Two more excellent thrillers to report on this time but with very different storylines:

Manda Scott: A Treachery of Spies (Audible)

When Sophie Destival, an old assassin from the French resistance, is found dead with her throat cut and her tongue removed at the railway station in Orleans, Captain Ines Picaut and her team of detectives need to understand events of the past to make sense of the crime but the CIA has some dirty secrets dating back to the war that they do not want brought out into the open and the last remaining survivors of the Maquis de Morais have their own methods of getting to the truth; both are factors which make Picaut's work more difficult. This gripping story combines two of my favourite genres: modern murder with historical mystery and when Scott throws in a great set of characters, a plot that rattles along at a cracking pace and  a real sense of atmosphere, I couldn't wait to listen to the next instalment.

Soren Sveistrup: The Chestnut Man

Set in Copenhagen, this one is a must for all lovers of Scandi Noir. Mark Hess appears to be washed up when he is dumped back in the Danish capital after a spell at Europol and is teamed with Naia Thulin, a feisty operator who doesn't suffer fools gladly. They don't get off on the best footing as he takes little interest in the investigation until the presence of a little chestnut man at the scene of the first gruesome murder piques his interest. Then Thulin, and the reader, begin to realise that he is a good detective. As he delves deeper, he discovers a link to the disappearance of a politician's daughter which leads him to challenge the very basis of the case but even his partner doubts his logic when seemingly damning evidence comes to light. A chilling tale of misplaced vengeance, a twisted killer and an unlikely hero that builds to an explosive climax. I loved it!