The Woman Who Walked into the Sea
Written by Mark Douglas-Home — It’s probably a bit easier for a journalist to launch a career in crime fiction. After all, they’ll be familiar with the editing process and are used to seeing their words cut, chopped, changed and rewritten. Having said that, with thousands…
Eleven Days
Written by Stav Sherez — We first met Jack Carrigan and Geneva Miller last year, in Stav Sherez’s critically acclaimed and hugely successful A Dark Redemption. That book was set against a backdrop of Ugandan political unrest, while focusing on a grisly death on the…
Cold Killing
Written by Luke Delaney — Say hello to DI Sean Corrigan, latest recruit to the psychological police procedural fold – you’ll be hearing more from him in the future. Corrigan is the creation of debut author Luke Delaney, an ex-London Metropolitan Police detective who certainly…
The Shining Girls by Lauren Beukes
Time travelling serial killers are like buses. You don’t see one for ages, then two come along at once. At the end of March we reviewed The Beauty of Murder by AK Benedict and found the time travel to be the frustrating element of the…
Crocodile Tears
Written by Mark O’Sullivan — He has already won acclaim for his children’s literature, now Mark O’Sullivan has set his sights on crime fiction, and a very promising debut it is too. Set in the harsh winter of 2010, Crocodile Tears finds southern Ireland in…
DeathBecomesHer: The five books that got me hooked on crime fiction
I was indoctrinated into the world of crime from an early age – a statement which makes me sound like a member of the Kray clan, so perhaps I should rephrase it? What I’m trying to say is that crime is in my blood… oh…