July reviews

July proved to be a quite varied month of reading - from dinosaurs working as PIs to political satire to cross-dressing amateur sleuth to the Russian front to a PI tale told from a dog's perspective to spies in postwar Washington.  My read of the month, however, was a gritty police procedural set in Peterborough and its surrounds by Eva Dolan.

Crossword Ends in Violence (5) by James Cary ***.5
Casual Rex by Eric Garcia ***.5
Cross of Iron by Willi Heinrich *****
Summertime, All the Cats are Bored by Philippe Georget ***
Washington Shadow by Aly Monroe ***.5
The Carrier by Preston Lang ***.5
Long Way Home by Eva Dolan *****
Dog On It by Spencer Quinn ****
Nice Try by Shane Maloney ***.5
The Gigolo Murder by Mehmet Murat Somer ****