The Piccadilly Plot
Written by Susanna Gregory — It’s the autumn of 1664, Charles II has been on the throne for four years and London is busy enjoying the Restoration, but behind the façade of sumptuous buildings and jollity, the rats are gathering and plots are being hatched,…
The Dead Women of Juárez by Sam Hawken
It’s a tough sell setting a crime fiction book against a backdrop of real life horrors without coming across as sensationalist or trivial. But this is precisely what Sam Hawken attempts to do in his first book, The Dead Women of Juárez, and pulls it…
Shatter The Bones
Written by Stuart MacBride – With the seventh book in the Logan McRae series, Stuart MacBride delivers another unrelenting, incredibly bleak read, whilst also being spell-bindingly brilliant! The story centres on the kidnapping of singing sensations from the reality TV show Britain’s Next Big Star,…
Interview: new Victorian crime author Kate Williams
You might recognise author Kate Williams. She took part in the TV coverage of the Royal Wedding in 2011, working for the BBC. She’s also appeared with Caroline Quentin on Restoration Home, and worked on the BBC Timewatch documentary the Young Victoria. Her non-fiction books…
Mercy
Mercy unfolds like a police procedural but has an urgent, thrilling edge to it thanks to Adler-Olsen’s great storytelling. He sets up cliff-hangers with poise, pulling you on through the chapters even though for long periods detective Carl Mørck and his assistant Assad are investigating…