News from the UK
LAST POST, Robert Barnard. Allison & Busby.
Barnard does what he does best: explores family dynamics and society's prejudices within the context of an intriguing mystery.
SACRIFICE, S.J. Bolton. Bantam Press.
A first mystery introducing consultant surgeon Tora Hamilton. Part forensic-thriller, part medical-thriller.
THE POINT OF RESCUE, Sophie Hannah. Hodder & Stoughton.
The third psychological suspense novel from a writer who is creating some excitement across the pond!
RITUAL, Mo Hayder. Bantam Press.
Hayder brings back D.I. Jack Caffery who is now in the Major Crime Investigation Unit in Bristol after leaving behind his messy life in London (detailed in Birdman and The Treatment). Unattached matching hands are discovered days apart, and all indications are that the victim was alive when they were removed.
LIGHT READING, Aliya Whiteley. Macmillan New Writing.
Two women are determined to find out the truth about the supposed suicide of one-time TV star Crystal Tynee in a small seaside town. What they discover is a town that hides more than one hideous secret.
STRATTON'S WAR, Laura Wilson. Orion.
London, 1940. When the body of silent-screen star Mabel Morgan is found impaled on railings in Fitzrovia, the coroner rules her death a suicide. But D.I. Ted Stratton of the CID is not convinced.