A Ghostly Shade of Pale by Merle Temple
We are in the Deep South, strutting that well-worn stage set where almost anything can happen – the land where Mississippi meets Tennessee meets Arkansas. Bugs the size of golf balls clatter into the kerosene lanterns and, out there on the river, vines hang from…
Someday Never Comes
Written by Frances di Plino — There’s a worrying epidemic in the fictional town of Bradchester. Young children – from as young as six years old – are being smuggled into the town and sold on to paedophiles. Then, when the perverts have finished with…
The Wrong Quarry
Written by Max Allan Collins — One of America’s leading modern pulp crime authors, Max Allan Collins has been writing Quarry stories since back in 1976. The series began with The Broker, and the most recent one was 2010’s Quarry’s Ex. Now, the hitman hero/anti-hero…
Inspector Singh Investigates: A Calamitous Chinese Killing
Written by Shamini Flint — Meet Inspector Singh, a rotund, turban wearing Sikh policeman and the bane of his long-suffering bosses at the Singapore Police Department. To the newspapers, he’s the ‘curry cop’, the ‘poppadom policeman’, and a man who gets results in some rather…
The Girl with a Clock for a Heart by Peter Swanson
Can you ever forget your first true love? George Foss certainly can’t, even though the girl he loved in his freshman year in college proved to be anything but true. They only had a few short months of happiness together before she disappeared, feared either…
Reunion with Death
Written by Sheila Connolly — Cosy mystery fans will be familiar with the work of bestselling American author Sheila Connolly. She’s probably best known for three sets of books – The Glassblowing series, The Orchard series and The Museum series. Her last book, Let’s Play…