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She Rides Shotgun by Jordan Harper

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Whichever category you choose to assign She Rides Shotgun to – debut novel, chase thriller, hardboiled man-out-of-prison drama, or even twisted coming of age novel – one thing’s for sure: you won’t read many better examples all year. (The book is out in the US…
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Exile

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Written by James Swallow — The first novel featuring James Swallow’s all-action hero Marc Dane came out last year. Nomad sold 100,000 copies as a hardback in the UK and the paperback edition can be seen prominently displayed in the windows of one of at least one national bookstore…
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Hunting the Hangman

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Written by Howard Linskey — Anyone who’s been reading lots of British crime fiction in recent years will have come across the work of Howard Linskey. Setting his books in the North East, he first covered Newcastle gangland in the series that began with The Drop. Then…
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The White Road

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Written by Sarah Lotz — – South African thriller writer Lotz begins this book deep underground in Wales and finishes it on the freezing peak of Mount Everest, in Nepal. In between is a psychological thriller that teaches a cautionary lesson or two about the Internet,…
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The Shadow District by Arnaldur Indridason

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Translated by Victoria Cribb — In his recent interview with us, the author confirms that his iconic Nordic noir creation, Detective Erlendur, remains in hiatus. Fear not though, because The Shadow District represents the beginning of a major new series from this mainstay Scandinavian crime fiction author, with at…
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You Don't Know Me

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Written by Imran Mahmood — Debut author Imran Mahmood is a criminal defence barrister, which ties in neatly with this book’s USP. Mahmood has fashioned a courtroom thriller, but of a different kind wherein most of the usual protagonists are absent. The narrative is solely delivered…
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Nearly Nero

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Written by Loren D Estleman — This veteran Michigan-based writer has already proved himself adapt in the art of the homage with The Perils of Sherlock Holmes, Sherlock Holmes vs Dracula and Dr Jekyll and Mr Holmes. The short stories demonstrate Loren D Estleman’s commendable familiarity with the prose…
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The Age of Olympus

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Written by Gavin Scott – Duncan Forrester, ex-Special Operations Executive agent and history scholar, returns for a second outing in Scott’s engaging historical crime series. We return to the years immediately after World War II, but the setting has moved from the comfortable lawns of Oxford as…
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