Tag: Crime
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The Stasi Game by David Young
The story is set in 1938 and 1982. It involves a female police detective investigating a murder. In 1938 a 12 year old boy visits Dresden for a holiday with his parents and develops his first crush on a local girl. Back in 1982 he returns to Dresden to find his first love and meets up…
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The Dark Wives by Ann Cleeves
This review was written by Rachel on behalf of The Bath Bloodhounds. ‘When a body is found on the common outside Rosebank, an isolated care home for troubled teens, DI Vera Stanhope is called out to investigate. The victim is Josh, a staff member, who never showed up to work, and her only clue is…
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Catch Your Death by Ravena Guron
Catch Your Death takes a classic Agatha Christie-style country house murder and turns everything on its head. Three 17 year old girls find themselves stranded in an isolated mansion on the night their reluctant hosts, the rich and powerful Vanforte family, are planning a very special dinner. When Emily Vanforte is poisoned the girls have…
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Where The Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
Two members of our staff loved this book so much they wrote reviews! This book is part of our Centenary Collection. This book was on the top ten bestsellers for ages and I can see why. It is a beautiful story. It took me a few pages in to really appreciate the tale. However it…
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The Body in the Library by Agatha Christie
This book is part of our Centenary Collection. This is a twisted tale of a body muddle and a body double! Body Number One….The body of a young woman appears in the Bantry’s library and Miss Jane Marple is called in to unravel the mystery. Arriving before the police she investigates the scene seeing the…
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The Guggenheim Mystery By Robin Stevens
This is the sequel to Siobhan Dowd’s The London Eye Mystery and continues the adventures of the very unique Ted Spark. Ted is never very good with change, so was very apprehensive in going to visit his Aunt Gloria and cousin Salim in New York. However Aunt Gloria works in the marvellous Guggenheim museum which…
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A Rising Man by Abir Mukherjee
This crime story was recommended to me by a colleague and I am glad that he did. The story is set in 1920’s India, at the height of the British Raj. It introduces us to Captain Sam Wyndham, a World War One veteran, former Scotland Yard detective, now based in Calcutta. He has been recruited…