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Newest Review: ... he may have ulterior motives. When one of the investigations has a personal impact on one of the team, it's time to put ... more

 ... differences aside and work together in a race against time. "Singing to the Dead" ought not to work as well as it does. The plot is incredibly complex with lots of different threads yet they combine beautifully by the end like an elaborate Celtic knot. This is a great read for armchair sleuths: there are lots of surprising turns and dead ends and plenty of clues to pick up along the way. At first I thought there were too many subplots but the expert weaving of the threads was magnificent. The narrative mov...more

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Crowned ReviewSinging to the Dead - Caro Ramsay: A Christmas Caro (806 words)
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It's an unusual crime novel these days that has me guessing until the very end so it was a rare pleasure to read Caro Ramsay's "Singing to the Dead" and find a plot stuffed to the limit with twists and turns and characters I found genuinely engaging and wanted to know more about. While Christmas is supposed to be a time of goodwill to all, the arrival of a new boss in Glasgow's Partickhill police station divides the already depleted team. Just when everyone is thinking of winding down, a series of investigations stretch the officers to the limit. The apparently straightforward death of a pensioner in an accidental house fire turns out to be ...  Read the complete review

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