Mike Ripley's Crime File - April 2008

BEATON, M C - Death of a Gentle Lady (May) New

BRUEN, KEN - Cross (reviewed by Norman Price) (May)

CHANCE, ALEX - The Final Days (reviewed by Amanda Gillies) (Apr)

COOPER, NATASHA - A Greater Evil (reviewed by Maxine Clarke) (Apr)

DAHL, K O - The Man in the Window (reviewed by Norman Price) (May) New

FOSSUM, KARIN - Black Seconds (reviewed by Maxine Clarke) (May)

FRANKLIN, ARIANA - The Death Maze (reviewed by Terry Halligan) (May)

HILL, SUSAN - The Risk of Darkness (reviewed by Maxine Clarke) (Apr)

JUNGSTEDT, MARI - Unspoken (reviewed by Maxine Clarke) (May)

KERR, PHILIP - The One From The Other (reviewed by Laura Root) (Apr)

LENNON, PATRICK - Steel Witches (reviewed by Amanda Gillies) (May) New

LIANG, DIANE WEI - The Eye of Jade (Apr)

MARR, CHRIS - The Lady of the Manor (reviewed by Terry Halligan) (Apr)

NAVARRO, JULIA - The Brotherhood of the Holy Shroud (reviewed by Eve Olsen) (Apr)

RYGG, PERNILLE - The Butterfly Effect (reviewed by Maxine Clarke) (May) New

SJOWALL, MAJ & WAHLOO, PER - The Laughing Policeman (reviewed by Karen Chisholm) (May) New

WELLS, SHIRLEY - Into the Shadows (reviewed by Maxine Clarke) (May) New

2008 REVIEWS

2007 Favourite reads from Euro Crime Contributors

Mike Ripley's Crime File - January 2008

Mike Ripley's Crime File - February 2008

Mike Ripley's Crime File - March 2008

BAKER, MARTIN - Meltdown (reviewed by Maxine Clarke) (Mar)

BANKS, RAY - Saturday's Child (reviewed by Declan Burke) (Jan)

BECKETT, SIMON - Written in Bone (reviewed by Maxine Clarke) (Apr)

BLACK, INGRID - The Dark Eye (reviewed by Maxine Clarke) (Jan)

CAMILLERI, ANDREA - The Patience of the Spider (Jan)

CAMILLERI, ANDREA - The Patience of the Spider (reviewed by Fiona Walker) (Feb)

CAMILLERI, ANDREA - The Scent of the Night (reviewed by Maxine Clarke) (Feb)

CANOBBIO, ANDREA - The Natural Disorder of Things (reviewed by Norman Price) (Feb)

CARLOTTO, MASSIMO - Death's Dark Abyss (reviewed by Norman Price) (Jan)

CHILD, LEE - Bad Luck and Trouble (reviewed by Pat Austin) (Apr)

CONWAY, PETER - Deserving Death (reviewed by Geoff Jones) (Jan)

COOPER, NATASHA - A Poisoned Mind (reviewed by Geoff Jones) (Mar)

DE CATALDO, GIANCARLO (ED.) - Crimini (Feb)

DOWNIE, R S - Ruso and the Demented Doctor (reviewed by Pat Austin) (Mar)

EDWARDS, MARTIN - The Cipher Garden (reviewed by Maxine Clarke) (Mar)

EDWARDS, MARTIN - The Coffin Trail (reviewed by Maxine Clarke) (Jan)

FORBES, ELENA - Die With Me (reviewed by Maxine Clarke) (Jan)

FOWLER, CHRISTOPHER - Ten-Second Staircase (audio book) (Apr)

FRENCH, NICCI - Losing You (reviewed by Maxine Clarke) (Mar)

FRENCH, NICCI - Until It's Over (reviewed by Maxine Clarke) (Mar)

GEORGE, ELIZABETH - What Came Before He Shot Her (reviewed by Terry Halligan) (Jan)

GRAY, ALEX - A Small Weeping (reviewed by Maxine Clarke) (Mar)

GREGORY, SUSANNA - To Kill or Cure (reviewed by Terry Halligan) (Mar)

GUTHRIE, ALLAN - Savage Night (reviewed by Amanda Gillies) (Apr)

HAMMESFAHR, PETRA - The Sinner (reviewed by Fiona Walker) (Jan)

HARVEY, JOHN - Cold in Hand (reviewed by Maxine Clarke) (Mar)

HAYDER, MO - Ritual (reviewed by Maxine Clarke) (Mar)

HILL, REGINALD - A Cure For All Diseases (reviewed by Fiona Walker) (Apr)

HILL, SUSAN - The Pure in Heart (reviewed by Maxine Clarke) (Mar)

HOLT, ANNE - The Final Murder (Apr)

