News from the UK
A PRISONER OF BIRTH, Jeffrey Archer. Macmillan
Danny Cartwright and Spencer Craig couldn't be more different. But one evening their paths cross in a wine bar where one of them will be arrested for murder while the other is the prosecution's chief witness.
BLOOD AT THE BOOKIES, Simon Brett. Macmillan
A Fethering mystery featuring the redoubtable Jude.
RUSO AND THE DEMENTED DOCTOR, Ruth Downie. Michael Joseph Ruso investigates murder in Britain, the frontier of the Roman Empire. A Medicus Investigation.
UNTIL ITS OVER, Nicci French. Michael Joseph
The latest psychological thriller from the author of Losing You.
A CURE FOR ALL DISEASES, Reginald Hill. HarperCollins
The latest Dalziel and Pascoe thriller.
THE MIRACLE AT SPEEDY MOTORS, Alexander McCall Smith. Little
Brown.
A No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency mystery.
CHILD 44, Tom Rob Smith, Simon and Schuster
In Communist Russia, Leo has always toed the party line, but when he witnesses the torture of a man he knows to be innocent, he begins to question his loyalty to the regime. Then he's asked to investigate his own wife. And still the killing of children continues! Getting a great deal of attention on both sides of the Atlantic. Keep an eye on this one.