Endgame by Daniel Cole
That puzzling chestnut: a suicide (or is it murder?) in a locked room, especially when the victim is a retired police officer. It’s only a disgraced detective William ‘Wolf’ Fawkes who isn’t so sure.
He and his team begin to dig into Finlay Shaw’s past, for a possible motive for murder. Was Shaw dirty? Or was he on the trail of corrupt police? If so, would those he hunted kill to save themselves?
Exciting, page turning.
Daniel Cole is an author after my own heart, prefers to be down the beach when he should be writing. Thinking time, Daniel. Thinking time it’s called.
Endgame by Daniel Cole. hb and ebook pub Trapeze £16.99/£9.99
Fugitive 13 by Rob Sinclair
The second book in the SLEEPER 13 series, but fine as a stand alone.
So: Aydin Torkal -aka Sleeper 13 – is on the run from international intelligence agencies, and the insurgents he has betrayed.
Of course, he has an ally. Someone who believes in him, and that is M16 agent Rachel Cox, who is glad he is supportive in the ongoing war against terror, an ally indeed. But who else is there who can be classed in this way – an ally? It seems perhaps not her colleagues. So she’s on her guard, on the hunt.
And as for Aydin, he hunts down those who committed the sin of destroying his childhood, but where will that trail lead ? Aaah, read and see.
I like espionage thrillers,and this is a good ‘un. The title is evocative. 13 is such a flag for ‘unease, for trouble’.
In our street, there is no thirteen. It goes from 12 to 14. 13 is scary, brings bad luck.
Fugitive 13 by Rob Sinclair. pb £7.99 eBook £4.99. Audio book available.
The Adventures of Maud West – Lady Detective by Susannah Stapleton
Non-fiction, a true story about the life and career of Maud West, one of Britain’s first lady-detectives.
Maud opened her agency in London in 1905, and thereby started a thirty year career sleuthing at the behest of society’s finest who might not want their linen, or silk, ferreted about with, and aired in public by the coppers. Maud is far more private as behoves a Private Deterctive.
By no means a shrinking violet,our Maud’s exploits grabbed international headlines but who was she really?
Susannah Stapleton, an historical researcher, put dear Maud under the microscope, ignoring the red herrings Maud liked to scatter in her wake in order to preserve her own version of the truth. No, no, none of that. Come into the garden Maud and let Stapleton show you your life, as it really was.
Fascinating portrait of a woman ahead of her time, not to mention the gossipy shock and deliciousness of glimpses into Society’s nether regions. I enjoyed it. Bravo and good old Maud, good on Susannah for exposing the evidence of a life definitely lived.
The Adventures of Maud West, Lady Detective by Susannah Stapleton.
Annie Clarke’s latest book, Heroes on the Home Front is out now.