NTN: A Man with One of Those Faces
Written by Caimh McDonnell — What a cover, and what a title for this debut crime novel, written by a man with one of those names which prompted debate at Crime Fiction Lover – how to pronounce it? The camps were split – Keeve or Sheeve? A check with…
The Bone Collection
Written by Kathy Reichs — Temperance Brennan has come a long way in 18 books, but readers have never really learned how she got into forensic anthropology in the first place. Until now, that is. Because one of the four novellas that make up Kathy…
NTN: Spotlight on Orenda Books
Orenda Books is a small independent publisher focusing on literary fiction, with a heavy emphasis on crime thrillers. About half its titles are in translation. Founded in late 2014 by Karen Sullivan, Orenda began on a shoestring and has steadily developed its portfolio publishing six books…
Chaos
Written by Patricia Cornwell — We’ve reached number 24 in the Kay Scarpetta series and the much put-upon medical examiner shows no sign of letting up. Since she took the crime fiction scene by storm in 1990 with the multi-award winning Postmortem, Cornwell’s books have…
Murderabilia
Written by Craig Robertson — Many of us had a hobby when we were children. Stamp collecting perhaps? Stock-piling beer mats? These days they go mad for Pokemon – gotta catch them all! Those old collections may well have been consigned to the charity shop, the…