Colin Garrow's Blog, page 28
February 27, 2022
‘Nazeer’ by AJ Griffiths-Jones
My Review (4 stars out of 5) Afghan Immigrant Nazeer Bashir pays to bring his brother to France so he too, can enjoy a better life. However, when the brother arrives with a new sixteen-year-old wife in tow, the family aren’t happy. Meanwhile, Inspector Max Mallery is engaged on a surveillance operation with the French…
February 26, 2022
‘Postmortem’ by Patricia Cornwell
My Review (5 stars out of 5) Richmond, Virginia. A serial killer has murdered three women in their own bedrooms. With no obvious connection between the victims, the police are baffled. Chief Medical Officer Dr Kay Scarpetta is called in when a fourth body is discovered. With few clues and lots of unanswered questions, Scarpetta…
February 16, 2022
‘Things in Jars’ by Jess Kidd
My Review (5 stars out of 5) London, 1863. Female detective Bridie Devine is recruited to track down a stolen child. However, the child’s father seems unwilling to disclose all but the vaguest of details relating to the girl and Bridie finds herself thrust into the realm of freaks and medical misfits. Aided by her…
‘Unravelling’ by Helen Forbes
Welcome to my spot on the Blog Tour for ‘Unravelling’, via Rachel at Rachel’s Random Resources. Blurb A forest of secrets Two bodies are found buried in a Highland forest, a place that haunts the dreams of Kate Sharp. Her mother, Ellen, died when Kate was a child. Does the forest hold the secret to her…
February 12, 2022
‘Night Watcher’ by Chris Longmuir
My Review (4 stars out of 5) On the streets of Dundee, a woman is bent on revenge, while a psychotic killer seeks to satisfy the voice in his head. Two women are not what they seem and when one of them becomes convinced she’s being stalked, the police aren’t helpful. Unpopular Nicole wins no…
February 5, 2022
‘Now You See Me’ by Sharon Bolton
My Review (5 stars out of 5) Finding herself on the scene of a savage murder, DC Lacey Flint is keen to be involved in the hunt for the suspect. When another body is found, police quickly realise they have a serial killer on the loose. Hoping to use her as bait, Flint is pushed…
‘Foraging for Murder’ by Simon Whaley
Welcome to my stop on the Blog Tour for Foraging for Murder, via Rachel at Rachel’s Random Resources. Mortiforde’s food festival is a recipe for murder. Three butchers. Two deaths. One four-hundred-year-old grudge. It’s Aldermaston’s first food festival as the Eighth Marquess of Mortiforde and it’s not going well. One butcher is missing. Another…
January 27, 2022
‘Storytellers’ by Bjorn Larssen
Welcome to my stop on the Blog Tour for Storytellers, via Rachel at Rachel’s Random Resources. Blurb Would you murder your brothers to keep them from telling the truth about themselves? On a long, cold Icelandic night in March 1920, Gunnar, a hermit blacksmith, finds himself with an unwanted lodger – Sigurd, an injured stranger who…
January 26, 2022
‘The Belgravia Sanction’ by Gordon Bickerstaff
My Review (4 stars out of 5) A killing and possible suicide in a remote Scottish cottage prompt the Lambeth Group to bring Zoe Tampsin out of retirement. With Lambeth operative Toni Bornadetti missing, Zoe has little to go on as her team begin to track down a terrorist group who threaten the special relationship…
‘The Dead Zone’ by Stephen King
My Review (5 stars out of 5) With girlfriend Sarah in tow, Johnny Smith has a run of luck at the Wheel of Fortune, but after dropping his girl off at home, Johnny’s cab is involved in a head-on collision, killing the driver and leaving Johnny in a coma. Waking up almost five years later,…
