find drug dealers, sexual encounters and murder. Detective Sergeant Julie Lukula doesn’t dislike Inspector Matthew Merry, but he has hardly… Continue reading The Fourth Victim by John Mead: police procedural with a strong sense of place

Steel and Shadows by Stuart Field: gritty, clever and exciting

I’m delighted to be taking part in the blog tour for ‘Steel and Shadows’ by Stuart Field, published by Crime Scene books. If you enjoy breathless, gritty thrillers that are well thought out, then this is most definitely the book for you. Synopsis No-nonsense NYPD detective Sam McCall is investigating one of the deadliest and… Continue reading Steel and Shadows by Stuart Field: gritty, clever and exciting

Trap by Lilja Sigurdardóttir: an enthralling thriller

I’m thrilled, in every sense, to be taking part in the blog tour for ‘Trap’ by Icelandic author Lilja Sigurdardóttir (translated by Quentin Bates). Synopsis   Happily settled in Florida, Sonja believes she’s finally escaped the trap set by unscrupulous drug lords. But when her son Tomas is taken, she’s back to square one … and… Continue reading Trap by Lilja Sigurdardóttir: an enthralling thriller