Lever Templar
Written by Matt Gianni — Alternating chapters of his new thriller from Matt Gianni unfold in two time periods, the early 14th century and the present day. If you’re familiar with the tropes of Dan Brown’s The Da Vinci Code or movies such as Indiana…
In the Silence by MR Mackenzie
Tartan noir continues to produce the finest of crime fiction and although authors such as Ian Rankin, Val McDermid, and Denise Mina dominate there is new talent coming through. In The Silence sits alongside these heavyweights of Scottish crime fiction with its nomination on the…
The Honorary Jersey Girl by Albert Tucker
Al Tucher returns to the Big Island of Hawaii in this fast-paced adventure that shows how, underneath the tropical paradise veneer of mai-tais and surfing, are the same criminal proclivities you find everywhere. Criminal defense attorney Agnes Rodrigues has successfully defended her client Hank Alves…
Blood Song by Johana Gustawsson
Translated by David Warriner — Kerstin, Götan and Louise Lindbergh are viciously murdered and their tongues cut out in their home in Falkenberg, Sweden. In London the youngest of the family, Aliénor Lindbergh, is a new police recruit being mentored by profiler Emily Roy, when…
Back to the Garden
Written by EI Weiner — These days, there’s a bit of a fashion for crime books with song lyrics in their titles and here’s one to add to the list, taking its inspiration from Joni Mitchell’s 1960s classic Woodstock. In this case the choice of…
Lady in the Lake by Laura Lippman
Laurel Lippman is an author who has garnered a legion of fans over the years – including Stephen King, who has reviewed Lady in the Lake for the New York Times, no less – so how does Laura Lippman keep writing such fresh and original…
The Appointment by Dylan Young
The cover and title of this novel scream medical thriller but this novel is firmly in the psychological thrills category. It does have strong medical credentials and the story centres on Dan Lewis, a consultant ophthalmic surgeon with a dream job down in Southwest England….