The Shining Girls by Lauren Beukes
Time travelling serial killers are like buses. You don’t see one for ages, then two come along at once. At the end of March we reviewed The Beauty of Murder by AK Benedict and found the time travel to be the frustrating element of the…
Two Soldiers
Written by Roslund & Hellström — This is the third novel from the Swedish crime writing duo to be translated into English. Anders Roslund is a journalist and criminologist. Börge Hellström is a reformed criminal who now works diverting kids away from gang culture. Together,…
The Bleiberg Project
Written by David Khara — You might have heard of The Bleiberg Project already – it’s the debut novel, now translated into English by Le French Book, by French writer David Khara. We interviewed the author a couple of weeks ago and he told us…
Crocodile Tears
Written by Mark O’Sullivan — He has already won acclaim for his children’s literature, now Mark O’Sullivan has set his sights on crime fiction, and a very promising debut it is too. Set in the harsh winter of 2010, Crocodile Tears finds southern Ireland in…