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The Killing Club

Marcie Walsh and Michael Malone

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Jamie Ferrara is a spunky, attractive detective engaged to Rod Wolenski, the Chief of Detectives...

Last Stop in Brooklyn

Lawrence Levy

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It's the summer of 1894, and an infidelity case has brought PI Mary Handley to a far corner of...

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Murder on Cape Cod

Maddie Day

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A Cape Cod shop owner and her book club must find a crafty killer in this charming new series from...

Movieland

Lee Goldberg

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Malibu Creek State Park is a beautiful locale for campers, tourists, hikers, and Hollywood. For...

The Body in the Cattails

Catherine Dilts

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A burglar shatters big-city lawyer Drew Brauner's confidence in her rash move to a small Oklahoma...

Ross (3284 KP) rated Perfect Silence in Books

Oct 9, 2018 (Updated Oct 9, 2018)

Gripping and thrilling detective story

*** Disclosure - I received a free copy of this book from the publishers and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review ***

This, the fourth DI Luc Callanach book, follows a familiar pattern - two crimes committed early on and parallel investigations into those cause conflict and tension, one being a more typical serial killer hunt, the other a more politically charged investigation.
Over the previous books it feels like Fields has grown bored of her French detective and has put a lot more focus into DCI Ava Turner. This is in no way a bad thing as she feels more real and likeable (less clichéd), but an odd progression for "The DI Callanach" series to have.
The action and cases in this book are quite compelling - young women being kidnapped and their mutilated bodies dumped a week later and a gruesome memento left in the locale of the next victim, with religious overtones; and a spate of drugged homeless people being branded in public places. As usual the killer leaves virtually no trace behind and it is quite some time before the detectives have any idea of who they are looking for.
I still have a few issues with the dialogue in these books, but the plot was solid here, with twists and turns along the way, with a very gripping, proper unputdownable final few chapters.

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Sarah (7799 KP) rated CSI: Crime Scene Investigation in TV

Nov 27, 2018

Hugely entertaining, with a bit of artistic license

I’ve just started watching the original series of CSI again from the start, and like the many times I’ve seen it before, I absolutely love it. From the opening title sequence set to The Who’s ‘Who Are You’ and the numerous sweeping panoramas of the bright lights of Vegas, CSI for me was always one of the better crime shows out there. And instead of focusing on dashing detectives, for a change it instead chooses to look at the science behind the crimes. It has engaging and well developed characters, and even the less prominent lab characters are more than just two dimensional extras, even developing into some of the main stars in later series. The crimes are a little bit bonkers, filled with equal parts of blood and gore and humour, and there are some very thrilling multi-episode serial killers thrown in across the many seasons.

It is a little bit far fetched, but you’d be bored if it actual stuck to reality. The forensics are very advanced and not entirely realistic (I studied forensics at uni, not quite as flashy as it appears on screen), but again, it’s nothing more than a bit of artistic license. My only criticism is that I mich preferred this series with the original cast. It was never quite the same after Grissom left.