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A Rattle of Bones by Douglas Skelton

By DeathBecomesHer

13 August, 2021

There’s a neat juxtaposition of ancient history and more recent goings-on as A Rattle of Bones begins. The title harks back to old misdoings – the execution in 1752 of clan leader James Stewart, known as James of the Glen, for crimes he almost certainly…

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Mortmain Hall by Martin Edwards

By Vicki Weisfeld

23 August, 2020

Right from the title, you know the stately Yorkshire family home Mortmain Hall will play a pivotal role in this classic mystery. The legal doctrine of mortmain, after all, refers to owners’ attempts to control the fate of their property after their death. As you…

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Redemption

By DeathBecomesHer

1 May, 2019

Written by David Baldacci — He’s sold over 130 million books, yet to date David Baldacci has been off this reviewer’s radar. Time to change that, but is it wise to start the acquaintance by jumping in at book five of an established series? Thankfully,…

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Beg for Mercy by Keith Nixon

By DeathBecomesHer

17 June, 2018

Followers of Keith Nixon’s Solomon Gray series have had something of a love/hate relationship with the Kent copper. But we’re at book three now and Gray has certainly mellowed since that spiky first acquaintance in Dig Two Graves. Maybe his age has something to do…

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What Remains of Me

By Vicki Weisfeld

19 December, 2016

Written by Alison Gaylin, narrated by Ann Marie Lee – If, as the Bible says, the sins of the fathers will be visited on their children, this story is the proof of it. It’s set in two time periods, 1980 and 2010, among a small…

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A Coin for the Hangman by Ralph Spurrier

By DavidPrestidge

11 April, 2016

It’s a curious thing for an author to make himself a character in his own book, and proves slightly unnerving to start with. However, the fictional version of Ralph Spurrier does not detain us for too long. A book dealer, in the story he buys…

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Last Words by Michael Koryta

By RoughJustice

20 August, 2015

Mark Novak works as a principal investigator for Innocence Incorporated, a Florida law firm whose mission statement is to take on pro-bono death row cases where they feel there has been a miscarriage of justice. How much longer he’ll work for them is up for…

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An Appetite for Murder by Linda Stratmann

By spriteby

27 December, 2014

Private detective Frances Doughty first arrived in our bookshops in April 2011 in The Poisonous Seed. Set in 1880, the teenage sleuth embarked on her maiden case when one of her father’s wealthy customers died after drinking medicine he dispensed. The creator of the character,…

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A Rattle of Bones by Douglas Skelton

Mortmain Hall by Martin Edwards

Redemption

Beg for Mercy by Keith Nixon

What Remains of Me

A Coin for the Hangman by Ralph Spurrier

Last Words by Michael Koryta

An Appetite for Murder by Linda Stratmann

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