Riverrun
Books published by Riverrun
The Secrets of Vesalius
Daniel Amat returns to Barcelona after the death of his father and is plunged into dark mystery of murder and scientific experimentation.
Reviewed on 15 September 2018 by John Cleal
Yellowhammer
DI Nick Lowry faces a unique problem when two bodies are found within minutes on an Essex farm. One has clearly been murdered. The other appears to be a suicide. As he probes deeper a strange and horrifying tale appears.
Reviewed on 04 August 2018 by John Cleal
3 Minutes
Former government agent Piet Hoffman is on the run from his old life in Sweden. Now he tries to survive as an infiltrator of the Colombian mafia on which he also informs for the Americans. Then things get terribly complicated.
Reviewed on 17 February 2018 by Ewa Sherman
Dr. Knox
A young boy suffering an allergic reaction is brought to Dr Adam Knox’s clinic. His mother, a beaten Romanian woman, takes off, leaving Knox with a big problem.
Reviewed on 28 October 2017 by Chris Roberts
Blackwater
A shipment of amphetamines lands on the Essex coast and sparks a series of killings. An unproven team of detectives must solve the problem – while they also learn how to work and get on with each other
Reviewed on 02 September 2017 by John Cleal
Sympathy for the Devil
A prostitute with an influential client list is murdered. DS Cathal Breen finds himself blocked as the case assumes international importance. Meanwhile, his pregnant girlfriend, former WDC Helen Tozer, brings her intuition to the investigation – wanted or not!
Reviewed on 10 June 2017 by John Cleal
Cast Iron
Forensic expert,Enzo Macleod is reviewing the murder of a 20-year old girl, another French cold case that stretches back half a lifetime.
Reviewed on 29 April 2017 by Kati Barr-Taylor
All Things Cease To Appear
A college professor discovers his wife as the victim of an axe-killer in their farmhouse near Albany and his three-year-old daughter alone – the second tragedy in an apparently cursed house.
Reviewed on 01 April 2017 by John Cleal
The Killing Room
American pathologist Margaret Campbell returns to China, this time to Shanghai, to assist the police when they discover a mass grave containing butchered women.
Reviewed on 04 March 2017 by Chris Roberts
The Fourth Sacrifice
American forensic pathologist Margaret Campbell assists the Beijing police in their investigation into a series of beheadings.
Reviewed on 04 February 2017 by Chris Roberts
Numero Zero
A journalist, convinced that the death of Mussolini was faked in a conspiracy linked to many subsequent Italian events, is found stabbed.
Reviewed on 12 November 2016 by Chris Roberts
Six Four
An unsolved case of kidnap and murder continues to resonate in the Japanese police even after fourteen years, because of mistakes that were made, and worse because those mistakes were never acknowledged.
Reviewed on 20 August 2016 by Chris Roberts
The Birdwatcher
Sgt William South is happy with being a community bobby amidst the bleak landscape of Dungeness. And he has very good reason for not wanting to be on a murder enquiry.
Reviewed on 20 August 2016 by Sharon Wheeler
The Man Who Wanted To Know
A woman murdered in her own flat is known to the attending detective as a rape victim from some years previously. Could there be any connection?
Reviewed on 06 August 2016 by Chris Roberts
The Fire Maker
Forensic pathologist Margaret Campbell makes a visit to Beijing to give a series of lectures, but is soon involved in a live police case when a man is set alight in a local park.
Reviewed on 06 August 2016 by Chris Roberts
Runaway
Five young Scots run away to swinging 60s London. Their adventure turns sour when they find few people can be trusted and favours always expect returns. Fifty years later three return to solve a mystery killing.
Reviewed on 25 June 2016 by John Cleal
