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All the Old Knives by Olen Steinhauer

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Quite possibly the cleverest thriller of the year to the date, Olen Steinhauer has created an absorbing read that combines all the pacey tension of an espionage plot, framed within the seemingly simple setting of an intimate dinner for two. Nine years ago, Henry and Celia…
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The Long Fire by Meghan Tifft

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This sparkling debut mystery is narrated by the book’s protagonist, Natalie Krupin, a 27-year-old woman adrift in a hazy, smoke-obscured world in and around Worcester, Massachusetts. Her mysteries revolve around her gypsy mother, dead in a fire that destroyed her parents’ home; her unkempt father,…
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The Child by Sebastian Fitzek

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Translated by John Brownjohn — When it was published in Germany in 2006, Sebastian Fitzek’s debut novel Therapy knocked The Da Vinci Code off the number one spot in the bestseller charts. We’ve reviewed it here, meanwhile Fitzek has made a name for himself both in his native Germany and…
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