The Riverside Villas Murder

Oct 22, 2024 12:30 PM

Author:Kingsley Amis,John Heffernan

Brought to you by Penguin.

A mummy is stolen from a small town museum along with some Roman coins and a soaking wet man collapses in fourteen year old Peter Furneaux's living room bleeding from the head. What was a suspected student prank is followed by murder. At first it is impossible to see the connection, but the eccentric Colonel Manton does. With Peter's help the Colonel unravels a mystery that strikes fear into the heart of a genteel suburban neighbourhood and gives Peter rather more excitement than he bargained for at the tennis club social. This meticulously paced thriller shows Amis at his most subtle and daring

Reviews

At the nasty bits, you feel like someone coming across a meat-cleaver in a cot

—— John Carey

Unsettling [and] largely successful in stirring the supernatural into the brew as beleaguered detective Henry Hobbes investigates a series of bloody slayings.

—— Financial Times

Jørn Lier Horst claims the number one spot on the winner's podium

—— Tvedestrandsposten, Norway

Jørn Lier Horst delivers credible crime fiction as always

—— Verdens Gang, Norway

Praise for Jørn Lier Horst

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Up there with the best of the Nordic crime writers

—— The Times

If you liked Wallander you'll enjoy this too

—— Crime Fiction Lover

Jørn Lier Horst writes literary crime with high credibility and keen-eyed societal depictions - he's Norway's own Henning Mankell

—— Hjorth & Rosenfeldt

Impeccably crafted police procedural

—— Sunday Times Crime Club

Jørn Lier Horst writes some of the best Scandinavian crime fiction available. His books are superbly plotted and addictive, the characters wonderfully realised

—— Yrsa Sigurdardóttir

Jørn Lier Horst is one of the most brilliantly understated crime novelists writing today

—— Sunday Times

Horst, a former Norwegian police detective, is often compared to Sweden's Henning Mankell for his moody, sweeping crime dramas

—— New York Times

Jørn Lier Horst raises the suspense level to horror proportions

—— Lotta Olsson , Dagens Nyheter, 'Best Crime Novels of 2020'

A chilling, suspense-filled and heart-wrenching read.

—— Herald

An atmospheric thriller.

—— That’s Life (Crime Scene Magazine)

A totally gripping novel that locks you into their cat-and-mouse game of survival. If you’re bored of thriller-by-numbers, you’ll love this original and twisty page turner.

—— 17 Degrees Magazine

The narrative irresistibly grips as it twists.

—— SAGA

Once again, Jewell delivers a story with characters you care about and enough twists to keep you hooked

—— Good Housekeeping

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—— DAILY MAIL

If you want a clever, compelling plot with characters you won't forget, Lisa Jewell never fails to deliver - and her new novel is further proof!

—— Fabulous Mag

Another twisty, turny and tangled thriller from Lisa Jewell, which also manages to deliver a really satisfying and shocking denouement.

—— RED

A rollercoaster of tension and suspense

—— Woman & Home

'There's something about Lisa Jewell's thrillers that forces me to sit down and read them in one go, and her latest [...] is no different. I think she's one of the best domestic thriller authors out there, and I love how intensely current the themes of Invisible Girl are'

—— Bookbrunch

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