HUGHES, DECLAN - The Dying Breed (reviewed by Declan Burke) (Apr)

JACKSON, L M - The Mesmerist's Apprentice (Apr)

JACKSON, L M - A Most Dangerous Woman (reviewed by Geoff Jones) (Mar)

JUNGSTEDT, MARI - Unseen (reviewed by Maxine Clarke) (Jan)

KERR, PHILIP - A Quiet Flame (reviewed by Norman Price) (Mar)

KRAJEWSKI, MAREK - Death in Breslau (Mar)

LALBEHARRY, MARK - The Simian Curve (reviewed by Maxine Clarke) (Jan)

LARSSON, ASA - The Savage Altar (reviewed by Maxine Clarke) (Feb)

LARSSON, STIEG - The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo (reviewed by Maxine Clarke) (Jan)

LEATHER, STEPHEN - Dead Men (reviewed by Terry Halligan) (Feb)

LEON, DONNA - The Girl of His Dreams (reviewed by Maxine Clarke) (Apr)

LEON, DONNA - Suffer the Little Children (reviewed by Norman Price) (Jan)

LEWIS, SIMON - Bad Traffic (reviewed by Laura Root) (Feb)

LUCARELLI, CARLO - The Damned Season (Jan)

MCDERMID, VAL - Beneath the Bleeding (reviewed by Maxine Clarke) (Mar)

MCGILLOWAY, BRIAN - Gallows Lane (reviewed by Maxine Clarke) (Apr)

MANCHETTE, JEAN-PATRICK - Three to Kill (reviewed by Norman Price) (Apr)

MANN, JESSICA - The Mystery Writer (reviewed by Maxine Clarke) (Jan)

MANOTTI, DOMINIQUE - Lorraine Connection (reviewed by Laura Root) (Mar)

MONCRIEFF, SEAN - The History of Things (reviewed by Declan Burke) (Mar)

MONROE, GRACE - Dark Angels (reviewed by Pat Austin) (Jan)

MORRIS, R N - A Vengeful Longing (reviewed by Norman Price) (Feb)

MORRIS, R N - A Vengeful Longing (reviewed by Pat Austin) (Mar)

NESBO, JO - Nemesis (reviewed by Fiona Walker) (Mar)

NESSER, HAKAN - The Return (reviewed by Maxine Clarke) (Jan)

O'CONNOR, ED - Primal Cut (reviewed by Sunnie Gill) (Mar)

O'FLYNN, CATHERINE - What Was Lost (Jan)

PAROT, JEAN-FRANCOIS - The Chatelet Apprentice (reviewed by Laura Root) (Apr)

RAYBOURN, DEANNA - Silent in the Grave (reviewed by Terry Halligan) (Mar)

REES, MATT - The Saladin Murders (reviewed by Laura Root) (Mar)

ROSS, JACK - Requiem (reviewed by Maxine Clarke) (Feb)

SAMPSON, CATHERINE - The Pool of Unease (reviewed by Maxine Clarke) (Apr)

SCOTT, MANDA - The Crystal Skull (reviewed by Pat Austin) (Jan)

SETTERFIELD, DIANE - The Thirteenth Tale (reviewed by Maxine Clarke) (Feb)

SEWELL, KITTY - Ice Trap (reviewed by Maxine Clarke) (Feb)

SJOWALL, MAJ & WAHLOO, PER - The Abominable Man (reviewed by Fiona Walker) (Feb)

SJOWALL, MAJ & WAHLOO, PER - The Man on the Balcony (reviewed by Maxine Clarke) (Feb)

SMITH, TOM ROB - Child 44 (reviewed by Karen Chisholm) (Apr)

STANLEY, MICHAEL - A Carrion Death (reviewed by Maxine Clarke) (Apr)

TALLIS, FRANK - Fatal Lies (reviewed by Laura Root) (Jan)

UPSON, NICOLA - An Expert in Murder (reviewed by Maxine Clarke) (Mar)

VARGAS, FRED - Have Mercy on Us All (reviewed by Fiona Walker) (Feb)

VARGAS, FRED - Seeking Whom He May Devour (reviewed by Maxine Clarke) (Feb)

VARGAS, FRED - This Night's Foul Work (Feb)

VARGAS, FRED - This Night's Foul Work (reviewed by Norman Price) (Feb)

VARGAS, FRED - This Night's Foul Work (reviewed by Fiona Walker) (Feb)

VARGAS, FRED - Wash This Blood Clean From My Hand (reviewed by Maxine Clarke) (Feb)

VARGAS, FRED - Wash This Blood Clean From My Hand (reviewed by Geoff Jones) (Feb)

WALKER, MARTIN - Bruno, Chief of Police (reviewed by Maxine Clarke) (Apr)

