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A Darker Shade

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Edited and translated by John-Henri Holmberg — When you open A Darker Shade in the expectation of some suspenseful, Nordic noir short stories, don’t make the mistake that I almost did and skip the 20-page introduction to this anthology. What I wrongly assumed to be…
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Sleep Tight

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Written by Rachel Abbott – Lost something recently? Forever wondering where you left your glasses/car keys/pen/boyfriend? Perhaps the last item in the list might sound a little far fetched – but not for Liv Hunt. Because one day, just a couple of months after she…
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The Catch

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Written by Tom Bale — Coming in at a chunky 520-plus pages, The Catch is a bruiser of a paperback. And I’ll admit there were times I thought I was never going to reach the end. It’s a noir thriller with all the key ingredients…
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The Hangman's Song

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Written by James Oswald — Edinburgh. The present day. A busload of prostitutes is being shipped out of Leith Docks, to pastures new. Who is behind this traffic? Who is the mysterious Russian pimp who has muscled in on a local operation? Meanwhile the man…
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Trouble Man

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Written by Tom Benn — Last year, Tom Benn’s Chamber Music gained plenty of praise for its gritty portrayal of the Manchester club scene and the criminals that inevitably surround it. Now his anti-hero Henry Bane is back in the third novel in the series,…
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Gone on Kauai

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Written by Bruce W Perry — On the Hawaiian island of Kauai, a beautiful American woman hires a paddle board from a beach outlet and pushes herself off into the calm and crystal clear ocean. Only her battered board returns. Amanda Wilcox is the daughter…
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