Necropolis
If you are amused by cruel humour, then a word to the wise – don’t read this book on the bus or the train, as you will be reduced to fits of giggles. Main character Dyson Devereux is an acerbic and savage commentator on the…
Land of Shadows
There’s certainly no shortage of fictional LA cops and PIs. Marlowe, Rawlins, Bosch and Cole, to name but four, have all trodden the mean streets. Elouise Norton is the new kid on the block in this taut procedural. Her new partner, Colin Taggart poses a…
The Lying-Down Room
“I love Paris in the summer when it sizzles”, goes the old song. Certainly, the August heat is a trial for Chief Inspector Serge Morel as he tries to solve a puzzling and brutal series of murders. Not only is Morel finding the temperature a…
Borderline
The sexual violence that occurs here and there in Lawrence Block’s short stories may be borderline gratuitous, but if you’re looking for some classic pulp from the author’s back catalogue, you’d be borderline insane for not picking up this Hard Case Crime edition. Inside are…
Kill Your Boss
In addition to a title that’s hard to resist, Kill Your Boss has an excellent premise behind it. What if a hired killer could nestle within a company as an unpaid intern, biding his time until the right moment arrives to execute a high-paid executive?…
The dark heart of Brazil
Images of Brazil and the beautiful game are all over our screens at the moment, so it’s a fitting time to see the country represented in crime fiction as well. After books set in very cold places – the Ukraine and Russia – British writer…
What's in this bloody box?
Today an unusual package arrived on the doorstep at Crime Fiction Lover HQ. Somewhat worryingly, it had to be signed for. Ever more concerning were the splats and smudges of blood. Opening it, we found a postcard with a QR code on it reading Eeny…
A grand tour of Euro Noir with Barry Forshaw
Years ago – even before InterRail – it was the fashion for young aristocrats to enjoy a grand tour of Europe, taking in all the imperial capitals and centres of culture and commerce along the way. With so many excellent European novels available in translation…