Crime Reviews: Tangled Web UK 2005
Last Updated 31 December 07
New
New A Mysterious Affair of Style (Evadne Mount Trilogy)
by Gilbert Adair
(Martin Edwards)
New The Act of Roger Murgatroyd
by Gilbert Adair
(Martin Edwards)
New A Kind of Acquaintance (Frank Kavanagh)
by David Armstrong
(Cath Staincliffe)
New The Silver Swan
by Benjamin Black
(Cath Staincliffe)
New Thirty-Three Teeth
by Colin Cotterill
(Bernard Knight)
New Sharp Objects
by Gillian Flynn
(Bernard Knight)
New The Snake Stone
by Jason Goodwin
(Bernard Knight)
New The Final Dive: The Life and Death of Buster Crabb
by Don Hale
(Carol Anne Davis)
New The Chicago Way
by Michael Harvey
(Rafe McGregor)
New Dirty Martini (Jack Daniels Mysteries)
by J.A. Konrath
(Bernard Knight)
Review Driving Miss Smith: A Biography of Linda Smith
by Warren Lakin
(Carol Anne Davis)
New Strangler
by Corey Mitchell
(Carol Anne Davis)
New The Fifth Vial
by Michael Palmer
(Bernard Knight)
New Grief Encounters (DI Charlie Priest Mystery)
by Stuart Pawson
(Judith Rhodes)
Review Dead Man's Hand
by Otto Penzler(ed)
(Bob Cornwell)
Review Black Tide
by Peter Temple
(Bob Cornwell)
New The Chameleon's Shadow
by Minette Walters
(Martin Edwards)

Publication
New
December
Review Dreams of Justice: Mysteries as Social Documents
by Dick Adler
(Martin Edwards)
Review Flesh Trade
by Bruce Barnard
(Carol Anne Davis)
Review Flesh Trade
by Bruce Barnard
(Carol Anne Davis)
Review Black Fly Season
by Giles Blunt
(Ralph Lees)
Review Postscript to Poison (Golden Age Detective Novels)
by Dorothy Bowers
(Martin Edwards)
Review Shadows Before (Golden Age Detective Novels)
by Dorothy Bowers
(Martin Edwards)
Review The Art of Dying
by Vena Cork
(Bernard Knight)
Review Cover Up
by John Francome
(Judith Rhodes)
Review 9Tail Fox
by Jon Courtenay Grimwood
(Cath Staincliffe)
Review False Witness
by Patricia Hall
(Bernard Knight)
Review Sins of the Fathers
by Patricia Hall
(Bernard Knight)
Review The Heirs of Anthony Boucher A History of Mystery Fandom
by Marvin Lachman
(Martin Edwards)
Review Compulsion
by Hilary Norman
(Cath Staincliffe)
Review Compulsion
by Hilary Norman
(Ian Morson)
Review End in Tears
by Ruth Rendell
(Bernard Knight)
Review Hit and Run
by Cath Staincliffe
(Martin Edwards)
New
November
Review Murphy's Revenge
by Colin Bateman
(Bernard Knight)
Review The Detection Collection
by Simon Brett
(Martin Edwards)
Review James Bond The Man and His World
by Henry Chancellor
(Martin Edwards)
Review City of Vultures
by Ron Ellis
(Bernard Knight)
Review For the Death of Me
by Quintin Jardine
(Bernard Knight)
Review Tarantula
by Thierry Jonquet
(Cath Staincliffe)
Review Tarantula
by Thierry Jonquet
(Ian Morson)
Review The lnspector's Daughter
by Alanna Knight
(John Oram)
Review The Tainted Relic
by Bernard Knight
(Ralph Lees)
Review A Plea of Insanity
by Priscilla Masters
(Martin Edwards)
Review Wings Over the Watcher
by Priscilla Masters
(Bernard Knight)
Review The Insider
by Piers Morgan
(Carol Anne Davis)
Review Sherlock Holmes The Unauthorized Biography
by Nick Rennison
(Martin Edwards)
Review The Smile of a Ghost
by Philip Rickman
(Bernard Knight)
Review The Smile of a Ghost
by Philip Rickman
(Martin Edwards)
