The Last Kind Words
Written by Tom Piccirilli — The buzz about this book has been building in my household throughout the summer. I’ve read a lot of what Tom Piccirilli has written – hardboiled or horror – and rarely been disappointed. When Crime Fiction Lover favourites like Lee…
Crime and Corruption in Texas
Written by Wayne Epperson — Frank Knott is an Atlanta bounty hunter, employed to find criminals who have jumped bail and failed to turn up for their day in court. Stopping off in Dallas on his way to San Antonio, he becomes involved in an…
Split Second
Written by Cath Staincliffe — