THREE BRITISH MYSTERY NOVELS

Lynnwood by Thomas Brown was a finalist in the People39s Book PrizeThe unthinkable is happening in Lynnwood – a village with centuries of guilt on its conscienceWho wouldn’t want to live in an idyllic village in the English countryside like Lynnwood With its charming pub old dairy friendly vicar gurgling brooks and  its old paths with memories of simpler times But behind the conventional appearance of Lynnwood’s villagers only two sorts of people crawl out of the woodwork those who hunt and those who are prey Visitors are watched by an entity between the trees where the Dark Ages have endured to the twentyfirst century Families who have lived behind stone walls and twitching curtains know that the gusts of wind blowing through the nearby alluring Forest bring with them a stench of delightful hunger only Lynnwood can appease A Taste for Blood by David Stuart DaviesTwo plots running parallel you won39t see what39s comingTwo lasersharp detectives two thoughtprovoking cases and two skilful plotsFeaturing private investigator Johnny One Eye Hawke and his onetime colleague in the police force Detective David Llewellyn Llewellyn is investigating the chilling crimes of a top psychiatrist and his scheming patient who the doctor believes has knuckled under his authority In the meantime Hawke is on the case of a mysterious suicide in Edgware Road soon discovered as not your average suicideThe guts and insight of the two investigators bring both cases to a head though you won39t even begin to see how until you have turned the last pages Ellipsis by Nikki DudleyRight on time Daniel Mansen mouths to Alice as she pushes him to his death Haunted by these words Alice becomes obsessed with discovering how a man she didn39t know could predict her actions On the day of the funeral Daniel39s cousin Thom finds a piece of paper in Daniel39s room detailing the exact time and place of his deathAs Thom and Alice both search for answers they become knotted together in a story of