The Postscript Murders
Elly Griffiths leaves Dr Ruth Galloway behind for a novel that will keep you guessing – and, at times, giggling. It also features a character you may have met before, DS Harbinder Kaur, who appeared in The Stranger Diaries. This time Kaur’s interest is piqued…
Trust by Chris Hammer
Crime fiction lovers have been treated to many a glimpse of out-of-the-way Australia in recent years. From bushland and outback to dustbowl towns and featureless farmland, we’ve been absorbed by shows like Mystery Road, and when it comes to novels, Chris Hammer has been at…
PBS puts Agatha Christie in the spotlight
She’s the undisputed queen of crime, the most successful fiction writer of all time and her books have sold over a billion copies in English and a billion in translation – but what made Agatha Christie tick? Two new documentaries about to premiere on US-based PBS may…
Blood Secret by Jaye Ford
We’re in the quiet little Australian town of Haven Bay for this psychological thriller. Max and Rennie are driving to a friend’s birthday bash when they’re involved in a near-collision. The boy racer in the other car has attitude and flips them off as he…
When Darkness Falls by Emma Salisbury
We first reviewed Emma Salisbury around this time last year, when Flesh and Blood was published. Now DS Kevin Coupland is back in another Salford-based police procedural, the seventh in the series. And When Darkness Falls is well titled, because the subject matter of this…
DeathBecomesHer: Top five books of 2020
Reading has been a great solace for so many in a year when we’ve all been stuck at home, unable to travel and working hard at staying safe. Seems only right, then, that my choice of the best books of 2020 should hop and skip…