Rush of Blood by Mark Billingham My rating: 5 of 5 stars Perfect strangers. A perfect holiday. The perfect murder… Three couples meet around the pool on their Florida holiday and become fast friends. But on their last night, their perfect holiday takes a tragic twist: the teenage daughter of another holidaymaker goes missing, and …
The Malice of Waves by Mark Douglas-Home My rating: 5 of 5 stars Five years ago, fourteen-year-old Max Wheeler disappeared from Priest’s Island, an isolated but bleakly beautiful place on the edge of the Atlantic Ocean. In the close knit local community, there are no secrets, except what happened to Max. None of the police …
The Keeper by Alastair Gunn My rating: 4 of 5 stars There is something hiding in the forest. A man is found dead near an isolated forest outside of London. When another body is discovered a few days later, DCI Antonia Hawkins knows that she must move fast. The hunt is on. With each passing …
Progeny by Lea O’Harra My rating: 5 of 5 stars One winter’s evening three-year-old Makiko Kohara goes missing from a mall in western Japan while shopping with her family. When Chief Inspector Kenji Inoue of the Fujikawa police gets the call, he is playing with his own small son, Yuichi. Disturbed by the news, he …
The 7th Canon by Robert Dugoni In San Francisco’s seamy Tenderloin district, a teenage street hustler has been murdered in a shelter for boys. And the dedicated priest who runs the struggling home stands accused. But despite damning evidence that he’s a killer—and worse—Father Thomas Martin stands by his innocence. And attorney Peter Donley stands …
To celebrate the CWA Daggers Awards 2016, ENDEAVOUR PRESS, in partnership with the CWA and KILLER WOMEN, is running a virtual crime fiction festival. From October 10 – 14 Tweet your burning questions to some of your favourite crime authors. The line-up includes best-sellers Quintin Jardine, William Shaw, Graham Masterton and little old me, Wendy Cartmell. We will be running …
In Fifth Columnist, a bent copper is compromising national security but none of the evidence will stand up in court. That’s exactly why men like Stoner operate in the shadows, ready to terminate the target once an identity is confirmed… Oh my, this book surely packs a punch. A covert operative determined to keep his …
Local Girl Missing by Claire Douglas My rating: 4 of 5 stars 21-year-old Sophie Collier vanishes one night. She leaves nothing behind but a trainer on the old pier – and a hole in the heart of her best friend Francesca. 18 years later a body’s been found. And Francesca’s drawn back to the seaside …
Edith Hind is gone, leaving just her coat, a smear of blood and a half-open door. Each of her friends and relatives has a version of the truth. But none quite adds up. The press grows hungrier by the day. Can DS Manon Bradshaw fend them off, before a missing persons case becomes a murder …
Behind every successful man is a busy assistant and Tina’s boss is very successful. But Tina is tired of being overworked and underpaid. She’s bored of her damp flat and her mounting debts. Then a blip in the expenses system sends Tina a cheque. What happens next is sort of predicable, but it’s what happens …
Wendy Cartmell 