Fateful Mornings
Written by Tom Bouman — Henry Farrell is the lone policeman who patrols the back roads of Wild Thyme township in rural northeastern Pennsylvania. Mostly his job isn’t too demanding. He can park his vehicle and spend some time enjoying the local lakes and forests…
The Last Meridian by Joe Hefferon
Author Joe Hefferon spent 25 years in law enforcement in gritty Newark, New Jersey. That experience undoubtedly colored his view of the characters in this, his first full-length novel. It has an engaging female protagonist in a jam who turns to a private detective for…
Three Days and a Life by Pierre Lemaitre
Translated by Frank Wynne — You might remember Pierre Lemaitre as the author of the heart-pounding, unpredictable and rather graphic trilogy of crime novels Alex, Irene and Camille, winning the CWA International Dagger Award for two of them. Here at Crime Fiction Lover, we instantly adored…
Murder in Saint-Germain
Written by Cara Black — It has been almost 20 years since we were introduced to the Paris-based private detective Aimee Leduc. She has come through many cases since her first in Murder in the Marias. Leduc has traversed quite a few of Paris’ famed…
Sherlock Holmes vs Cthulhu: The Adventure of the Deadly Dimensions
Written by Lois H Gresh — The Adventure of the Deadly Dimensions is the second mash-up this year combining HP Lovecraft’s Cthulhu mythos with Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes. The first, James Lovegrove’s Sherlock Holmes and the Shadwell Shadows, was a thoroughly enjoyable romp. The author…
The Marsh King's Daughter by Karen Dionne
This book has been described as ‘Room meets The Revenant‘. That might grab some readers but for me the description, and the topic of child abduction, gave me pause. Who wants to be plunged into the claustrophobia of Room and at the same time face…