Book reviews 2010
The Girl with the Crystal Eyes by Barbara Baraldi (Euro Crime, November)
Fear the Worst by Linwood Barclay (Petrona, May)
Never Look Away by Linwood Barclay (Petrona, October)
Blacklands by Belinda Bauer (Petrona, October)
Whispers of the Dead by Simon Beckett (Petrona, January)
Badfellas by Tonino Benacquista (Petrona, April)
The Library of Shadows by Mikkel Birkegaard (Petrona, May)
Sacrifice by S. J. Bolton (Petrona, January)
Blue Heaven by C. J. Box (Petrona, July)
Fishing in Utopia by Andrew Brown (Petrona, December)
Cambridge Blue by Alison Bruce (Euro Crime, July)
The Siren by Alison Bruce (Euro Crime, November)
The Guards by Ken Bruen (Petrona, October)
The Wings of the Sphinx by Andrea Camilleri (Euro Crime, April)
Shadowplay by Karen Campbell (Euro Crime, October)
Poisonville by Massimo Carlotto and Marco Videtta (Petrona, April)
The Past is a Foreign Country by Gianrico Carofiglio (Petrona, June)
The Missing by Jane Casey (Petrona, February)
The Burning by Jane Casey (Petrona, November)
Chinatown Beat by Henry Chang (Petrona, August)
A Jew Must Die by Jacques Chessex
61 Hours by Lee Child (Euro Crime, April)
Worth Dying For by Lee Child (Euro Crime, October)
Best American Mystery Stories 2010, ed Lee Child (Petrona, December)
The Shadow of Your Smile by Mary Higgins Clark (Petrona, May)
Cemetery Lake by Paul Cleave (Petrona, October)
Blue Lightning by Ann Cleeves (Euro Crime, January)
Telling Tales by Ann Cleeves (Petrona, August)
Hidden Depths by Ann Cleeves (Petrona, November)
Caught by Harlan Coben (Petrona, May)
Play Dead by Harlan Coben (Petrona, August)
The Reversal by Michael Connelly (Petrona, October)
Kind of Blue by Miles Corwin (Petrona, November)
The First Rule by Robert Crais (Petrona, May)
Willing Flesh by Adam Creed (Petrona, August)
Captured by Neil Cross (Euro Crime, January)
The Last Fix by K. O. Dahl (Petrona, April)
The Man in the Window by K. O. Dahl (Euro Crime, November)
The Woman from Bratislava by Leif Davidsen (Euro Crime, May)
American Visa by Juan de Recacoechea (Petrona, August)
Witness the Night by Kishwar Desai (Euro Crime, August)
The Dragon Man by Garry Disher (Petrona, August)
Kittyhawk Down by Garry Disher (Petrona, October)
The Screaming of the Innocent by Unity Dow (Petrona, November)
The Woman Before Me by Ruth Dugdall (Petrona, September)
The Serpent Pool by Martin Edwards (Euro Crime, February)
The Cruel Stars of the Night by Kjell Eriksson (Euro Crime, February)
The Demon of Dakar by Kjell Eriksson (Petrona, June)
In the Wind by Barbara Fister (Petrona, June)
Dark Places by Gillian Flynn (Petrona, July)
Our Lady of Pain by Elena Forbes (Petrona, November)
Bad Intentions by Karin Fossum (Petrona, August)
What to do When Someone Dies by Nicci French (Petrona, March)
Complicit by Nicci French (Euro Crime, May)
At Close Quarters by Eugenio Fuentes (Euro Crime, April)
The Silence of the Rain by Luiz Alfredo Garcia-Roza (Petrona, August)
December Heat by Luiz Alfredo Garcia-Roza (Petrona, November)
The Neighbour by Lisa Gardner (Petrona, June)
Siren of the Waters by Michael Genelin (Petrona, January)
This Body of Death by Elizabeth George (Petrona, June)
Vodka Doesn’t Freeze by Leah Giarratano (Petrona, July)
Black Ice by Leah Giarratano (Petrona, October)
Winterland by Alan Glynn (Euro Crime, July)
U is for Undertow by Sue Grafton (Petrona, September)
Murder on Page Three by Ella Griffiths (Petrona, January)
The Water Widow by Ella Griffiths (Petrona, November)
The Crossing Places by Elly Griffiths (Petrona, February)
The Janus Stone by Elly Griffiths (Petrona, May)
Money to Burn by James Grippando (Petrona, May)
Inspector Cataldo’s Criminal Summer by Luigi Guicciaradi (Petrona, April)
The Build Up by Phillip Gwynne (Petrona, October)
The Disappeared by M. R. Hall (Euro Crime, January)
A Room Swept White by Sophie Hannah (Euro Crime, March)
The Last Child by John Hart (Petrona, June)
Far Cry by John Harvey (Petrona, June)
Gone by Mo Hayder (Petrona, October)
Tell Tale by Sam Hayes (Petrona, September)
Blood Sunset by Jarad Henry (Petrona, January)
The Unit by Ninni Holmqvist (Petrona, May)
Death in Oslo by Anne Holt (Petrona, January)
1222 by Anne Holt (Euro Crime, December)
Any Man’s Death by Hazel Holt (Petrona, September)
Gunshot Road by Adrian Hyland (Petrona, June)
Operation Napoleon by Arnaldur Indridason
Silent Counsel by Ken Isaacson (Petrona, September)
Acts of Violence by Ryan David Jahn (Petrona, August)
Dead Like You by Peter James (Euro Crime, June)
