New Crime & Mystery Fiction Titles From
NEL
2004 Jan-March
New Crime & Mystery Fiction Titles From
NEL
JAN-MARCH 2004
Judith Cutler
Power Shift
Pbk published February 2004 by NEL at £6.99
ISBN: 0340820713
'Delights and chills in equal measure'
Newcastle Evening Chronicle
Kate Power is newly promoted - and in charge of
her own station. So in addition to getting used to
the pressures of responsibility and gaining the
respect of a new team, she has to get to know a
new neighbourhood, with new problems and new
crimes. When an important member of the local
Chinese business community comes to her with
some inside information, Kate is plunged into a
case involving illegal immigration
and prostitution. Her investigation is hampered
by a missing officer. Kate's new colleagues
dismiss him as a malingerer - but Kate has reason
to believe something more sinister may have
happened to him.
Judith Cutler was born and bred in the Midlands,
has worked as an English lecturer and is Secretary
of the Crime Writers' Association.
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Erin Hart
Haunted Ground
Pbk published January 2004 by NEL at £6.99
ISBN: 0340827602
See Review by
Bernard Knight
ex Home Office Pathologist and author of the highly acclaimed Crowner John series
A dazzling crime novel from a gifted fírst-time author who mixes Irish history, archaeology
and
forensic science, Haunted Ground combines the rich atmosphere of Elizabeth George's
writing
with the detailed and nuanced psychological characterisations of P. D. James's best works.
Farmers cutting turf in an Irish peat bog make a grisly discovery: the perfectly preserved
head of a
young red-headed woman. Because peat bogs prevent decay, she could have been buried
for decades,
centuries, or even longer. Archaeologist Cormac O'Callaghan and pathologist Nora Gavin
are drawn
together by their mutual fascination of the secrets of the girl's past, and the still unsolved
mystery of the
disappearance of a local mother and her baby two years earlier. As they get closer to the
truth, answers
to the past may lead to a murder in the future. The narrative delves through many layers of
Ireland's
turbulent history, explores folklore and traditional Irish music, and reveals startling
connections
between the past and the present. All whilst weaving a rich and compelling narrative.
Haunted Ground is the first m a planned series for this promising writer.
Erin Hart has an MA in English and Creative Writing from the University of Minnesota,
Minneapolis. She is a theatre critic and a former member of the Minneapolis Arts
Commission Board,
and together with her husband, musician Paddy O'Brien, founded the Irish Music and Dance
Foundation. Erin and her husband,, live in Minneapolis and frequently visit Ireland.
Haunted Ground is Erin's first novel
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Morag Joss
Half Broken Things
Pbk published March 2004 by NEL at £6.99
ISBN: 0340820497
Artwork by: Cover photograph: © Photonica
See Review by
Cath Staincliffe
author of the popular Sal Kilkenny mysteries and the series creator of TV Blue Murder
See Review by
Judith Rhodes
Jean, Michael and Steph are three reluctant loners who are getting by. Damaged and fearful of life, they cannot survive alone for much longer. A mixture of deceit, good luck and misfortune draw them together to Walden Manor, a secluded and gracious country house that promises sanctuary, freedom from failure and impending destitution. Out of an invented past they shape a beautiful present, full of hope and happiness. And beguiled by the gentle passing of time itself, all three of them, for the first time in their lives, lose their dread of the future. If their sense of safety is built on a delusion, does it matter? When the idyll is threatened, Jean, Michael and Steph discover that because their lives are now worth living they are also now worth preserving, although at appalling cost. In this stunning novel, which explores what happens when the 'have-nots' strive to become the 'haves', Morag Joss combines thought-provoking, sometimes chilling moral complexity with humane and compelling story-telling.
Half Broken Things is a dark story, richly told, about love and our need for it: the damage done when we go too long without it, and what people might be driven to do in its name.
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Peter May
Chinese Whispers
Pbk published January 2004 by NEL at £6.99
ISBN: 0340823763
Artwork by: Cover photograph: TBC/ © Corbis
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Bernard Knight
ex Home Office Pathologist and author of the highly acclaimed Crowner John series
His victims are young, beautiful and viciously mutilated. The media and terror-sticken public are demanding the arrest of the Beijing Ripper, and Li Yan, the head of Beijing's serious crime squad, is in the spotlight. But when he receives personal letters from the killer, his life is on the line.
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