WALTERS, MINETTE - The Chameleon's Shadow (Mar)

WELLS, SHIRLEY - Into the Shadows (Feb)

WHITELEY, ALIYA - Light Reading (Feb)

WINGFIELD, R D - A Killing Frost (reviewed by Fiona Walker) (Apr)

WILSON, LAURA - Stratton's War (reviewed by Mike Ripley) (Mar)

2007 REVIEWS

2006 Favourite reads from Euro Crime Contributors

January 2007 Crime Roundup by Carla McKay

May 2007 Crime Roundup by Carla McKay

July 2007 Crime Roundup by Carla McKay

Mike Ripley's Crime File - January 2007

Mike Ripley's Crime File - February 2007

Mike Ripley's Crime File - March 2007

Mike Ripley's Crime File - April 2007

Mike Ripley's Crime File - May 2007

Mike Ripley's Crime File - June 2007

Mike Ripley's Crime File - July 2007

Mike Ripley's Crime File - August 2007

Mike Ripley's Crime File - September 2007

Mike Ripley's Crime File - October 2007

Mike Ripley's Crime File - November 2007

Crime Express Novellas: 'Trouble in Mind' by John Harvey, 'Claws' by Stephen Booth, 'The Mentalist' by Rod Duncan (Oct)

ADAIR, GILBERT - A Mysterious Affair of Style (reviewed by Norman Price) (Nov)

ALVTEGEN, KARIN - Shame (reviewed by Karen Chisholm) (June)

BANKS, CARLA - The Forest of Souls (reviewed by Terry Halligan) (Apr)

BANKS, CARLA - Strangers (reviewed by Maxine Clarke) (May)

BARNARD, ROBERT - A Fall from Grace (reviewed by Sunnie Gill) (May)

BARR, MARCUS - Haggard Hawk (reviewed by Maxine Clarke) (Apr)

BARR, MARCUS - Haggard Hawk (reviewed by Geoff Jones) (Apr)

BEATON, M C - Agatha Raisin and Kissing Christmas Goodbye (Nov)

BECKETT, SIMON - The Chemistry of Death (reviewed by Terry Halligan) (Apr)

BECKETT, SIMON - The Chemistry of Death (reviewed by Fiona Walker) (June)

BECKETT, SIMON - Written in Bone (reviewed by Laura Root) (July)

BECKETT, SIMON - Written in Bone (reviewed by Terry Halligan) (Aug)

BLACK, BENJAMIN - The Silver Swan (reviewed by Fiona Walker) (Dec)

BOYLE, DANIEL - Illusion (reviewed by Pat Austin) (June)

BRUEN, KEN - Cross (reviewed by Karen Chisholm) (Apr)

BRUEN, KEN - Cross (Apr)

BUCK, SIMON - Library of the Soul (reviewed by Norman Price) (June)

BURDETT, JOHN - Bangkok Haunts (reviewed by Geoff Jones) (July)

BURKE, DECLAN - The Big O (reviewed by Donna Moore) (Aug)

BURKE, DECLAN - The Big O (reviewed by Maxine Clarke) (Oct)

CABASSON, ARMAND - The Officer's Prey (reviewed by Laura Root) (Dec)

CAIN, TOM - The Accident Man (reviewed by Maxine Clarke) (Nov)

CAMILLERI, ANDREA - Excursion to Tindari (reviewed by Maxine Clarke) (Nov)

CAMILLERI, ANDREA - The Scent of the Night (Apr)

CAMILLERI, ANDREA - The Shape of Water (reviewed by Maxine Clarke) (May)

CAMILLERI, ANDREA - The Snack Thief (reviewed by Maxine Clarke) (Oct)

CAMILLERI, ANDREA - The Terracotta Dog (reviewed by Maxine Clarke) (Oct)

CAMILLERI, ANDREA - The Voice of the Violin (reviewed by Maxine Clarke) (Nov)

CARLOTTO, MASSIMO - The Fugitive (reviewed by Norman Price) (Sep)

CARLOTTO, MASSIMO - The Fugitive (reviewed by Laura Root) (Nov)

CARLSON, PAUL - Betrayal (reviewed by Maxine Clarke) (Feb)

CAROFIGLIO, GIANRICO - The Past is a Foreign Country (reviewed by Laura Root) (Sep)

CAROFIGLIO, GIANRICO - Reasonable Doubts (reviewed by Fiona Walker) (July)

CAROFIGLIO, GIANRICO - Reasonable Doubts (reviewed by Maxine Clarke) (Dec)

CHILD, LEE - Bad Luck and Trouble (reviewed by Maxine Clarke) (Apr)

CHILD, LEE - The Hard Way (reviewed by Pat Austin) (May)

