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It’s All About The Feeeeemaaaaales

Perfect Crime by Helen Fields

The Donor by Clare Mackintosh

Fractured by Karin Slaughter

September 25, 2022 by Zirza 1 Comment

The Perfect Crime (Helen Fields) *** Stephen Berry is having a rough night. Or a rough life, really; he cannot seem to get his bipolar disorder under control and his long-suffering girlfriend has left him. Desperate for some quiet, he intents to jump off a bridge, but a suicide counsellor who happens to be nearby intervenes. Stephen is quietly grateful, but then his body is found dead a few weeks later at the bottom of a tall tower. The cause of death seems like a […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery, Suspense Tagged With: APD, Atlanta, Clare Mackintosh, DI Callenach, donor transplant, edinburgh, Fractured, GBI, Helen Fields, Helen Sarah Fields, James Acaster’s Classic Scrapes, Karin Slaughter, little book of misogyny, Luc Callanach, Perfect Crime, scotland, sex crimes, sexism, The Donor, Trigger Warning, Will Trent, Will Trent Series, women, women in crime fiction

Zirza's CBR14 Review No:42 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery, Suspense · Tags: APD, Atlanta, Clare Mackintosh, DI Callenach, donor transplant, edinburgh, Fractured, GBI, Helen Fields, Helen Sarah Fields, James Acaster’s Classic Scrapes, Karin Slaughter, little book of misogyny, Luc Callanach, Perfect Crime, scotland, sex crimes, sexism, The Donor, Trigger Warning, Will Trent, Will Trent Series, women, women in crime fiction ·
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Holiday Reads: Alsatian Edition

Mortal Causes (Inspector Rebus #6) by Ian Rankin

Catch and Kill: Lies, Spies and a Conspiracy to Protect Predators by Ronan Farrow

Perfect Silence (DI Callanach #4) by Helen Fields

August 17, 2022 by Zirza Leave a Comment

Vacationing with young children is hard work, people, even if you’re on a campsite that has not one, but two trampolines (“mum, see what I can do!”). Nevertheless I managed to sneak in a couple of books as I hung about in the (beautiful and very hot) Alsatian countryside, so here goes.  Mortal Causes (Ian Rankin) *** Mortal Causes is Inspector Rebus book no. 6 and though I’ve read the previous five, I had to look that up. I also forgot what it was about […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery, Non-Fiction, Suspense Tagged With: #IRA, #metoo, Catch and Kill, crime, Crimebags, DI Callanach Series, edinburgh, Harvey Weinstein, Helen Fields, Ian Rankin, Inspector Rebus, Mortal Causes, perfect silence, Ronan Farrow, scotland, Series, sexual abuse, Troubles, UVF

Zirza's CBR14 Review No:39 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery, Non-Fiction, Suspense · Tags: #IRA, #metoo, Catch and Kill, crime, Crimebags, DI Callanach Series, edinburgh, Harvey Weinstein, Helen Fields, Ian Rankin, Inspector Rebus, Mortal Causes, perfect silence, Ronan Farrow, scotland, Series, sexual abuse, Troubles, UVF ·
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Elvis in Edinburgh

The Black Book by Ian Rankin

July 9, 2022 by Zirza Leave a Comment

Inspector John Rebus is having a tough time. His girlfriend, with whom he has recently moved in, has thrown him out, leaving him stranded in his own flat which is now full of students as well as his brother, who has recently been released from prison. To make matters worse, his underling is found in an alley behind an Elvis-themed eatery with a headwound and no idea how he got there. Rebus investigates but is soon thwarted both by his superiors and by a devious […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery, Suspense Tagged With: edinburgh, gangsters, Ian Rankin, Inspector Rebus, scotland, The Black Book

Zirza's CBR14 Review No:32 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery, Suspense · Tags: edinburgh, gangsters, Ian Rankin, Inspector Rebus, scotland, The Black Book ·
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Eat the Rich.

Strip Jack by Ian Rankin

May 30, 2022 by Zirza Leave a Comment

On a balmy summer night in Edinburgh, the filth razes an illicit brothel in a well-to-do area. Johns and working girls alike are piled into the back of a police car to be given a fine and a stern talking to, with one exception. One of the men coming out of the building is MP Gregor Jack. He is well-liked by his constituents and respected by his peers, but the press are waiting outside and he is proverbially, if not literally, caught with his pants […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery, Suspense Tagged With: crime fiction, edinburgh, Ian Rankin, Inspector Rebus, politics, scotland, Strip Jack

Zirza's CBR14 Review No:27 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery, Suspense · Tags: crime fiction, edinburgh, Ian Rankin, Inspector Rebus, politics, scotland, Strip Jack ·
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The One Where I Don’t Like What I Think I Will Like

The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman

Perfect Prey by Helen Fields

April 23, 2022 by Zirza Leave a Comment

The Thursday Murder Club (Richard Osman) ** Perfect Prey (Helen Fields) ***½  Somewhere, in a very British and very sedate retirement village, a group of seniors get together in the jigsaw room where they solve unsolved crimes. They’re pushing eighty, they have opinions on which type of cake is better (walnut). They are Ron (former commie rabblerouser, scourge of the Thatcher era), Elizabeth (former detective with a fantabulous past full of the sort of intrigue James Bond could only have dreamed of), Ibrahim (former psychiatrist […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery, Suspense Tagged With: British, crime fiction, DI Callanach Series, edinburgh, Helen Fields, Perfect Prey, Richard Osman, scottish, the thursday murder club

Zirza's CBR14 Review No:21 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery, Suspense · Tags: British, crime fiction, DI Callanach Series, edinburgh, Helen Fields, Perfect Prey, Richard Osman, scottish, the thursday murder club ·
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Peekaboo

Hide and Seek (Inspector Rebus #2) by Ian Rankin

February 2, 2022 by Zirza 2 Comments

Somewhere deep in the slums of Edinburgh the body of a man is found. All evidence points towards an overdoses, except for one: the man’s body is elaborately staged, with the lower half of his body wrapped in plastic and his arms spread out as if he’s been crucified. A pentagram has been drawn on the wall and candles have been staged around the victim. Inspector John Rebus has been called in to investigate the murder, but finds the whole thing perplexing. Who staged the […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery, Suspense Tagged With: crime, edinburgh, Ian Rankin, Inspector Rebus, thriller

Zirza's CBR14 Review No:5 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery, Suspense · Tags: crime, edinburgh, Ian Rankin, Inspector Rebus, thriller ·
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