Crime in the other Palm Beach
On the Radar — Last week the selection of new books we offered up in On the Radar featured some standards of the crime fiction…
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Dead of Night
Written by Michael Stanley — The South African crime writing duo Michael Sears and Stanley Trollip have taken a break from their Detective Kubu series, set…
Little Liar
Written by Lisa Ballantyne — Here’s an author who has already made waves with her work. Lisa Ballantyne’s debut The Guilty One was nominated for…
The Forger
Written by Cay Rademacher, translated by Peter Millar — Frank Stave begins this novel as a chief inspector in Hamburg’s Homicide division. But having been shot…
Broken Ground
Written by Val McDermid — There’s a reason readers around the world look forward to a new book by the ‘queen of crime’ and Val…
Tapping the Source
Written by Kem Nunn — In the 1960s, it seemed that running away from home in a deadbeat town or suburb to live communally with…
The Language of Secrets
Written by Ausma Zehanat Khan — Now out in paperback is Ausma Zehanat Khan’s second Toronto-based thriller featuring Esa Khattak, head of the Community Policing…
Boise Longpig Hunting Club
Written by Nick Kolakowski — Idaho bounty hunter Jake Halligan’s relationship with the Boise police force is difficult enough without any extra complications. The police take…
The First Prehistoric Serial Killer and Other Stories
Written by Teresa Solana, translated by Peter Bush — How can you resist a title like that? Even if you prefer your crime fiction long…
A body in the Highlands
On the Radar — Crime fiction is great. It can take you to just about any setting. So if you want to relish the Scottish…
Sins of the Dead
Written by Lin Anderson — Forensic scientist Rhona MacLeod is on her 13th case and she’s seen her fair share of death threats. In this, the…
A Willing Executioner
Written by Connell Nisbet — A Nordic-inspired police procedural set in remote Australia; a debut written by an established magazine writer; an ambitious and unsettling work…
Return to Hiroshima
Written by Bob Van Laerhoven, translated by Brian Doyle — Belgian TV crime series have made a huge leap forward in recent years, with Salamander and…
No Place Like Home
Written by Rebecca Muddiman — Some people are born lucky, others drag their bad fortune behind them like Jacob Marley’s chains. Polly Cooke definitely falls into…
Kiss of Death
Written by Paul Finch — UK crime fiction stalwart Paul Finch has made an enviable career for himself, no doubt helped by his experiences as a…
Something in the Water
Written by Catherine Steadman — She’s best known as Mabel Lane Fox in the Downton Abbey TV series, but Catherine Steadman’s debut novel couldn’t be…