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Call Me Star Girl

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Written by Louise Beech — We last reviewed Louise Beech with her standalone Maria in the Moon. She’s an author with a unique voice, whose lyrical prose can easily lull you into false sense of security. Her subject matter may range far and wide, but…
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The Neighbour

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Written by Fiona Cummins — Anyone remember Brookside? It was a Channel 4 soap opera, set in Liverpool, which was very popular during the 1980s, 90s and nearly noughties. The action all took place in and around Brookside Close, and one of the most explosive…
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Envy

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Written by Amanda Robson — Domestic noir gets another fraught outing in Amanda Robson’s new tale of destructive obsession set in London. Upwardly mobile young couple Faye and Phillip live in Twickenham with their two daughters. Faye cuts a striking figure, walking her older girl…
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55

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Written by James Delargy — Books with numbers as a title do well on this site – 13 Minutes by Sarah Pinborough and Steve Cavanagh’s Thirteen both earned five star reviews. Now it’s time to add 55 into that equation and see what the result…
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Kin

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Written by Snorri Kristjansson — So, what sort of crime fiction do you like? Nordic noir? Domestic noir? Historical? One of the good things about Kin is that it’s a murder mystery set among a Viking family the 10th century, and in addition it wraps…
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The Courier

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Written by Kjell Ola Dahl, translated by Don Bartlett — Lovers of Scandinavian crime fiction will know Kjell Ola Dahl’s police procedurals, which are set in Oslo and feature the detectives Frølich and Gunnarstranda. With English translations of Faithless and The Ice Swimmer coming out…
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Prefecture D

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Written by Hideo Yokoyama, translated by Jonathan Lloyd-Davies — Prefecture D is the third book to appear in English translation by Japanese crime author Hideo Yokoyama, whose English debut Six Four was a big hit in 2016. Like Six Four and Yokoyama’s English follow up,…
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The Last Act

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Written by Brad Parks — a strong sense of purpose infuses Brad Parks’s new crime thriller The Last Act and propels the story forward with relentless energy. In an author’s note, Parks reveals the book was motivated by a real-life episode. Between 2004 and 2007,…
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