The publishing schedule gets busy in March and our first news report of the month has five interesting novels to entice you. We get the ball rolling with Patrick Hoffman’s Friends Helping Friends – what a great title. We’ve also got crime fiction from Switzerland and three big American cities – New York, LA and Chicago.
Friends Helping Friends by Patrick Hoffman
Bunny Simpson doesn’t want much from life, just to help his uncle pay the rent, save a little money, maybe start a business one day. He and his pal Jerry LeClair dream of moving to California from Colorado, but that’s all it is – a dream. Until attorney Helen McCalla offers the boys a sweet deal that could change their prospects. All they have to do is rough up her ex a little. Friends helping friends, right? What could go wrong? Bunny never wanted any trouble. So how the hell does he end up at a white supremacist compound in rural Colorado? All will become clear when Friends Helping Friends by Patrick Hoffman is released on 18 March.
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Killer Potential by Hannah Deitch
Debut author Hannah Deitch hits the ground running with her darkly funny thriller Killer Potential, out on 18 March in the US, 20 March in the UK. Evie always knew she’d be someone. She toed the line, won the scholarships, made straight As and graduated from an elite university with the world at her feet. So why has she ended up working as a private tutor to the children of LA’s super-rich? This isn’t the future she envisaged – but when Evie finds herself on the run with a mysterious, silent woman, accused of murder and making headlines for all the wrong reasons, it’s maybe time to reassess her life goals…
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Hunkeler’s Secret by Hansjörg Schneider
We’ve reached book four in Hansjörg Schneider‘s Inspector Hunkeler series, and our hero is a bit under the weather. In fact, he’s in hospital and sharing a room with Stephan Fankhauser, an old acquaintance terminally ill with cancer. So probably no big shock that one day he is found dead – except retired Swiss police inspector Hunkeler has a hazy memory of a young nurse with a ruby ring on her hand administering an injection to his friend in the middle of the night. There is no post mortem and Fankhauser is given a swift cremation, but that won’t stop Hunkeler getting to the bottom of things, much to the annoyance of his former colleagues. Translated by Astrid Freuler, Hunkeler’s Secret is out on 20 March.
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Dirty Little War by Dietrich Kalteis
Let’s head to 1920s Prohibition-era Chicago for Dirty Little War by Dietrich Kalteis, out on 18 March. That’s where young Huckabee Waller heads after he finds himself involved in the death of a gangster in his hometown of New Orleans. It’s maybe a strange choice of destination, given that Chicago is the epicentre of crime and corruption, and Huck is pulled into the darkness when he comes up empty in his search for honest work. Instead, he gets mixed up in bare-knuckle fights and is soon a firm favourite with the crowds who flock to bet on the illegal sport. But Huck wants more, and his greed could lead him into big, big trouble.
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The Ten Worst People in New York by Matt Plass
After a late-night talk show turns the spotlight on the 10 baddest folk in the Big Apple, things begin to happen. A bad guy real estate mogul featured on the list jumps to his death, and then a corrupt NYC councillor also dies in suspicious circumstances. Coincidence? Not in the opinion of recently widowed FBI agent Alex Bedford, who wants to catch a killer before they strike again. And when British film maker Jacob Felle finds himself in the wrong place at the wrong time – and suspected of committing the murders – he and Alex collide, and must work together to get to the truth. The Ten Worst People in New York by Matt Plass is published on 18 March.
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