A DEADLY DISCOVERY
Enjoying a rare day off, DS Jazzy Solanki’s peaceful spring walk is interrupted when a body is discovered along her path. Instinct tells her it’s not a coincidence.
A HIDDEN THREAT
Could Jazzy’s estranged, vengeful stepsister – consumed by grief over their brother’s death – be sending her a deadly message?
A RACE AGAINST TIME
Then a child goes missing. The crimes appear unrelated, but Jazzy’s gut insists there’s a sinister connection, one that points straight at her. With time running out, Jazzy and her team must uncover
the truth before the killer finds them.
Liz Mistry moved to West Yorkshire in the late 1980s. Her gritty crime fiction police procedural novels set in Bradford embrace the city she describes as ‘Warm, Rich and Fearless’ whilst exploring the darkness that lurks beneath. Yet, her heart remains in Scotland, where childhood tales of bogey men, Bible John and grey lady ghosts fed her imagination.
Her latest work, The Solanki and McQueen crime series is set around West Lothian, where she uses the distinctive landscape, historic heritage and Scottish culture as a backdrop to her gritty yet often humorous stories.
Struggling with clinical depression and anxiety for many years, Liz often includes mental health themes in her writing. She credits her MA in Creative Writing from Leeds Trinity University with helping her find a way of using her writing to navigate her ongoing mental health struggles. The
synergy been creative and academic writing led Liz to complete a doctorate in creative writing researching the importance of representation of marginalised groups within the genre she loves.
Her husband, three children and huge extended British Indian family are a constant support to her. In her spare time, Liz loves visiting the varied Scottish and Yorkshire landscape, travelling, listening to music, reading and blogging about all things crime fiction on her website blog, The Crime Warp.
Liz is represented by Lorella Belli literary agency. For rights enquiries contact
lorella@lorellabelliagency.com
You can contact the agency at: info@lorellabelliagency.com
You can connect with Liz here:
Website X (Twitter): LizMistryAuthor
Facebook Instagram: @liz.mistry
My thoughts: The Jazz Queens are back, with Jazzy finally getting to investigate the whereabouts of her estranged and increasingly strange half-sister, serial killer Mhairi, whose twin, Simon, has required Jazzy to organise his funeral in a twisted request from death.
Will Simon’s funeral draw out the vengeful Mhairi, or will it all come to a head as she increasingly loses what little grip on reality she has left? She hates Jazzy for what happened when they were children, the neglect and abuse they suffered, even though none of it was Jazzy’s fault.
As events unfold, a body is found stuffed in a bottle kiln, another in a Loch, all connected to old cases Jazzy worked on, they know Mhairi and her collection of disguises is around, but when her boss (and biological father)’s daughter is kidnapped, it’s up to the Jazz Queens to find her before Mhairi can do anything else.
If Jazzy can finally bring this reign of terror to an end, her friends will be safe, her lovely parents and especially the vulnerable and increasingly struggling teenagers who have appointed themselves her watchdogs, will also be free. The Jazz Queens will be able to focus on solving crimes not connected to one of their own and maybe DI Dick will leave them alone too. It’s a race against time, a fight against someone consumed by hate and rage and only Jazzy’s brain and Queenie’s incredible memory can solve this.
Absolutely cracking stuff from one of my favourite crime writers with some of my favourite crime fighters.
*I was kindly gifted a copy of this book in exchange for taking part in this blog tour, but all opinions remain my own.
ramblingmads 
What a brilliant review Mags. Thanks so much for this. Really appreciated xx
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