Great Reads
Crime Novels
Death by Design
By Barbara Nadel
Crime Novels
Published by Headline Publishers Barbara Nadel's new Turkish crime novel sees Inspector Ikmen tackling a complex case of organised crime in London. When the Istanbul police raid a counterfeit goods factory in the run-down district of Tarlabasi, a young man with explosives strapped to his chest blows himself up in front of them. In the process, Istanbul's Inspector €etin Ikmen is injured. Documents found in the factory lead the authorities in both Istanbul and London to believe that a terrorist attack, in part orchestrated from the Tarlabasi factory, is about to be enacted in the British capital. Ikmen goes undercover amongst the Turkish community of North London, although what he uncovers there is certainly not what his British colleagues were expecting...
Doctored Evidence
By Donna Leon
Crime Novels
When a wealthy Venetian woman is found brutally murdered, the prime suspect is her Romanian maid, who has fled the city. As she attempts to leave the country, carrying a considerable sum of money and forged papers, the maid runs into the path of an oncoming train and is killed. Case closed. But when the old woman’s neighbour returns from abroad, it becomes clear that the maid could not have been the killer. Commissario Brunetti decides – unofficially – to take the case on himself. As Brunetti investigates, it becomes clear that the motive for the murder was unlikely to have been greed, rather that it had its roots in the temptations of lust. But perhaps Brunetti is thinking of the wrong deadly sin altogether…
Police, Crime & 999
By John Donoghue
Crime Novels
Ever wondered what really happens behind the scenes in the police? What bizarre 999 calls are made to the emergency services? This book will make you laugh out loud. It is an Access to All Areas pass to discover what goes on in the world of a front line officer. It would make a fantastic Christmas present for those men you never know what to buy for.
Shape Shifter
By Tony Hillerman
Crime Novels
Tony Hillerman is on top form with the latest in the series featuring Joe Leaphorn of the Navajo Tribal Police. This atmospheric and riveting series set amid the rugged beauty of Arizona and New Mexico allows us to enter into this world of the native American people. Go out and buy the first novel and you will have reading material for weeks to come.
The Harry Bosch Novels (Volume 2)
By Michael Connelly
Crime Novels
If you have never read any of the Hieronymus ?Harry? Bosch novels you are in for a real treat.˙ Here is a detective in the LAPD who is kicking against the traces of authority ? but someone that you soon develop a soft spot for.˙ You are plunged into the world of crime in Los Angles as they explore Harry?s relationship with his partners and superiors.˙ He is a man with a mission to solve crime and a man to be reckoned with.
The Partner
By John Grisham
Crime Novels
Literary slugger John Grisham's The Partner is a story about--surprise!--a lawyer in trouble. Patrick Lanigan had been a young partner in a prominent Southern law firm.
