January Publications

Severn House presents three novels from British crime veterans: Graham Ison's Light Fantastic, in which Detective Chief Inspector Brock and Detective Sergeant Poole investigate a double murder in high-toned Hampstead that has roots in seamy Soho, as suggested by the suitably garish jacket art ($26.99 224p ISBN 0-7278-6011-9); Judith Cook's Worm in the Bud, in which ex-policeman John Latymer, now a literary tour guide, gets diverted into investigating foul play in the Cotswold village of Lower Horton ($26.99 256p -6013-5); and Elisabeth McNeill's Press Relations, set in 1950s Edinburgh, in which reporter Rosa Makepeace (introduced in Hot News) must determine whether a fellow journalist's fatal fall was an accident or not ($26.99 288p -6002-X).