CLEEVES, ANN - Hidden Depths (reviewed by Sunnie Gill) (Apr)

CLEEVES, ANN - Raven Black (reviewed by by Maxine Clarke) (Dec)

CONNOLLY, JOHN - The Unquiet (reviewed by Pat Austin) (July)

CONWAY, PETER - Unwillingly to School (reviewed by Geoff Jones) (Nov)

COOPER, NATASHA - Gagged and Bound (reviewed by Geoff Jones) (Apr)

COOPER, NATASHA - A Greater Evil (reviewed by Geoff Jones) (May)

COTTERILL, COLIN - The Coroner's Lunch (reviewed by Maxine Clarke) (July)

COTTERILL, COLIN - Thirty-Three Teeth (reviewed by Maxine Clarke) (Dec)

CURZON, CLARE - The Edge (reviewed by Sunnie Gill) (Oct)

DAHL, K O - The Fourth Man (May)

DAHL, K O - The Fourth Man (reviewed by Fiona Walker) (Sep)

DAVIDSEN, LEIF - The Serbian Dane (Nov)

DAVIS, LINDSEY - Saturnalia (reviewed by Pat Austin) (Feb)

DIBDIN, MICHAEL - Back to Bologna (Audio Book) (Dec)

DONOVAN, GERARD - Julius Winsome (reviewed by Declan Burke) (Oct)

DOWNIE, RUTH - Medicus: A Novel of the Roman Empire (reviewed by Yvonne Klein) (May)

EDRIC, ROBERT - SWAN Song (reviewed by Geoff Jones) (Jan)

EDWARDS, MARTIN - The Arsenic Labyrinth (Mar)

EDWARDS, MARTIN - The Cipher Garden (reviewed by Geoff Jones) (Jan)

EDWARDSON, AKE - Never End (reviewed by Maxine Clarke) (Sep)

EDWARDSON, AKE - Frozen Tracks (reviewed by Fiona Walker) (July)

EDWARDSON, AKE - Sun and Shadow (reviewed by Maxine Clarke) (June)

ELLIS, KATE - The Bone Garden (reviewed by Maxine Clarke) (July)

ERIKSSON, KJELL - The Princess of Burundi (reviewed by Maxine Clarke) (July)

FERRANTE, ELENA - Troubling Love (July)

FORBES, ELENA - Die With Me (Sep)

FOSSUM, KARIN - Black Seconds (reviewed by Fiona Walker) (July)

FOSSUM, KARIN - Calling Out For You (June)

FOSSUM, KARIN - Calling Out For You (reviewed by Maxine Clarke) (Oct)

FOSSUM, KARIN - He Who Fears The Wolf (audio book) (Feb)

FOSSUM, KARIN - When the Devil Holds the Candle (audio book) (May)

FOWLER, CHRISTOPHER - The Seventy-Seven Clocks (audio book) (Apr)

FOWLER, CHRISTOPHER - White Corridor (reviewed by Yvonne Klein) (Aug)

FRANKLIN, ARIANA - Mistress of the Art of Death (reviewed by Terry Halligan) (Aug)

FREEMANTLE, BRIAN - Time to Kill (reviewed by Norman Price) (Aug)

FRENCH, TANA - In the Woods (reviewed by Maxine Clarke) (Nov)

FRIMANSSON, INGER - Good Night, My Darling (reviewed by Diana Bane) (May)

GALBRAITH, GILLIAN - Blood in the Water (reviewed by Maxine Clarke) (July)

GARNER, SETH - The Blood Partnership (reviewed by Maxine Clarke) (June)

GARNER, SETH - Broken Surface (reviewed by Terry Halligan) (Apr)

GILBERT, PAUL D - The Lost Files of Sherlock Holmes (reviewed by Terry Halligan) (Oct)

GLAUSER, FRIEDRICH - The Chinaman (Sep)

GODDARD, ROBERT - Name to a Face (reviewed by Geoff Jones) (Sep)

GODDARD, ROBERT - Never Go Back (reviewed by Pat Austin) (Apr)

GOODWIN, JO-ANN - Sweet Gum (reviewed by Maxine Clarke) (Nov)

GREGORIO, MICHAEL - Days of Atonement (reviewed by Norman Price) (Sep)

HANNAH, SOPHIE - Hurting Distance (reviewed by Maxine Clarke) (Sep)

HARRIS, JOANNE - Gentlemen and Players (reviewed by Yvonne Klein) (Mar)

HARVEY, JOHN - Darkness and Light (reviewed by Maxine Clarke) (Sep)

HARVEY, JOHN - Gone to Ground (reviewed by Geoff Jones) (Feb)

