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Cover art for MIDWINTER BLOOD
FICTION
Released: June 5, 2012
by Mons Kallentoft, translated by Neil Smith

"A complex, heartfelt, rather grueling procedural, middling for the current bumper crop of Scandinavian imports, and first of a series of four seasonal cases for Malin."
Kallentoft's first English-language translation pits Detective Inspector Malin Fors against a killer who committed an unspeakably ritualistic murder. Read full book review >
Cover art for TARGET: TINOS
FICTION
Released: June 5, 2012

"The fourth case for a sleuth who doesn't suffer fools gladly (Prey on Patmos, 2011, etc.) pairs a crisp style with a complex portrait of contemporary Greece to bolster another solid whodunit."
What worries Chief Inspector Kaldis more, his inability to solve an incendiary murder or his impending nuptials? Read full book review >
Cover art for BONEREAPERS
FICTION
Released: June 5, 2012

"A tepid case that heats up only when Matthews (Bet Your Bones, 2011, etc.) delves into Norse myths. "
Freezing to death in Norway. Read full book review >
Cover art for CAST ON, KILL OFF
FICTION
Released: June 5, 2012

"Not to worry: Megan's wedding goes off without a hitch; Kelly gets her man, or vice versa; and somewhere along the line the cops arrest Zoe's killer. Whew."
A Fort Connor bride's path to the hymeneal altar is impeded by several crises that befall her friends, her fellow knitters and her seamstress, including the latter's murder. Read full book review >
Cover art for DEAD SCARED
FICTION
Released: June 5, 2012

"But when the goose bumps recede, there are several major plot holes."
Cambridge University under siege. Read full book review >
Cover art for UNDEAD AND UNSTABLE
FICTION
Released: June 5, 2012

"Davidson's latest seems to be less interested in presenting new action than in laying groundwork for further volumes in her series (Undead and Undermined, 2011, etc.). The same mixture as before, but with more Game of Thrones references."
A vampire queen misses her late friend…until he mysteriously returns. Read full book review >