Book Watch - Herald on Sunday - 19 February
Cold WindBy CJ Box (Corvus,$24.99)
Renewable energymeets murderous motives in award-winning CJ Box’s latest tale starring Wyominggame warden Joe Pickett; another example of his impressive touch for thrillersset in America’s rural and wilderness areas. When a millionaire propertydeveloper is found murdered, hanging from a controversial wind turbine on hissprawling ranch, the prime suspect is his wife Missy – who also happens to bePickett’s mother-in-law. Pickett finds himself caught between his bosses andhis wife, who wants him to prove her mother’s innocence. Box mixes a grippingplotline with compelling characters, layered relationships, and well-evokedsettings.
By PatriciaCornwell (Little, Brown, $39.99)
More than 20 yearsafter shaking up crime fiction by bringing forensics to the fore, PatriciaCornwell and her fearless heroine Kay Scarpetta are still going strong, and infact, are back to their best. Red Mistsees Scarpetta travelling to Savannah to meet a high-security prisoner. Drawninto a long-closed case, her sojourn to the sweltering South takes a trulydeadly turn, threatening many lives. RedMist contains plenty of intriguing forensics, but the highlight isScarpetta and her perspective on the world, along with the interplay betweencharacters.
By Derek Hansen(Hachette, $37.99)
If you like yourcrime fiction laced with plenty of laughs, then this caper set in the AustralianOutback could be just the ticket. Former bank manager Lambert Hampton helpedtransform the tiny town of Munni-Munni after stumbling across a robbery gang’sstash. Years later, the crims, the cops, a rogue investigator and two hit menare all chasing the money, converging on the town, causing shenanigans aplenty.Hansen, who grew up in New Zealand, creates an intriguing tale packed witheccentric characters and memorable moments that stay with you long after thefinal page.
By Chevy Stevens(Allen & Unwin, $36.99)
Canadian authorStevens follows up her excellent debut StillMissing with another cracking story. Sara Gallagher has always wondered whyshe was given up for adoption. After months of research she locates her birthmother, only to face rejection, then discover an even more horrifying truth:she is a child of rape, her birth mother the sole survivor of a serial killerstill on the loose. The killer contacts Sara after her story ends up online. Never Knowing is a layered tale that isas much about a woman’s search for herself, as the search for a murderer.
Reviewed by Craig Sisterson who helpedestablish the Ngaio Marsh Award for Best Crime Novel. He writes about crime andthriller fiction for several publications here and overseas, and blogs at http://kiwicrime.blogspot.com
First published in the Herald on Sunday 19 February, 2012
First published in the Herald on Sunday 19 February, 2012
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