Welcome back to the wonderful world of crime novels and our weekly new books column. There are some fascinating novels on the bill today, including the latest from Andrew Lowe, a wonderful-looking novel set in Taiwan by Ed Lin, and the latest from Clare Mackintosh. Some scintillating reading ahead!
Blood Never Sleeps by Andrew Lowe
Andrew Lowe‘s Jake Sawyer returns on 9 April when Blood Never Sleeps arrives as a paperback and we find the former detective gradually coming to terms with what happened in the previous book in the series, Tender is the North. He’s found peace with an old flame, is practising Buddhist philosophy, teaching martial arts and running an art foundation in his late father’s name. But that sense of calm is shattered when an ex-colleague is found dead at his Mediterranean villa in an apparent suicide and Sawyer begins a perilous private investigation that tests everything he’s learned about letting go.
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The Dead Can’t Make a Living by Ed Lin
In a world of generic book covers, let’s take a moment to admire The Dead Can’t Make a Living by Ed Lin, on sale 7 April and the fifth in his Taipei Night Market series. Jing-nan, owner of Shilin night market’s most popular food stand is clearing up at the end of a busy night when he finds a corpse propped up against the dumpsters. Juan Ramos, a Filipino man, came to Taiwan for a job at a massive ZHD food processing plant. Now he’s dead, and Jing-nan is haunted by his story. ZHD has a bad reputation, and in the hope of getting answers for the Ramos family, Jing goes undercover to work there. Is he being brave… or foolhardy? Watch our First Look video about this book here.
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Here Lie All the Boys Who Broke My Heart by Emma Simmerman
Sloane has terrible taste in men, and after each doomed relationship reaches its inevitable end she writes a eulogy to her ex in her journal – after all, they’re dead to her now. But when the exes actually turn up deceased, a copy of Sloane’s eulogy at their side, it’s no surprise that the police consider her their prime suspect. She mas to prove her innocence, even if it means she must to team up with the stubborn, sarcastic and dangerously attractive Asher. Here Lie All the Boys Who Broke My Heart by Emma Simmerman is out now.
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The Pharaoh’s Curse Murders by Melodie Campbell
What better way to escape the winter of 1929 than by heading off to Egypt to explore the ancient sites? That’s where we find Lady Lucy Revelstoke and her pickpocket-turned-maid, Elf, in the third instalment of The Merry Widow Murders. Two rival teams of archeologists have set their sights on a prized tomb, even though it is said to be cursed. Lucy is keen to take a look too – but when one of the explorers drops dead at a cocktail party, there are whispers that the curse has killed him. Lucy and Elf aren’t so sure and it’s time for the pair to use their skills well and catch a killer. The Pharaoh’s Curse Murders by Melodie Campbell arrives in print on 11 April.
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It’s Not what You Think by Clare Mackintosh
Queen of the killer twist, Clare Mackintosh is back with another standalone, It’s Not What You Think, out now. Nadeeka is convinced that her partner Jamie is having an affair. She’s been here before and knows all the signs, so when Jamie claims he has to work late, Nadeeka is ready to confront him and expose the lie. But when she gets home, ready to finally get the truth from her unfaithful soulmate, Nadeeka is in for a BIG surprise. Because their house is a crime scene, swarming with police, and Jamie is dead…
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