Book Review: Random Violence by Jassy Mackenzie
Random Violence Jassy Mackenzie Soho Crime, April 2011 ISBN: 978-1-56947-911-7 Trade Paperback Jade deJong , the headstrong protagonist of this terrific new novel, is a p.i. who has left her native South Africa, but following a ten-year absence has returned after, most recently, doing surveillance work in England. В Her father, before his death, had been [...]
October 1, 2011
Tags: mystery, private investigator, Soho Crime, South Africa Posted in: Full Reviews 
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Book Reviews: G.I. Bones by Martin Limon, The Devotion of Suspect X by Keigo Higashino, and Stolen Lives by Jassy MacKenzie
G.I. Bones Martin Limon Soho Crime, 2010 ISBN: 978-1-56947-863-9 Trade Paperback Seoul, South Korea, is one of the more exotic locales for a murder mystery, and the C.I.D operatives, Sgts. Sueno and Bascom, are two of the more different protagonists around. В This is the sixth entry in the series, but the first this reader has [...]
September 14, 2011
Tags: Britain, human trafficking, Japan, military intelligence, Minotaur Books, mystery, police procedural, private investigator, Soho Crime, Soho Press, South Africa, South Korea, suspense Posted in: Full Reviews No Comments
Book Reviews: Gloria Feit X 3
Trick of the Dark Val McDermid Little, Brown, 2010 ISBN 978-1-4087-0201-7 Hardcover [This book is presently available only in/through the UK and Canada, not available in the US at this time] As the book opens, Dr. Charlotte [“Charlie”] Flint finds her professional life as a forensic psychiatrist in tatters, her reputation destroyed, and awaiting a [...]
March 23, 2011
Tags: Atlantic Monthly Press, British, FBI, Little Brown (UK), Mira Books, mystery, occult, Oxford, police procedural, serial killer, South Africa, standalone, suspense, Tennessee Posted in: Full Reviews No Comments
Book Reviews: A Ted Feit Roundup
The Steam Pig James McClure Soho Crime, 2010 ISBN: 978-1-56947-652-9 Trade Paperback Before his death four years ago, the author wrote eight novels in this series, featuring a white CID lieutenant, Tromp Kramer, and his black assistant, Sgt. Zondi. В The setting for The Steam Pig was apartheid South Africa, and the descriptions of that society [...]
December 30, 2010
Tags: apartheid, Britain, domestic abuse, Harper, Los Angeles, mystery, police procedural, Soho Crime, South Africa, William Morrow Posted in: Full Reviews No Comments
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