Thin Ice - Tapa blanda

THIN ICE proves that Holms is adroit at creating a diverting cocktail of suspense and humour...Fizz and Buchanan will keep their admirers more than happy (THE TIMES)

'THIN ICE proves that Holms is adroit at creating a diverting cocktail of suspense and humour...Fizz and Buchanan will keep their admirers more than happy' The Times
'Witty and adroit, this is well up to Holms' usual high standard' North London Weekly Herald
'Fizz and Buchanan are an extremely engaging couple...They are well drawn characters who are perfect foils for one another... This series will soon gain the recognition it deserves' shots
'Another excellent case for Fizz and Buchanan' Peterborough Evening Telegraph
'Highly enjoyable...A festive Edinburgh setting, lively pace, and bright, sparky characters - it's pretty good' Yorkshire Post (Leeds)

Previous praise:
'Engaging and entertaining, it builds to a spectacular climax... Deft, daft and definitely delicious'
Val McDermid, Manchester Evening Post

Fizz and Buchanan are an extremely engaging couple...They are well drawn characters who are perfect foils for one another... This series will soon gain the recognition it deserves (SHOTS)

Another excellent case for Fizz and Buchanan (PETERBOROUGH EVENING TELEGRAPH)

'The writing is deft and smooth, the characters well-drawn and Fizz and Tam are a couple worth keeping an eye on'
Donna Leon, The Sunday Times

Highly enjoyable...A festive Edinburgh setting, lively pace, and bright, sparky characters (YORKSHIRE POST)

'Cleverly plotted...the characters are well-drawn and the story moves along at an enjoyably brisk pace'
Susanna Yager, Sunday Telegraph

'A good story, light-hearted, full of fascinating characters, and it makes me look forward to more of the exploits of Fizz and Buchanan' Birmingham Post

'I really enjoyed this book. Fizz is a sparkling creation... Despite the serious nature of its subject matter the book is very funny...both tense and comic... A brilliant, sassy debut'
Crime Time

It's the week before Christmas and lawyer Tam Buchanan's hopes for a quiet break are dashed when his cousin Mark, a GP, corners him with a plea for help. Four-year-old Robin has been kidnapped, apparently by his father - the ex-husband of one of Mark's patients, Hazel.The thought of her child in the hands of an unbalanced drug addict is driving Hazel crazy but, in the face of a threat to kill Robin if the police are involved, her hands are tied.There seems to be no way that Tam and Fizz, his sleuthing partner, can rescue Robin unless Fizz - resourceful, intuitive and often daringly foolhardy - can find a way. But this time it's not only Fizz who is walking on thin ice ...