Kurzrezensionen: Donna Leon, Lisa Ballantyne, Jo Bannister, C. J. Box

Marilyn Stasio reviews Donna Leons newest novel “The Golden Egg,” Lisa Ballantyne’s jolting first novel “The Guilty One,” Jo Bannister’s “Deadly Virtues” and C. J. Box’s new wilderness adventure “Breaking Point.”

Rezension: Lisa Ballantyne: “The Guilty One”

Kids killing other kids: The horror always jolts us because we remember childhood games and giggled secrets, not murder, yet the ugly presence of bullying paints a different reality. In Scottish author Lisa Ballantyne’s harrowing first novel, 8-year-old Ben Stokes is the victim.

Rezensionen: Val McDermid, Lisa Ballantyne, Elizabeth Hay, Declan Burke

Laura Wilson’s crime fiction roundup – reviews: “The Vanishing Point” by Val McDermid, “The Guilty One” by Lisa Ballantyne, “Alone in the Classroom” by Elizabeth Hay and “Slaughter’s Hound” by Declan Burke.