FROM TWO-MILLION SELLING AUTHOR JOY ELLIS COMES ONE OF THE MOST EAGERLY AWAITED MYSTERIES THIS YEAR. One moonlit night, the bodies of two young people are discovered lying entwined on a blanket in the woods. The young man is clutching a red rose. It appears to be a lovers’ suicide pact . . . Until Detective Nikki Galena and DS Joseph Easter look more closely. … Continue reading Secrets on the Fens by Joy Ellis #BookReview #DINikkiGalena12 #Joffe Books #4.5*

Identifying the guilty isn’t always easy… DCI Alex Fleming returns to work after convalescent leave to find that the Assistant Chief Constable wants him to review an old cold case. William Stroud, a union activist, was shot dead five years ago after a strike at the Atomic Weapons Establishment organised by the union leader, Bill Kauffman. No one had ever been arrested for the crime … Continue reading The Last Man by Robert McNeil #BookReview #DCIAlexFleming2 #BloodhoundBooks #4*

This is going to hurt… This killer is playing a deadly game and DI Melanie Watton must win if she wants to survive. When DI Melanie Watton is called in to investigate the brutal murder of a taxidermist, she and her team find themselves tracking a killer and a thief. With very few leads to go on, the trail goes cold, until one of the … Continue reading The Cutter by Charlotte Barnes #BookReview #DIMelanieWatton3 #BloodhoundBooks #4.5*

DI Alec McKay is back. In the depths of a cold Scottish winter, an unidentified body is found in the heart of a solstice bonfire, apparently burned alive. Over a tense Christmas, a retired businessman goes missing, his body eventually found hanging from a tree in the coastal town. Another associate is found brutally murdered in his remote Highland home. DCI Helena Grant wants to … Continue reading For Their Sins by Alex Walters #BookReview #DIAlecMcKay5 #BloodhoundBooks #4*

Detective Gabriel McRay investigates a cold case from 1988 involving a missing teenager named Nancy Lewicki. Evidence is sparse and Gabriel has no leads. Much to his dismay, a celebrity psychic, Carmen Jenette, hypes the unsolved case on her television show. Gabriel warns Carmen not to interfere. Meanwhile, strange dreams of water and corpses haunt Gabriel’s sleep. They unnerve him as he plans his wedding … Continue reading In Twilight’s Hush by Laurie Stevens #BookReview #GabrielMcRay4 #FYDMedia #4*

‘A brilliantly gripping tale’ LUCY FOLEY A TRAGIC DEATH. A TOWN FILLED WITH SECRETS. A NAMELESS BODYA young man is found hanging from a tree, with nothing to identify him. NO LEADS TO FOLLOWWas he driven to suicide, or was he silenced? Somebody knows, but they’re not saying. WHO’S NEXT? With potential witnesses too scared to talk to her, can DI Manon Bradshaw discover the truth … Continue reading Remain Silent by Susie Steiner #BookReview #ManonBradshaw3 #TheBoroughPress #NetGalley #4.5*

AS THE TEMPERATURE DROPS, THE BODY COUNT RISES Firefighters race to put out a blaze at a remote farmhouse. They discover two young girls alone in the house. Their mother is gone — and in her place is the dead body of a man, frozen naked in the foetal position. Two chess pieces made of ice have been left on the doorstep. Then it happens … Continue reading The Ice Daughters by D. E. White #BookReview #DetectiveDoveMilson2 #JoffeBooks #4.5*