January 2017
Auntie
Poldi can think of no finer place to wait for death than Sicily. All she asks
is a sea view, fine wine (and plenty of it), and her family close around. When
death instead takes her handsome young friend Valentino - and under mysterious
circumstances at that - Poldi will not take it lying down. Perhaps it's in her
blood (her father was a detective chief inspector); perhaps it's a diverting
excuse to spend more time with men in uniform; or perhaps it's just the promise
she makes to Valentino while holding his poor dead hand. But Auntie Poldi's
hunting instincts have never felt more alive. Justice must be served - if it's
the last thing she does ... Auntie Poldi and the Sicilian Lions is by
Mario Giordano.
February 2017
Spook
Street is by Mick Herron. Never outlive
your ability to survive a fight. Twenty years retired, David Cartwright can
still spot when the stoats are on his trail. Radioactive secrets and unfinished
business go with the territory on Spook Street: he's always known there would
be an accounting. And he's not as defenceless as they might think. Jackson Lamb
worked with Cartwright back in the day. He knows better than most that this is
no vulnerable old man. 'Nasty old spook with blood on his hands' would be a
more accurate description. 'The old bastard' has raised his grandson with a
head full of guts and glory. But far from joining the myths and legends of
Spook Street, River Cartwright is consigned to Lamb's team of pen-pushing
no-hopers at Slough House. So it's Lamb they call to identify the body when
Cartwright's panic button raises the alarm at Service HQ. And Lamb who will do
whatever he thinks necessary, to protect an agent in peril ...
March 2017
William Hoffer - handsome, refined, a little cold perhaps - is an established
figure in London society. But Hoffer has secrets. He is vague about his
Midwestern origins. The counsel he offers a Russian billionaire may extend to
murkier topics than art investments. Then there is his Kensington flat, which
is only rented, and the broader question of his money, which is running out.
When a ghost from his past in Mexico surfaces, Hoffer is forced to revive
brutal instincts for self-preservation ...
Hoffer is by Tim Glencross
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