Review Boudica and the Lost Roman
by Mike Ripley
(Bernard Knight)
Review Not Safe After Dark
by Peter Robinson
(Martin Edwards)
Review Poisoned Love
by Caitlin Rother
(Carol Anne Davis)
Review Stronger Than Death
by Manda Scott
(Val McDermid)
Review Night Mares
by Manda Scott
(John Baker)
Review Supper with the Crippens
by David James Smith
(Martin Edwards)
New
October
Review The Detection Collection
by Simon Brett
(Martin Edwards)
Review Black Tide
by Caroline Carver
(Bernard Knight)
Review Black Tide
by Caroline Carver
(Cath Staincliffe)
Review James Bond The Man and His World
by Henry Chancellor
(Martin Edwards)
Review Crimewave 8 Cold Harbours
by . Crimewave
(Cath Staincliffe)
Review Drawing the Line
by Judith Cutler
(Bernard Knight)
Review Life Sentence
by Judith Cutler
(Bernard Knight)
Review The Coffin Trail A Lake District Mystery
by Martin Edwards
(Cath Staincliffe)
Review The Coffin Trail A Lake District Mystery
by Martin Edwards
(Phyllis Davies)
Review The Coffin Trail A Lake District Mystery
by Martin Edwards
(Bernard Knight)
Review The Cipher Garden A Lake District Mystery
by Martin Edwards
(Chris High)
Review The Cipher Garden A Lake District Mystery
by Martin Edwards
(Bernard Knight)
Review Immoral
by Brian Freeman
(Bernard Knight)
Review The Mannequin Man
by Luca di Fulvio
(Ian Morson)
Review The Mannequin Man
by Luca di Fulvio
(Martin Edwards)
Review Alone
by Lisa Gardner
(Cath Staincliffe)
Review Finding Davey
by Jonathan Gash
(Bernard Knight)
Review The Year of the Woman
by Jonathan Gash
(Bernard Knight)
Review Mirror
by Joseph Geary
(Bernard Knight)
Review The Welfare of the Dead
by Lee Jackson
(Judith Rhodes)
Review The Lighthouse
by P.D. James
(Martin Edwards)
Review Ghost Walk
by Alanna Knight
(Bernard Knight)
Review Cinnamon Kiss
by Walter Mosley
(Cath Staincliffe)
Review Every Step You Take
by Maureen O'Brien
(Bernard Knight)
Review Some by Fire
by Stuart Pawson
(Martin Edwards)
Review Some by Fire
by Stuart Pawson
(John Boyles)
Review Deadly Friends
by Stuart Pawson
(Martin Edwards)
Review Still Life
by Louise Penny
(Bernard Knight)
Review Road Kill
by Zoe Sharp
(Bernard Knight)
Review Wolves Eat Dogs
by Martin Cruz Smith
(Bob Cornwell)
New
September
Review Make Believe A True Story
by Diana Athill
(Carol Anne Davis)
Review Someone Else
by Tonino Benaquista
(Bob Cornwell)
Review 10 Most Wanted
by Peter Bleksley
(Carol Anne Davis)
Review Beneath The Snow
by Caroline Carver
(Cath Staincliffe)
Review The Murder at the Vicarage
by Agatha Christie
(Martin Edwards)
Review The Moving Finger
by Agatha Christie
(Martin Edwards)
Review The Moving Finger
by Agatha Christie
(Martin Edwards)
Review The Thirteen Problems
by Agatha Christie
(Martin Edwards)
Review The Playroom
by John Connor
(Cath Staincliffe)
Review The Playroom
by John Connor
(Bernard Knight)
Review The Spider's House
by Sarah Diamond
(Cath Staincliffe)
Review A Cursed Inheritance
by Kate Ellis
(Martin Edwards)
Review Metro Girl
by Janet Evanovich
(Cath Staincliffe)
Review Back Hander
by John Francome
(Ian Morson)
Review Last Lullaby
by Denise Hamilton
(Cath Staincliffe)
Review Skeleton Man
by Tony Hillerman
(Ian Morson)
Review UV
by Serge Joncour
(Martin Edwards)
