Darkside. Author: Belinda Bauer Publisher: Transworld Publishers ISBN: 978-0-593-06296-8 Jonas Holly is the local policeman in Shipcott on the edge of Exmore. It’s a sleepy, close-knit community that’s about to be shattered by murder, not only the murder of a woman paralysed from the neck down, but a series of murders. Jonas Holly is out of his depth and has to call in Taunton CID to investigate, but there’s no trace of the killer and no strangers have been noticed in the village.
Then Jonas beings to get notes from the killer taunting him……. Darkside is a gripping thriller from the writer of Blacklands. In fact, Darkside is set in the same location and a few of Blackland’s characters pop up too, including Steven Lamb. For those who are squeamish, the murders aren’t gory, more emphasis is put on the investigation of the murders than the brutality of them.
Each of the main characters is fully developed and you really feel like you know them as the story goes on. Deadly Diversions - Official web site of Jim Napier's crime fiction and mystery reviews. Blacklands. Blacklands, by Belinda Bauer, won the CWA Gold Dagger this year. A notable achievement at any time, but all the more so when you discover that this is her first novel. I’ve just read the paperback edition, and reviewed it for Tangled Web UK. Blacklands is a book about the strange relationship between a serial killer and the young nephew of one of his victims. Most of the action is seen from the point of view of Steven Lamb, who is one of the most memorable, and likeable, characters I’ve come across in the genre lately. And we are also taken into the twisted mind of the killer, Arnold Avery. I liked the fact that, for the most part, Bauer opted for subtlety of treatment of her material, and avoided graphic violence. I’ve read plenty of graphic serial killer novels, and some of them are very good.
There is a short but valuable afterword in which Bauer explains how she came to write the book – because she was interested in how it might be to belong to a family affected by murder. Review: BLACKLANDS, Belinda Bauer. WINNER of Gold CWA Dagger 2010 Format: Kindle EditionFile Size: 493 KBPrint Length: 352 pagesPublisher: Transworld Digital (January 22, 2010)I bought this one myself. In Steven Lamb's house where he lives with his gran, his mother, his little brother, and a succession of "uncles", there is a room that has been a shrine for nineteen years.
It is his Uncle Billy's room. Steven is 12 years old and his Uncle Billy disappeared on a trip to the corner shop when he was just a little younger than Steven. For three years Steven has been digging on the moor behind his house. Steven decides to write to Avery, now serving a life sentence in Longmoor prison, to see if he can learn where Billy is buried.
It is not often that the suspense in a book literally gets to me, but BLACKLANDS almost gave me palpitations at the end. I had resolved to be very parsimonius in meting out any more perfect scores this year, but BLACKLANDS gave me no choice: my rating: 5.0 Blurbs and reviews to check. Ric's Reviews. Book Review: The Taken by Inger Ash Wolfe « Rundpinne. Title: The Taken: A Hazel Micallef Mystery Author: Inger Ash Wolfe Publisher: Corgi Books Publication Date: July 22, 2010 Paperback: 496 pages ISBN: 978-0552156912 Genre: Fiction, Mystery From the Publisher: Detective Inspector Hazel Micallef is recovering from a bad year, and a traumatic back operation that has left her in the care of her ex husband and his new wife. But Hazel is lured back to work when a body is pulled from a nearby lake: a discovery that eerily mirrors a disturbing story printed in the local newspaper.
The author of the tale can’t be found, and when gruesome, taunting clues begin to arrive Hazel realises she’s dealing with a master manipulator, a crazed soul who knows her every move . . . My Review: Port Dundas is usually a very quiet area with not much to report upon until what appears to be a body is found while fishing. I received a complimentary copy of The Taken by Inger Ash Wolfe from Transworld Publishers UK. Be Sociable, Share! NextRead.co.uk. My Favourite Books. Book Reviews | Milo’s Rambles. IT'S A CRIME! (OR A MYSTERY...) Juniper's Jungle. Girls Without a Bookshelf. Crime + Horror. Burial Rites by Hannah Kent The haunting début that sparked a bidding war and featured on the Waterstones Eleven 2013... Night Film by Marisha Pessl A post-modern thriller from the author of Special Topics in Calamity Physics...
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