HILL, REGINALD - The Death of Dalziel (reviewed by Karen Chisholm) (Mar)

HINES, JOANNA - The Murder Bird (reviewed by Geoff Jones) (Apr)

HINES, JOANNA - The Murder Bird (reviewed by Maxine Clarke) (Aug)

HOLLINGTON, KRIS - How to Kill (reviewed by Terry Halligan) (July)

HUGHES, DECLAN - The Colour of Blood (reviewed by Karen Chisholm) (July)

INDRIDASON, ARNALDUR - The Draining Lake (reviewed by Laura Root) (Aug)

INDRIDASON, ARNALDUR - Voices (Jan)

INDRIDASON, ARNALDUR - Voices (reviewed by Maxine Clarke) (Mar)

INDRIDASON, ARNALDUR - Voices (reviewed by Norman Price) (Aug)

JACKSON, L M - A Most Dangerous Woman (Aug)

JACKSON, LEE - The Welfare of the Dead (audio book) (Mar)

JAMES, PETER - Dead Simple (reviewed by Geoff Jones) (Mar)

JAMES, PETER - Not Dead Enough (reviewed by Maxine Clarke) (June)

JAMES, PETER - Not Dead Enough (reviewed by Terry Halligan) (Dec)

JOHNSTON, PAUL - The Death List (reviewed by Terry Halligan) (June)

JOHNSTON, PAUL - The Death List (reviewed by Maxine Clarke) (Aug)

JUNGERSEN, CHRISTIAN - The Exception (Sep)

KEATING, H R F - One Man and His Bomb (reviewed by Sunnie Gill) (Sep)

KERNICK, SIMON - Relentless (reviewed by Maxine Clarke) (June)

KERNICK, SIMON - Severed (Aug)

KERR, PHILIP - The One From The Other (reviewed by Yvonne Klein) (Jan)

KERRIGAN, GENE - Little Criminals (reviewed by Maxine Clarke) (July)

KERRIGAN, GENE - The Midnight Choir (reviewed by Maxine Clarke) (Aug)

KNIGHT, BERNARD - The Elixir of Death (reviewed by Terry Halligan) (Jan)

KNIGHT, BERNARD - The Noble Outlaw (reviewed by crimeficreader) (Nov)

LALBEHARRY, MARK - The Simian Curve (Apr)

LARSSON, ASA - The Blood Spilt (reviewed by Fiona Walker) (June)

LENNON, PATRICK - Corn Dolls (July)

LEON, DONNA - Suffer the Little Children (reviewed by Maxine Clarke) (Dec)

LEVACK, SIMON - Aztec: City of Spies (reviewed by Terry Halligan) (Mar)

LINDQVIST, JOHN AJVIDE - Let The Right One In (reviewed by Mike Ripley) (Nov)

LINSCOTT, GILLIAN - Blood on the Wood (Audio Book) (June)

LIVERSIDGE, BILL - A Half Life of One (reviewed by Maxine Clarke) (Oct)

LUCARELLI, CARLO - Carte Blanche (Mar)

MCAULEY, PAUL - Players (reviewed by Pat Austin) (Mar)

MACBRIDE, STUART - Broken Skin (reviewed by Karen Chisholm) (Apr)

MCCAFFREY, K T - Bishop's Pawn (reviewed by Declan Burke) (June)

MCCOY, KEN - Hammerhead (reviewed by Terry Halligan) (Aug)

MCCOY, KEN - Tripper (reviewed by Geoff Jones) (Sep)

MCCRERY, NIGEL - Still Waters (reviewed by Laura Root) (Aug)

MCGILLOWAY, BRIAN - Borderlands (reviewed by Maxine Clarke) (Apr)

MCKINTY, ADRIAN - The Bloomsday Dead (reviewed by Declan Burke) (Oct)

MCKINTY, ADRIAN - Dead I Well May Be (reviewed by Maxine Clarke) (Dec)

MCNAMEE, EOIN - 12:23: Paris. 31st August 1997 (reviewed by Declan Burke) (July)

MANCHETTE, JEAN-PATRICK - The Prone Gunman (Mar)

MANKELL, HENNING - Depths (reviewed by Geoff Jones) (Aug)

MANKELL, HENNING - Kennedy's Brain (reviewed by Fiona Walker) (Sep)

MANKELL, HENNING - Kennedy's Brain (reviewed by Laura Root) (Nov)

MANN, JESSICA - The Mystery Writer (reviewed by Terry Halligan) (Dec)

MANOTTI, DOMINIQUE - Rough Trade (reviewed by Maxine Clarke) (Sep)

MARSHALL, MICHAEL - The Intruders (reviewed by Pat Austin) (May)

MEDIEVAL MURDERERS, THE - House_of_Shadows (reviewed by Terry Halligan) (Nov)

