Beyond the Pales by Toby Cole

On Tuesday I teased a few readers with a sample from this book.  Now here is my review. “Why is a Forensic Anthropologist murdered in the largest cemetery in Britain?  Detective Superintendent Pandora Kingdom needs to find out and fast. As well as battling the killer, she has her own demons to deal with. She lost

The Rock by Robert Daws

I was drawn to this fast moving detective story, by actor and writer Robert Daws, because it reminded me of the old house in Gibraltar where my parents lived many years ago, but it will appeal to anyone who enjoys trying to solve a murder mystery alongside a bold heroine. Detective Sergeant Tamara Sullivan has

Monday Musing

  For me there is no contest, the answer has to be one of Jasper Fforde’s Thursday Next books and you might as well begin with the first, “The Eyre Affair”.  For in this book Thursday enters into Charlotte Bronte’s “Jane Eyre.”   In an alternative 1985, the Crimean war still rages, dodos are regenerated

The Case of the Bullets at the Ballet by C S Boag

Rainbow is a Private Eye based in Sydney.  In retro “pulp fiction” style, C S Boag takes the reader on a hectic, dangerous journey, the clues piling up but the solution elusive.  In this fourth book about Rainbow, his daughter, Imogene, has gone missing leaving hints which lead him to Paris via a succession of