The Pull of the Moon by Diane Janes (Euro Crime, May)
The Killer’s Art by Mari Jungstedt (Euro Crime, June)
The Poison Tree by Erin Kelly (Euro Crime, June)
The Last Ten Seconds by Simon Kernick (Euro Crime, March)
B-Very Flat by Margot Kinberg (Petrona, April)
The Stonecutter by Camilla Lackberg (Euro Crime, March)
Rupture (aka 1000 Cuts) by Simon Lelic (Euro Crime, April)
About Face by Donna Leon (Euro Crime, January)
Where the Dead Lay by David Levien (Petrona, February)
Black Water Rising by Attica Locke (Petrona, July)
Almost Blue by Carlo Lucarelli (Petrona, June)
Day After Day by Carlo Lucarelli (Petrona, August)
Carte Blanche by Carlo Lucarelli (Petrona, December)
Sister by Rosamund Lupton (Petrona, October)
The Marx Sisters by Barry Maitland (Petrona, June)
Needle in a Haystack by Ernesto Mallo (Petrona, August)
The Man from Beijing by Henning Mankell (Euro Crime, March)
Affairs of State by Dominique Manotti (Petrona, April)
Supreme Justice by Phillip Margolin (Petrona, June)
Che Committed Suicide by Petros Markaris (Euro Crime, May)
Red Wolf by Liza Marklund (Euro Crime, October)
Tooth and Claw by Nigel McCrery (Euro Crime, January)
The Rising by Brian McGilloway (Euro Crime, April)
All The Colours of the Town by Liam McIlvanney (Petrona, September)
Dead at Daybreak by Deon Meyer (Petrona, August)
Dead Before Dying by Deon Meyer (Petrona, January)
Thirteen Hours by Deon Meyer (Euro Crime, April)
Entanglement by Zygmunt Miloszewski (Petrona, July)
Still Midnight by Denise Mina (Petrona, April)
All She Was Worth by Miyuki Miyabe (Petrona, June)
Shadow Family by Miyuki Miyabe (Petrona, July)
Hit by Tara Moss (Euro Crime, August)
Audition by Ryu Murakami (Petrona, October)
The Snowman by Jo Nesbo (Euro Crime, April)
Woman with Birthmark by Hakan Nesser (Euro Crime, February)
The Inspector and Silence by Hakan Nesser (Euro Crime, August)
The Twelve by Stuart Neville (Petrona, July)
Twisted Wing by Ruth Newman (Petrona, May)
Midnight Cab by James W. Nichol (Petrona, September)
The Dinner Club by Saskia Noort (Petrona, May)
A Beautiful Place to Die by Malla Nunn (Petrona, August)
Let the Dead Lie by Malla Nunn (Petrona, October)
Raid and the Blackest Sheep by Harri Nykanen (Petrona, November)
The News Where You Are by Catherine O’Flynn (Petrona, December)
Like Clockwork by Margie Orford (Petrona, January)
No-one Loves a Policeman by Guillermo Orsi (Petrona, June)
Havana Red by Leonardo Padura (Petrona, August)
The Last Surgeon by Michael Palmer (Petrona, February)
Thursday Night Widows by Claudia Pinerio (Petrona, February)
The Complaints by Ian Rankin (Petrona, June)
The Monster in the Box by Ruth Rendell (Petrona, June)
The Hunting Season by Elizabeth Rigbey (Petrona, November)
Where the Shadows Lie by Michael Ridpath (Euro Crime, July)
Experimental Heart by Jennifer L Rohn (Petrona, October)
The Vault (Box 21) by Roslund-Hellstrom (Petrona, January)
Three Seconds by Roslund-Hellstrom (Euro Crime, September)
Last Light by Alex Scarrow (Petrona, February)
Afterlight by Alex Scarrow (Petrona, July)
Bunker by Andrea Maria Schenkel (Euro Crime, December)
The Weight of Water by Anita Shreve (Petrona, December)
My Soul to Take by Yrsa Sigurdardottir (Euro Crime, May)
Ashes to Dust by Yrsa Sigurdardottir (Petrona, September)
The Locked Room by Maj Sjowall and Per Wahloo (Euro Crime, February)
Cop Killer by Maj Sjowall and Per Wahloo (Euro Crime, August)
The Terrorists by Maj Sjowall and Per Wahloo
Yours Until Death by Gunnar Staalesen
Truth by Peter Temple (Petrona, January)
Snow Angels by James Thompson (Petrona, March)
Brother and Sister by Joanna Trollope (Petrona, December)
Second Honeymoon by Joanna Trollope (Petrona, December)
The Other Family by Joanna Trollope (Petrona, December)
Innocent by Scott Turow (Petrona, December)
The Reunion by Simone van der Vlugt (Petrona, January)
River of Shadows by Valerio Varesi (Euro Crime, September)
Water-blue Eyes by Domingo Villar (Petrona, May)
Silence by Jan Costin Wagner (Petrona, October)
The Eye of Jade by Diane Wei Liang (Petrona, March)
The Siege by Stephen White (Petrona, November)
The Lying Tongue by Andrew Wilson (Euro Crime, March)
An Empty Death by Laura Wilson (Petrona, September)
A Capital Crime by Laura Wilson (Petrona, November)
Death of a Red Heroine by Qiu Xiaolong (Petrona, March)
A Certain Malice by Felicity Young (Petrona, April)
Dark Matter by Juli Zeh (Euro Crime, April)
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