Blogs in January 1970

Forty Words for Sorrow 1st January 1970

the story is played out against the freezing cold of Northern Ontario. children are murdered and Detective John Cardinal is assigned to find the killer.

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Critique of Criminal Reason 1st January 1970

Hanno Stiffeniis, a rural magistrate, is asked come to Königsberg to solve a series of murders that have caused terror in the city: set against the Napoleonic Wars 1803/4.

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Water-Blue Eyes 1st January 1970

Amid the aroma of the sea and the Galician pines, a young saxophonist is found dead in his swanky flat overlooking the beach. The murder seems to have taken place after an encounter with a lover, but the way...

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The Payback 1st January 1970

Dennis Milne is a former cop and part-time assassin. He kills the bad guys – people who, in his opinion, deserve to die. Now he’s in Manila, waiting for his next target: a young woman who’s made some deadly...

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Trackers 1st January 1970

A housewife running from years of domestic abuse. A bodyguard hired to escort a smuggled rhinoceros. A group of Islamic terrorists based in a quiet residential street. A secret government agency threatened with amalgamation within a bigger department. A...

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