|summary= Kati Hirschel, daughter of German parents, still runs the only crime fiction bookshop in Istanbul and, when good's measured against bad, seems to be having a rough time. Good that she's about to buy her first apartment. However, looking at the bad, she's just split up with her boyfriend (albeit after a very good dinner), is strangled in a car park (though not to death… which is good) and is about to be arrested for her strangler's murder occurring, as it did, while she was eating strawberry ice cream. The only way she can exonerate herself is to emulate her fictional heroes once again and do some sleuthing.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1908524049</amazonuk>
}}
{{newreview
|author=Maxim Jakubowski
|title=The Mammoth Book of Best British Crime 10
|rating=3.5
|genre=Crime
|summary=A couple of years ago, I reviewed [[The Mammoth Book of Best British Crime 8 by Maxim Jakubowski]] and it was something of a frustrating experience. There were some really good short stories in there, from excellent authors, but they were padded out by a significant number of completely unmemorable ones. The latest in the series suffers from the same lack of quality control - if anything, the ratio of hits to misses is somewhat lower.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1780337930</amazonuk>
}}
{{newreview
|author=Anne Holt
|title=Blessed Are Those Who Thirst
|rating=4
|genre=Crime
|summary=''1222'' was one of last year’s crime novel sensations. Set in a blizzard-hit hotel in a remote part of Norway and featuring prickly detective Hanne Wilhelmsen, it was Miss Marple meets Harry Hole, a clever and very funny take on the Nordic noir genre. ''1222'' was Britain’s introduction to Wilhelmsen and her creator, the lawyer and Norwegian Minister for Justice-turned-novelist Anne Holt. Scandinavian readers, however, have been familiar with them both since 1993, when Hanne made her debut in the novel [[The Blind Goddess by Anne Holt|The Blind Goddess]]. ''Blessed Are Those Who Thirst'', first written in 1994, is Hanne’s second case, a story that shows her still finding her feet as a detective.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0857892266</amazonuk>
}}
{{newreview
|author=Gerald Wixey
|title=Salt of Their Blood
|rating=4
|genre=Crime
|summary=Back in 1960 Stuart couldn’t get to sleep on a very hot night. He lived at the pub next door to the bus garage and the sounds drifted upwards. A man screamed and then there was the sound of a heavy weight falling. When he jumped out of bed he saw someone scurrying away. No one was interested in what Stuart might have heard, or seen and even he lost interest as the day after the inquest (the mechanic’s death was ‘an accident’, the coroner said) his best friend, Declan, disappeared. Twelve years later Stuart was leading a feckless life but was still convinced that there was a connection between the mechanic’s death and Declan’s disappearance. He was also involved in an illicit love affair with Kathy - and if he had to pick the wrong person then it was Kathy.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1848766963</amazonuk>
}}
{{newreview
|author=Leo Zeilig
|title=Eddie the Kid
|rating=4.5
|genre=Crime
|summary=Eddie Bereskin is arrested in a London anti-war protest in 2002. His parents, Stuart and Jessica, were also anti-war activists back in their day and are still passionate about their socialist values. Indeed, Eddie has inherited their socialist beliefs and genes but being a child from that household comes at a high price; a price that Eddie and his sister Esther continue to pay. There again, being known as 'The Downing Street Tickler' does come with a sort of kudos that he doesn't mind.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1780993676</amazonuk>
}}
{{newreview
|author=Mark Lingane
|title=Beyond Belief
|rating=4.5
|genre=Crime
|summary=Joshua Richards isn't the most successful PI; clients aren't exactly lining up around the block but he lives in hope that one day his luck will change… and it does. Within a couple of weeks he has a sudden plethora of enquirers; the bad news is that none of them seem to live long enough to pay him. Meanwhile elsewhere, the Engine powering the world (literally) is dying, although the populous is blissfully oblivious. Is there a connection? Joshua Richards doesn't know, but there seems to be a huge part of himself he's not acquainted with either… at least not yet.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0987478605</amazonuk>
}}