Review UV
by Serge Joncour
(Cath Staincliffe)
Review Mission Flats
by William Landay
(Cath Staincliffe)
Review The Necropolis Railway
by Andrew Martin
(Martin Edwards)
Review Mind's Eye
by Paul McAuley
(Bernard Knight)
Review Now You See Me
by Margaret Murphy
(Chris High)
Review Over the Edge
by Stuart Pawson
(Bernard Knight)
Review Laughing Boy
by Stuart Pawson
(Cath Staincliffe)
Review Laughing Boy
by Stuart Pawson
(Martin Edwards)
Review Long Spoon Lane
by Anne Perry
(Bernard Knight)
Review Question of Blood
by Ian Rankin
(Cath Staincliffe)
Review The Hanging Garden
by Ian Rankin
(Andrew Taylor)
Review Dead Souls
by Ian Rankin
(John Baker)
Review Beggar's Banquet
by Ian Rankin
(Ian Morson)
Review The Hanging Garden
by Ian Rankin
(Val McDermid)
Review The Hanging Garden
by Ian Rankin
(John Baker)
Review Dead Souls
by Ian Rankin
(Andrew Taylor)
Review No One Can Hurt Him Anymore
by Rothgeb C J & Cupp S H
(Carol Anne Davis)
Review Rubicon
by Steven Saylor
(Michael Jecks)
Review Oxford Letters
by Veronica Stallwood
(Bernard Knight)
Review Chinese Shawl
by Patricia Wentworth
(Martin Edwards)
New
August
Review Crusader's Cross
by James Lee Burke
(Cath Staincliffe)
Review Voice of the Violin
by Andrea Camilleri
(Ian Morson)
Review The Snack Thief
by Andrea Camilleri
(Cath Staincliffe)
Review The Snack Thief
by Andrea Camilleri
(Bob Cornwell)
Review The Italian Secretary: A Further Adventure of Sherlock Holmes
by Caleb Carr
(Rafe McGregor)
Review Thorn
by Vena Cork
(Ian Morson)
Review Back to Bologna
by Michael Dibdin
(Ian Morson)
Review Back to Bologna
by Michael Dibdin
(Bob Cornwell)
Review Blood Rain
by Michael Dibdin
(Val McDermid)
Review A Quiet Vendetta
by Roger Jon Ellory
(Cath Staincliffe)
Review This Green Land
by John Fullerton
(Cath Staincliffe)
Review Sugar Skull
by Denise Hamilton
(Ian Morson)
Review Death Collectors
by Jack Kerley
(Martin Edwards)
Review Darkly Dreaming Dexter
by Jeff Lindsay
(Bernard Knight)
Review The Edinburgh Literary Companion
by Andrew Lownie
(Carol Anne Davis)
Review Day After Day
by Carlo Lucarelli
(Bob Cornwell)
Review The Hour Before Dawn
by Sara MacDonald
(Cath Staincliffe)
Review Killing for England
by Iain McDowall
(Cath Staincliffe)
Review Killing for England
by Iain McDowall
(Bernard Knight)
Review Alive and Kicking
by John Milne
(Peter Walker)
Review Compulsion
by Hilary Norman
(Cath Staincliffe)
Review Compulsion
by Hilary Norman
(Ian Morson)
Review Word Made Flesh
by Jack O'Connell
(Peter Walker)
Review The Patriots' Club
by Christopher Reich
(Bernard Knight)
Review Call the Dying
by Andrew Taylor
(Ian Morson)
Review Call the Dying
by Andrew Taylor
(Martin Edwards)
Review All The Empty Places
by Mark Timlin
(Peter Walker)
Review The Not Knowing
by Cathi Unsworth
(Cath Staincliffe)
Review Rattlesnake Romeo
by Joy Wellman
(Carol Anne Davis)
New
July
Review Perception of Death
by Louise Anderson
(Ian Morson)
Review Involuntary Witness
by Gianrico Carofiglio
(Cath Staincliffe)
Review Involuntary Witness
by Gianrico Carofiglio
(Bob Cornwell)
Review Gagged and Bound
by Natasha Cooper
(Judith Rhodes)
Review Life on the Outside
by Jennifer Gonnerman
(Phyllis Davies)
Review Stranger House
