Kill Me Quick! by Paul D Brazill
Number 13 Press was one of the freshest things to hit the UK crime fiction scene last year. It has a simple but appealing concept – 13 novellas arriving, one arriving on the 13th of each month at just 99p for Kindle. And that’s all,…
The Silent Room by Mari Hannah
The Northumbrian police’s Special Branch is thrown into an uproar when veteran DI Jack Fenwick, who is the soul of integrity on the force, is arrested for selling illegal weapons. When the prison van that escorts him is hijacked, Fenwick disappears, along with what was…
Shoot the Messenger by Shane Kuhn
Trained killer John Lago is in prison, held by the FBI in Quantico, Virginia for a variety of violent crimes. Assistant Director Winton ‘Fletch’ Fletcher is his interrogator. Lago used to work for an elite contract assassination firm, Human Resources Inc and its this company…
The Perfectionist by Simon Duke
Let’s start with a YouTube trailer, with some graphic images and moody music – The Perfectionist. Getting the idea? The story starts in a wintry Iowa. It is 1988, and a farmer makes a startling discovery – a man’s head, battered and disfigured, has been…
The Guilty by David Baldacci
At the beginning of The Guilty, David Baldacci has included a note explaining that in this novel he wants to do something different with his CIA assassin Will Robie. So in the sharp shooter’s fourth outing, instead of becoming deeply embedded in a secret assignment…
Crime at Christmas by CHB Kitchin
British crime fiction from the so-called Golden Age grows in popularity. Sometimes modern writers produce pastiche versions, and sometimes publishers re-issue the genuine article, and this is the case here, with Faber & Faber unearthing a seasonal original dating back to 1934. The crucial thing…
Murder for Christmas by Francis Duncan
The gorgeous old-school cover of this book gives a hint of what’s in store here; this is a golden age murder mystery that’ll certainly appeal to lovers of Agatha Christie – or anyone who enjoys a good, old-fashioned whodunnit. Not many people have heard of…