Mystery

The Killing Bay

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The Killing Bay

The Killing Bay by Chris Ould
Published by Titan Books on February 21st 2017
Series: Faroes #2
Pages: 462
Format: paperback
Genres: Mystery, Suspense
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Synopsis

When a group of international activists arrive on the Faroe Islands, intent on stopping the traditional whale hunts, tensions between islanders and protestors run high. And when a woman is found viciously murdered only hours after a violent confrontation, the circumstances seem purposely designed to increase animosity between the two sides.
As English DI Jan Reyna and local detective Hjalti Hentze investigate, it becomes increasingly clear that the murder has other, more sinister aspects to it, and that crucial evidence is being hidden. Neither policeman knows who to trust, or how far some people might go to defend their beliefs.

Dark Sacred Night

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Dark Sacred Night

Dark Sacred Night by Michael Connelly
on October 30, 2018
Series: Renée Ballard #2, Harry Bosch #21, Harry Bosch Universe #31
Format: audiobook
Genres: Mystery, Police Procedural
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Synopsis

LAPD Detective Renée Ballard teams up with Harry Bosch in the new thriller from #1 NYT bestselling author Michael Connelly.

Renée Ballard is working the night beat again and returns to Hollywood Station in the early hours only to find a stranger rifling through old file cabinets. The intruder is retired detective Harry Bosch, working a cold case that has gotten under his skin. Ballard kicks him out, but then checks into the case herself and it brings a deep tug of empathy and anger.

Bosch is investigating the death of fifteen-year-old Daisy Clayton, a runaway on the streets of Hollywood who was brutally murdered and her body left in a dumpster like so much trash. Now, Ballard joins forces with Bosch to find out what happened to Daisy and finally bring her killer to justice.

Newcomer

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Newcomer

Newcomer by Keigo Higashino
Published by Minotaur Books on November 20, 2018
Series: Detective Kaga, #2
Pages: 352
Format: hardback
Genres: Cultural, Japan, Mystery, Suspense
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Synopsis

International bestseller Keigo Higashino returns with his latest mindbender—newly transferred Tokyo Police Detective Kyoichiro Kaga is assigned to a baffling murder.

Detective Kyoichiro Kaga of the Tokyo Police Department has just been transferred to a new precinct in the Nihonbashi area of Tokyo. Newly arrived, but with a great deal of experience, Kaga is promptly assigned to the team investigating the murder of a woman. But the more he investigates, the greater number of potential suspects emerges. It isn’t long before it seems nearly all the people living and working in the business district of Nihonbashi have a motive for murder. To prevent the murderer from eluding justice, Kaga must unravel all the secrets surrounding a complicated life. Buried somewhere in the woman’s past, in her family history, and the last few days of her life is the clue that will lead to the murderer.

From the international bestseller Keigo Higashino, author of The Devotion of Suspect X, comes one of his finest works of crime fiction yet.