by Reginald Hill
(Martin Edwards)
Review The Best British Mysteries 2005
by Maxim Jakubowski
(Martin Edwards)
Review Legends
by Robert Littell
(Bob Cornwell)
Review Mortal Coil
by Anthony McGowan
(Bernard Knight)
Review The Cutting Crew
by Steve Mosby
(Cath Staincliffe)
Review Above Suspicion
by Lynda Plante
(Bernard Knight)
Review Cross Bones
by Kathy Reichs
(Bernard Knight)
Review Thirteen Steps Down
by Ruth Rendell
(Martin Edwards)
Review Angel in the House
by Mike Ripley
(Ian Morson)
Review Antwerp
by Nicholas Royle
(Cath Staincliffe)
Review Killing The Beasts
by Chris Simms
(Cath Staincliffe)
Review Faithless
by Karin Slaughter
(Cath Staincliffe)
Review Fags and Lager
by Charlie Williams
(Bob Cornwell)
Review Silent and the Damned
by Robert Wilson
(Bob Cornwell)
New
June
Review Mr Timothy
by Louis Bayard
(Cath Staincliffe)
Review Mr Timothy
by Louis Bayard
(Bernard Knight)
Review The Dead Place
by Stephen Booth
(Cath Staincliffe)
Review The Dead Place
by Stephen Booth
(Martin Edwards)
Review Bangkok Tattoo
by John Burdett
(Cath Staincliffe)
Review In the Moon of Red Ponies
by James Lee Burke
(Ian Morson)
Review Dead Sight
by Glenn Chandler
(Bernard Knight)
Review Creeping Ivy
by Natasha Cooper
(Val McDermid)
Review Creeping Ivy
by Natasha Cooper
(Andrew Taylor)
Review Keep Me Alive
by Natasha Cooper
(Bernard Knight)
Review Forests o f the Night
by David Stuart Davies
(Cath Staincliffe)
Review See Delphi and Die
by Lindsey Davis
(Chris High)
Review Siren Song
by Robert Edric
(Cath Staincliffe)
Review Sun and Shadow
by Ake Edwardson
(Bob Cornwell)
Review Ten Big Ones
by Janet Evanovich
(Bernard Knight)
Review With No One As Witness
by Elizabeth George
(Judith Rhodes)
Review The Mark of a Murderer
by Suzanna Gregory
(Bernard Knight)
Review Lake of Sorrows
by Erin Hart
(Judith Rhodes)
Review Skinny Dip
by Carl Hiaasen
(Cath Staincliffe)
Review The Pure in the Heart
by Susan Hill
(Judith Rhodes)
Review No Cure For Death
by Hazel Holt
(Bernard Knight)
Review Hidden
by Paul Jaskunas
(Cath Staincliffe)
Review Havana World Series
by Jose Latour
(Bernard Knight)
Review Grip
by David McKeowen
(Cath Staincliffe)
Review The Dispossessed
by Margaret Murphy
(Cath Staincliffe)
Review Last Rights
by Barbara Nadel
(Bernard Knight)
Review Last Rights
by Barbara Nadel
(Ian Morson)
Review Winter House
by Carol O'Connell
(Bernard Knight)
Review Bitch Goddess Notebook
by Martha O'Connor
(Cath Staincliffe)
Review California Girl
by T.Jefferson Parker
(Bernard Knight)
Review Strange Affair
by Peter Robinson
(Bernard Knight)
Review The Farewell Chronicles
by Anneli Rufus
(Carol Anne Davis)
New
May
Review The Burning Girl
by Mark Billingham
(Ian Morson)
Review Introducing the Toff
by John Creasey
(Martin Edwards)
Review The Toff and the Lady
by John Creasey
(Martin Edwards)
Review Garden of Beasts
by Jeffery Deaver
(Ian Morson)
Review Carnage on the Committee
by Ruth Dudley Edwards
(Bernard Knight)
Review Sick as a Parrot
by Liz Evans
(Judith Rhodes)
Review True Story
by Michael Finkel
(Ian Morson)
Review A Small Weeping
by Alex Gray
(Bernard Knight)
Review Little Criminals
by Gene Kerrigan
(Ian Morson)
Review Little Criminals
by Gene Kerrigan
(Bernard Knight)
