The Doll's House by Louise Phillips
Perhaps I’m just lucky, but it’s rare that I find a book that I can’t get into. So I was perplexed when I was halfway through The Doll’s House and still struggling to connect with it. Something else I rarely do is read my previous…
Norwegian by Night by Derek B Miller
Nominated for the CWA John Creasey New Blood Dagger, this debut novel about an 82-year-old ex-marine from New York on the run with a six-year-old boy in Oslo has become a deserving international hit. There’s even a movie adaptation in the works. Miller’s book certainly…
Long Gone Man by Phyllis Smallman
The Canadian crime writer Phyllis Smallman has already garnered a loyal following for her series of mystery novels featuring Florida bartender Sherri Travis. in 2007, the author was the first recipient of the Crime Writers of Canada’s Unhanged Arthur Award for unpublished authors, and was…
Strange Shores by Arnaldur Indridason
Translated by Victoria Cribb — Sad news for fans of Iceland’s Arnaldur Indridason. Strange Shores is the last in the series featuring Detective Erlendur. After wonderful novels like Jar City, Silence of the Grave and Hypothermia, one of the great detectives of Nordic noir is bowing…
The Cruellest Game
Written by Hilary Bonner — Former chair of the Crime Writers’ Association, ex-Fleet Street journalist Hilary Bonner has a string of fiction and non-fiction books to her name. The Cruellest Game is her 10th novel. Marian Anderton is a woman who has everything, a gorgeous…
Salazar by Seth Lynch
If you are looking for a dark, moody recreation of 1930s Paris, complete with dubious gangs and hard-hitting policemen, then this book is sure to appeal. Salazar is an English war veteran, traumatised by his experiences in World War I, who has chosen to set…
The Cry by Helen FitzGerald
Helen FitzGerald is one of those authors you just can’t pigeonhole. She roves across the genres, producing works of dark comedy then wicked psychological novels, YA and sci-fi, rising to the peculiar challenges of each and producing books which are by turns, playful, vicious and…