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Category: detective stories

Strike Five

On December 12, 2020December 12, 2020 By Andrew G LockhartIn Book Review, detective storiesLeave a comment

Troubled Blood by Robert Galbraith (a JK Rowling pen name) 'She stopped moving before they had finished with her. She'd have screamed, of course, she couldn't have failed to scream, but there was no soundtrack.' The mystery at the centre of Troubled Blood, the latest novel by the creator of Harry Potter, is a forty-year-old …

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How long is long?

On September 24, 2020 By Andrew G LockhartIn Book Review, detective stories1 Comment

Just One Evil Act by Elizabeth George A Review Once upon a time, when I was reading lots of crime fiction, detective stories were relatively short. The crime, the investigation and the solution were wrapped up in two to three hundred pages. Much has changed. Compared to the works of Agatha Christie or Dorothy L. …

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A Good Hanging

On August 10, 2020 By Andrew G LockhartIn Books, detective stories, Scotland, short stories1 Comment

A Short Story Collection by Ian Rankin 'To be honest, if you were going to see Christ anywhere in Edinburgh, the Hermitage was perfect.' [from 'Seeing Things'] It's been a while since I read one of Ian Rankin's detective stories - Westwind isn't a detective story!  - so I enjoyed dipping into these tales from …

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The Body in the Bog

On June 15, 2020 By Andrew G LockhartIn Book Review, detective stories, Scotland2 Comments

Broken Ground by Val McDermid A Review Published in 2018, Broken Ground is a police procedural set in Edinburgh and the Highlands of Scotland. Thus I couldn't resist delving into it. ' "I need you over here. This body that's supposed to have been in the ground for seventy-four years? He's wearing a pair of …

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Before It’s Too Late

On December 16, 2019December 17, 2019 By Andrew G LockhartIn Book Review, detective storiesLeave a comment

by Jane Isaac A Review 'A wet sponge touched my nose. I threw my eyes open. It was not a sponge. I shuddered, darted back. A rat.' It is always good to read a novel set in places one knows quite well. Before It's Too Late is one such story, a police procedural thriller based …

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One Day At A Time

On November 8, 2019November 8, 2019 By Andrew G LockhartIn Book Review, detective stories, Science fiction and fantasyLeave a comment

The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton A Review 'As with Bell, my skin prickles when I see Ravencourt in the mirror. Some part of me remembers my real face and is perplexed by this stranger staring back.' This novel was a 'left-over' from my recent holiday. Having been warned that it was …

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Strike Four

On April 2, 2019 By Andrew G LockhartIn Book Review, detective stories, JK RowlingLeave a comment

Lethal White by Robert Galbraith   ‘ “I’m not mental! He strangled the kid and they buried it, down in the dell by our dad’s house. Wrapped in a blanket it was….” ' The latest novel by JK Rowling under her Robert Galbraith pseudonym begins with the wedding from hell. Robin Ellacott, employee/partner at the …

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The Robots of Dawn

On March 19, 2019 By Andrew G LockhartIn Book Review, detective stories, Science fiction and fantasy2 Comments

by Isaac Asimov A Review 'And all turned to grey - and he was drowning. He could not breathe. He struggled desperately to open his clogged throat, to call to Daneel for help -' Looking back, I notice that I reviewed Asimov's Robots and Empire in May last year, and The Naked Sun in December …

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In a House of Lies

On November 19, 2018 By Andrew G LockhartIn Book Review, detective stories, ScotlandLeave a comment

by Ian Rankin A Review ' "Information is power, Siobhan. Cafferty didn't just bludgeon his way to the top." ' A bunch of kids find an abandoned car at the bottom of a gully in the woods. Inside is the body of former private detective Stewart Bloom. He has been handcuffed round the ankles by …

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Tooth and Nail

On September 15, 2018September 15, 2018 By Andrew G LockhartIn Book Review, detective stories, TravelLeave a comment

by Ian Rankin A Review Like Witch Hunt, which I reviewed two days ago, Tooth and Nail is a Rankin novel from the early 1990s. This one features Inspector John Rebus, but in an unusual setting. Rebus is called to London by the Met to assist in catching the Wolfman, a serial killer responsible for …

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