Review Shadow Men
by Jonathon King
(Bernard Knight)
Review The Tainted Relic
by Knight Bernard Ed
(Ralph Lees)
Review Cold Kill
by David Lawrence
(Ian Morson)
Review Out of Reach
by Patricia Lewin
(Bernard Knight)
Review Cold Granite
by Stuart MacBride
(Cath Staincliffe)
Review Rogues' Gallery
by John Malcolm
(Bernard Knight)
Review Red Hook
by Reggie Nadelson
(Ron Ellis)
Review The Body of David Hayes
by Ridley Pearson
(Bernard Knight)
Review A Dark Dividing
by Sarah Rayne
(Ian Morson)
Review The Beast
by Roslund A & Hellstrom B
(Bob Cornwell)
Review Mortal Mischief
by Frank Tallis
(Bernard Knight)
Review A Cotswold Killing
by Rebecca Tope
(Martin Edwards)
Review Good News, Bad News
by David Wolstencroft
(Ralph Lees)
Review Good News, Bad News
by David Wolstencroft
(Cath Staincliffe)
New
April
Review Murphy's Revenge
by Colin Bateman
(Bernard Knight)
Review All the Flowers are Dying
by Lawrence Block
(Cath Staincliffe)
Review Double Indemnity
by James M. Cain
(Martin Edwards)
Review One Shot
by Lee Child
(Bob Cornwell)
Review The Worm in the Bud
by Chris Collett
(Cath Staincliffe)
Review Black Angel
by John Connolly
(Ralph Lees)
Review Couples Who Kill: Profiles of Deviant Duos
by Carol Anne Davis
(Martin Edwards)
Review Couples Who Kill: Profiles of Deviant Duos
by Carol Anne Davis
(Chris High)
Review R is for Ricochet
by Sue Grafton
(Judith Rhodes)
Review Ash and Bone
by John Harvey
(Martin Edwards)
Review Killing Joke
by Anthony Horowitz
(Cath Staincliffe)
Review Killing Joke
by Anthony Horowitz
(Ian Morson)
Review Kiss Me While I Sleep
by Linda Howard
(Bernard Knight)
Review The Welfare of the Dead
by Lee Jackson
(Judith Rhodes)
Review Blue Rondo
by John Lawton
(Bob Cornwell)
Review Before the Frost
by Henning Mankell
(Bob Cornwell)
Review Steel Rain
by Tom Neale
(Ron Ellis)
Review The Wildfire Season
by Andrew Pyper
(Cath Staincliffe)
Review The Lost Girl
by Caroline Roberts
(Carol Anne Davis)
Review Nothing Personal
by Jason Starr
(John Baker)
Review Firecracker
by Sean Stewart
(Cath Staincliffe)
Review Poisoned Lives: English Poisoners and Their Victims
by Katherine Watson
(Martin Edwards)
New
March
Review A Hole in One
by Catherine Aird
(Bernard Knight)
Review Forest of Souls
by Carla Banks
(Cath Staincliffe)
Review Forest of Souls
by Carla Banks
(Ian Morson)
Review The Depths of Solitude
by Jo Bannister
(Cath Staincliffe)
Review Ready for the People: Chilling Cases as a Prosecutor
by Marissa N Batt
(Carol Anne Davis)
Review Cutting Blades
by Victoria Blake
(Cath Staincliffe)
Review A Cursed Inheritance
by Kate Ellis
(Martin Edwards)
Review Paranoia
by Joseph Finder
(Ian Morson)
Review The Gleemaiden
by Sylvian Hamilton
(Bernard Knight)
Review The Gleemaiden
by Sylvian Hamilton
(Judith Rhodes)
Review Cut to Black
by Graham Hurley
(Bernard Knight)
Review Necessary Evil
by Shaun Hutson
(Ian Morson)
Review The Golden Door
by Kerry Jamieson
(Cath Staincliffe)
Review The Golden Door
by Kerry Jamieson
(Ian Morson)
Review Blood from a Stone
by Donna Leon
(Judith Rhodes)
Review The Unquiet Dead
by Gay Longworth
(Bernard Knight)
Review The Torment of Others
by Val McDermid
(Cath Staincliffe)
Review Sugarmilk Falls
by Ilona Van Mil
