The Swedish Girl
Written by Alex Gray — The bestseller lists are peppered with crime books set in Scotland or Scandinavia, so it was only a matter of time before someone attempted to bring together these two fine traditions within the genre. The Swedish Girl is the 10th book…
The Killing Room
Written by Richard Montanari — Winter grips Philadelphia. Ice floes clunk in the Delaware and Schuylkill rivers, but Detectives Kevin Byrne and Jessica Balzano of the Homicide Unit have, for once, a clean plate. Three recent cases – three suspects in custody. All seems good,…
Alex by Pierre Lemaitre
This may be his first novel translated into English, but Pierre Lemaitre is far from a newcomer to the crime fiction genre. It’s actually the second book in his Verhoeven series following Travail soigné, which won the Cognac Festival’s prize for best new novel in 2006….
Sistine
Written by Michael Hogan — If you love a comfortable murder-detection-solution book, then look away now. Oh, yes, there’s one other thing. Are you a devout Roman Catholic? Once again, you may wish to revisit something more warmly reassuring, like a Father Brown story, or…
Think of the Children
Written by Kerry Wilkinson – Following the huge success of his three self-published novels Locked In, Vigilante and The Woman in Black, Think of the Children is Kerry Wilkinson’s first new book published since signing with the major international publisher Pan Macmillan. It’s the fourth…
The Ghost Riders of Ordebec
Written by Fred Vargas — A new Fred Vargas novel is always a happy event for her legions of admirers, whether in the original French or translated into English, and she has won the CWA International Dagger three times. She is not as prolific as other…
Black Irish
Written by Stephan Talty — The word ‘depression’ could have been coined with Buffalo, the city in northern New York state, in mind. The city haunts Black Irish like Marley’s Ghost. Its closed down, derelict buildings gather in the shadows like a group of undead hoodies. If…