MEDIEVAL MURDERERS, THE - The Sword of Shame (reviewed by Terry Halligan) (Feb)

MEDIEVAL MURDERERS, THE - The Tainted Relic (reviewed by Jan Harris) (June)

MILLS, MARK - The Savage Garden (reviewed by Terry Halligan) (Feb)

MINA, DENISE - The Dead Hour (reviewed by Pat Austin) (July)

MOORE, TOBY - Death by Chocolate (reviewed by Karen Chisholm) (Mar)

NADEL, BARBARA - A Passion for Killing (audio book) (Oct)

NESBO, JO - The Devil's Star (reviewed by Norman Price) (July)

NESBO, JO - The Redbreast (July)

NESBO, JO - The Redbreast (reviewed by Norman Price) (Oct)

NESSER, HAKAN - Borkmann's Point (reviewed by Maxine Clarke) (May)

NESSER, HAKAN - The Return (July)

NIGHTINGALE, JOHN - The Sky Blue Parcel (reviewed by Maxine Clarke) (May)

NOORT, SASKIA - The Dinner Club (reviewed by Karen Chisholm) (Mar)

PAWSON, STUART - Grief Encounters (reviewed by Laura Root) (Dec)

PAWSON, STUART - Shooting Elvis (reviewed by Sunnie Gill) (Feb)

PENNEY, STEF - The Tenderness of Wolves (reviewed by Maxine Clarke) (Apr)

PENZLER, OTTO (ED.) - Dangerous Women (Anthology) (reviewed by Terry Halligan) (Nov)

PEREZ-REVERTE, ARTURO - Captain Alatriste (audio book) (Jan)

POSADAS, CARMEN - The Last Resort (May)

QUIGLEY, SHELIA - Living on a Prayer (reviewed by Pat Austin) (Feb)

RANKIN, IAN - Exit Music (reviewed by Fiona Walker) (Nov)

RANKIN, IAN - The Naming of the Dead (reviewed by Sunnie Gill) (Mar)

RAYNE, SARAH - Roots of Evil (reviewed by Terry Halligan) (Feb)

REDMOND, PATRICK - All She Ever Wanted (reviewed by Terry Halligan) (May)

REES, MATT - The Bethlehem Murders (Oct)

RENDELL, RUTH - Not in the Flesh (reviewed by Fiona Walker) (Aug)

RICKMAN, PHIL - The Fabric of Sin (reviewed by Laura Root) (Oct)

ROBINSON, PETER - Friend of the Devil (reviewed by Sunnie Gill) (Oct)

SANSOM, C J - Sovereign (reviewed by Sunnie Gill) (June)

SEWELL, KITTY - Ice Trap (reviewed by crimeficreader) (Feb)

SEYMOUR, GERALD - The Walking Dead (reviewed by Terry Halligan) (June)

SHAW, CATHERINE - The Library Paradox (reviewed by Sunnie Gill) (July)

SJOWALL, MAJ & WAHLOO, PER - The Man Who Went Up In Smoke (reviewed by Maxine Clarke) (Oct)

SPENCER, SALLY - Sins of the Fathers (reviewed by Laura Root) (Aug)

SPENCER, SALLY - Sins of the Fathers (reviewed by Maxine Clarke) (Dec)

STACEY, LYNDON - Time to Pay (reviewed by Declan Burke) (July)

STAINCLIFFE, CATH - Hit and Run (reviewed by Sunnie Gill) (Mar)

TYLER, L C - The Herring Seller's Apprentice (Dec)

VARGAS, FRED - The Three Evangelists (reviewed by Maxine Clarke) (Feb)

VARGAS, FRED - Wash This Blood Clean From My Hand (Jan)

VARGAS, FRED - Wash This Blood Clean From My Hand (reviewed by Karen Chisholm) (Mar)

WAGNER, JAN COSTIN - Ice Moon (reviewed by Maxine Clarke) (Apr)

WAITES, MARTYN - Bone Machine (reviewed by Maxine Clarke) (Jan)

WALKER, SUE - The Dead Pool (reviewed by Pat Austin) (Dec)

WALKER, SUE - The Reckoning (reviewed by Pat Austin) (June)

WALTERS, MICHAEL - The Adversary (reviewed by Maxine Clarke) (Oct)

WALTERS, MICHAEL - The Shadow Walker (reviewed by Maxine Clarke) (Aug)

WIGNALL, KEVIN - Who is Conrad Hirst? (reviewed by Declan Burke) (Oct)

WILSON, ANDREW - The Lying Tongue (reviewed by Karen Chisholm) (July)

WILSON, TOM - Mister Jacks (reviewed by Terry Halligan) (Oct)

