| Title: | From The Dead |
| Author: | Mark Billingham |
| Genre: | Crime/Thriller |
| Synopsis: | As a woman jailed for plotting to murder her husband prepares to be released photos of her husband alive and well begin arriving in the mail. |
| Verdict: | The relationships in these novels continue to impress as do the inventiveness of the crimes. |
| Pages: | 359 |
| Read: | February 2011 |
28 February 2011
#111. From The Dead by Mark Billingham
#110. Break No Bones by Kathy Reichs
| Title: | Break No Bones |
| Author: | Kathy Reichs |
| Genre: | Crime/Thriller/Forensics |
| Synopsis: | A modern corpse is found at the site of an ancient burial ground is the start of a disturbing pattern. |
| Verdict: | A good return after the complicated and controversial plot of ‘Cross Bones’. |
| Pages: | 334 |
| Read: | February 2011 |
#109. Blood Line by Mark Billingham
| Title: | Blood Line |
| Author: | Mark Billingham |
| Genre: | Crime/Thriller |
| Synopsis: | A seemingly isolated murder turns out to be the first in a disturbing string of murders of the children of the victims of a long dead serial killer. |
| Verdict: | Character development and plotting still refreshingly organic and well-paced. Tom Thorne is a great fictional detective. |
| Pages: | 344 |
| Read: | February 2011 |
#108. Monday Mourning by Kathy Reichs
| Title: | Monday Mourning |
| Author: | Kathy Reichs |
| Genre: | Crime/Thriller/Forensics |
| Synopsis: | Three skeletons are discovered buried in a cellar and as the story of how they came to be there unfolds the crimes are found to be a lot more recent and a lot more unsettling than originally assumed. |
| Verdict: | Still enjoying the forensic take on procedurals and the characters. Less stiff than initial novels. |
| Pages: | 300 |
| Read: | February 2011 |