THE AXE WOMAN by Håkan Nesser

THE AXE WOMAN Håkan Nesser (nesser.se) Translated by Sarah Death Mantle (panmacmillan.com) £18.99 Inspector Gunnar Barbarotti returns to work following the sudden death of his wife as they slept in bed together. In order to ease him back into things, his boss hands him a cold case file and asks him to investigate: a man […]

COLD GRAVE by Craig Robertson

COLD GRAVE Craig Robertson Simon & Schuster (www.simonandschuster.co.uk) £12.99 There is, it would seem, an unwritten rule for writers of cop-centric series that states that at some point the cop must become involved in an off-the-books investigation. Craig Robertson’s third novel, Cold Grave, sees the return of series characters Rachel Narey and Tony Winter, and […]