WINSPEAR, JACQUELINE - Messenger of Truth (reviewed by Sunnie Gill) (Jan)

YOUNG, SYLVESTER - Sleeping Dogs Lie (reviewed by Declan Burke) (Aug)

REVIEW ARCHIVE

November 2005 Crime Roundup by Carla McKay

February 2006 Crime Roundup by Carla McKay

April 2006 Crime Roundup by Carla McKay

June 2006 Crime Roundup by Carla McKay

August 2006 Crime Roundup by Carla McKay

October 2006 Crime Roundup by Carla McKay

Mike Ripley's Crime File - December 2006

2005 Favourite reads from Euro Crime Contributors

AIRTH, RENNIE - River of Darkness

AKUNIN, BORIS - The Death of Achilles (reviewed by Yvonne Klein)

ANDERSON, LIN - Blood Red Roses (audio book)

ANDERSON, LOUISE - Perception of Death (audio book)

ATKINSON, KATE - One Good Turn (reviewed by Yvonne Klein)

BEATON, M C - Agatha Raisin and the Vicious Vet

BEATON, M C - Agatha Raisin and the Day the Floods Came

BOLITHO, JANIE - Ripe for Revenge

BOWEN, RHYS - Evans Above

BRETT, SIMON - Death on the Downs

BRETT, SIMON - The Torso in the Town (audio book)

BRINDLEY, LOUISE - Tantalus (audio book)

BROOKMYRE, CHRISTOPHER - A Tale Etched in Blood and Hard Black Pencil (reviewed by Karen Chisholm)

BRUEN, KEN - Priest

BURLEY, W J - A Taste of Power (audio book)

CAMILLERI, ANDREA - Excursion to Tindari

CAMILLERI, ANDREA - Rounding the Mark (reviewed by Sunnie Gill)

CARLOTTO, MASSIMO - The Colombian Mule

CARLOTTO, MASSIMO - The Goodbye Kiss

CAROFIGLIO, GIANRICO - Involuntary Witness

CAROFIGLIO, GIANRICO - Involuntary Witness (reviewed by Karen Chisholm)

CAROFIGLIO, GIANRICO - A Walk in the Dark

CARR, MARGARET - Blindman's Bluff (audio book)

CHILD, LEE - Without Fail

CHILD, LEE - Persuader

CLEEVES, ANN - Raven Black (reviewed by Sunnie Gill)

COLE, MARTINA - Close (reviewed by Sunnie Gill)

CONNOLLY, JOHN - Every Dead Thing

CONNOR, JOHN - Phoenix (audio book)

COOPER, BRIAN - The Norfolk Triangle

COTTERILL, COLIN - The Coroner's Lunch (reviewed by Karen Chisholm)

CURZON, CLARE - Guilty Knowledge

CUTLER, JUDITH - Power Games (audio book)

DALTON, JOHN - The Concrete Sea (reviewed by Mary Wilde)

DAVIS, LINDSEY - The Silver Pigs (audio book)

DAVIS, LINDSEY - See Delphi and Die (reviewed by Pat Austin)

DAWSON, JILL - Watch Me Disappear (reviewed by Mary Wilde)

EDWARDS, MARTIN - The Cipher Garden

EDWARDSON, AKE - Never End

EDWARDSON, AKE - Sun and Shadow (reviewed by Karen Chisholm)

ETCHELLS, OLIVE - No Corners for the Devil

ETCHELLS, OLIVE - Footprints of the Devil

EVANS, GERALDINE - Dying for You

EVANS, GERALDINE - Love Lies Bleeding

FOIS, MARCELLO - The Advocate

FORBES, COLIN - The Main Chance (reviewed by Karen Chisholm)

FORSYTHE, MALCOLM - The Book Lady (audio book)

FOWLER, CHRISTOPHER - The Water Room (audio book)

FRANKLIN, ARIANA - City of Shadows (reviewed by Yvonne Klein)

FRENCH, NICCI - Secret Smile (audio book)- Review is on the Mystery Women site.

FYFIELD, FRANCES - The Art of Drowning (reviewed by Karen Chisholm)

GARDNER, KATY - Hidden (reviewed by Karen Chisholm)

GLAUSER, FRIEDRICH - Fever

GRAY, ALEX - Never Somewhere Else (audio book)

GUTTRIDGE, PETER - Foiled Again

HARVEY, JOHN - Darkness and Light

HAYDER, MO - Pig Island

HEWSON, DAVID - A Season for the Dead (Audio book)

HILL, TOBIAS - The Cryptographer (audio book)

HOLT, ANNE - Punishment

HOLT, ANNE - Punishment (reviewed by Karen Chisholm)

HUMPHREYS, JAMES - Sleeping Partner

INDRIDASON, ARNALDUR - Silence of the Grave (reviewed by Karen Chisholm)

JAMES, PETER - Looking Good Dead (reviewed by Maxine Clarke)

JOENSUU, MATTI - The Priest of Evil

JOSS, MORAG - Funeral Music

KEATING, HRF - A Detective at Death's Door - Review is on the Reviewing the Evidence site.