(Cath Staincliffe)
Review The Field of Blood
by Denise Mina
(Cath Staincliffe)
Review Flashback
by Jenny Siler
(Cath Staincliffe)
Review Wolves Eat Dogs
by Martin Cruz Smith
(Bob Cornwell)
Review The Lover
by Laura Wilson
(Judith Rhodes)
Review The Lover
by Laura Wilson
(Martin Edwards)
New
February
Review Sympathy Between Humans
by Jodi Compton
(Cath Staincliffe)
Review Sympathy Between Humans
by Jodi Compton
(Bernard Knight)
Review Alone
by Lisa Gardner
(Cath Staincliffe)
Review Write Away
by Elizabeth George
(Martin Edwards)
Review Flesh and Blood
by John Harvey
(Martin Edwards)
Review Tokyo
by Mo Hayder
(Cath Staincliffe)
Review September Sacrifice
by Mark Horner
(Carol Anne Davis)
Review Black Ice
by Hans Werner Kettenbach
(Bob Cornwell)
Review The Real Sweeney
by Dick Kirby
(Carol Anne Davis)
Review Stevenson Under the Palm Trees
by Alberto Manguel
(Ian Morson)
Review The Excursion Train
by Edward Marston
(Judith Rhodes)
Review Dead I Well May Be
by Adrian McKinty
(Cath Staincliffe)
Review 3rd Degree
by James Patterson
(Ian Morson)
Review Long Spoon Lane
by Anne Perry
(Bernard Knight)
Review First Drop
by Zoe Sharp
(Cath Staincliffe)
Review First Drop
by Zoe Sharp
(Bernard Knight)
Review Oxford Remains
by Veronica Stallwood
(Bernard Knight)
Review Maisie Dobbs
by Jacqueline Winspear
(Bernard Knight)
New
January
Review Black Fly Season
by Giles Blunt
(Ralph Lees)
Review Telling Tales
by Anne Cleeves
(Cath Staincliffe)
Review Telling Tales
by Anne Cleeves
(Martin Edwards)
Review The 37th Hour
by Jodi Compton
(Ian Morson)
Review The 37th Hour
by Jodi Compton
(Cath Staincliffe)
Review So Horrible a Place
by Margaret Duffy
(Bernard Knight)
Review Ghostheart
by Roger Jon Ellory
(Bernard Knight)
Review The Wake Up
by Robert Ferrigno
(Bob Cornwell)
Review Demonized
by Christopher Fowler
(Martin Edwards)
Review The Sinner
by Tess Gerritsen
(Cath Staincliffe)
Review In Matto's Realm
by Friedrich Glauser
(Ian Morson)
Review In Matto's Realm
by Friedrich Glauser
(Martin Edwards)
Review Cast Adrift
by Peter Guttridge
(Martin Edwards)
Review Imago
by Eva-Marie Liffner
(Bernard Knight)
Review The Circle
by Peter Lovesey
(Martin Edwards)
Review The Railway Detective
by Edward Marston
(Martin Edwards)
Review River Deep
by Priscilla Masters
(Martin Edwards)
Review A Plea of Insanity
by Priscilla Masters
(Martin Edwards)
Review River Deep
by Priscilla Masters
(Cath Staincliffe)
Review Stag Hunt
by Anthony McGowan
(Cath Staincliffe)
Review The Whaleboat House
by Mark Mills
(Cath Staincliffe)
Review Fighters: Lives & Sad Deaths of Mills & Turpin
by James Morton
(Bernard Knight)
Review Deadly Web
by Barbara Nadel
(Bernard Knight)
Review Bad Business
by Robert B. Parker
(Ian Morson)
Review Hard Revolution
by George Pelecanos
(Bob Cornwell)
Review Run for Home
by Sheila Quigley
(Cath Staincliffe)
Review Strange Affair
by Peter Robinson
(Bernard Knight)
Review The Three-Body Problem
by Catherine Shaw
(Martin Edwards)
Review Hopes and Fears
by Peter Turnbull
(Bernard Knight)
Review Good News, Bad News
by David Wolstencroft
(Ralph Lees)
Review Good News, Bad News
by David Wolstencroft
(Cath Staincliffe)

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