LA PLANTE, LYNDA - The Red Dahlia (reviewed by Karen Chisholm)

LARSSON, ASA - Sun Storm (reviewed by Karen Chisholm)

MACBRIDE, STUART - Dying Light (reviewed by Karen Chisholm)

MCGREGOR, ALEXANDER - Lawless

MCPHERSON, CATRIONA - After the Armistice Ball

MAGNAN, PIERRE - Death in the Truffle Wood

MAITLAND, BARRY - Spider Trap (reviewed by Karen Chisholm)

MANKELL, HENNING - The Fifth Woman (audio book)

MANLOW, JAMES - Attraction - Review is on the Reviewing the Evidence site.

MANOTTI, DOMINIQUE - Dead Horsemeat

MARKLUND, LIZA - The Bomber (audio book)

MARKLUND, LIZA - Prime Time (reviewed by Karen Chisholm)

MARSTON, EDWARD - The Railway Detective (audio book)

MARTIN, JULIA WALLIS - Dancing with the Uninvited Guest (audio book)

MASTERS, PRISCILLA - River Deep (audio book)

MILLS, ALAN - City of Animals (reviewed by Karen Chisholm)

MILLS, ALAN - The Raft (reviewed by Karen Chisholm)

MINA, DENISE - The Field of Blood

MOODY, SUSAN - Grand Slam (audio book)

MORGAN, FIDELIS - The Ambitious Stepmother (audio book) - Review is on the Mystery Women site.

MURPHY, MARGARET - Weaving Shadows

MURPHY, MARGARET - The Dispossessed

MURPHY, THERESA - The Honey Gatherers - Review is on the Mystery Women site.

NABB, MAGDALEN - The Innocent

NELDER, GEOFF - Escaping Reality

NESBO, JO - The Devil's Star (reviewed by Karen Chisholm)

NESSER, HAKAN - Borkmann's Point

NESSER, HAKAN - Borkmann's Point (reviewed by Karen Chisholm)

NEWLAND, COURTTIA - The Dying Wish

O'BRIEN, MARTIN - Jacquot and The Waterman

O'CONNOR, ED - The Yeare's Midnight

PARSONS, JULIE - Eager to Please

PAWSON, STUART - Shooting Elvis (reviewed by Mary Wilde)

PLIMMER & LONG - Inside Track

POULSON, CHRISTINE - Footfall

PRADO, BENJAMIN - Snow is Silent

RAYNE, SARAH - Spider Light (reviewed by Karen Chisholm)

REIG, RAFAEL - Blood on the Saddle

RENNICK, ROBERT - The Fallen

RIGOSI, GIAMPERO - Night Bus (reviewed by Karen Chisholm)

ROBERTS, DAVID - A Grave Man

ROBERTS, JENNY - Dead Reckoning (reviewed by Sharon Wheeler)

ROBINSON, PETER - In a Dry Season

ROOME, ANNETTE - Deceptive Relations (audio book)

ROSLUND, ANDERS & HELLSTROM, BORGE - The Beast (reviewed by Mary Wilde)

SANSOM, C J - Winter in Madrid (reviewed by Yvonne Klein)

SPINDLER, CHRISTINE - The Rhythm of Revenge

SPINDLER, CHRISTINE - Faces of Fear

STAALESEN, GUNNAR - The Writing on the Wall (reviewed by Karen Chisholm)

SUSSMAN, PAUL - The Last Secret of the Temple (reviewed by Terry Halligan)

TAYLOR, ANDREW - A Stain on the Silence (reviewed by Mary Wilde)

TURSTEN, HELENE - The Torso

VARGAS, FRED - Seeking Whom He May Devour

VAN DE WETERING, JANWILLEM - Just a Corpse at Twilight (audio book)

VARGAS, FRED - The Three Evangelists

WAGNER, JAN COSTIN - Ice Moon

WESTO, KJELL - Lang (reviewed by Karen Chisholm)

WHITELAW, STELLA - Veil of Death

WILSON, LAURA - A Thousand Lies (reviewed by Yvonne Klein)

WINSPEAR, JACQUELINE - Maisie Dobbs - Review is on the Over My Dead Body site.

WINSPEAR, JACQUELINE - Birds of a Feather - Review is on the Over My Dead Body site.

WOLSTENCROFT, DAVID - Contact Zero (reviewed by Mary Wilde)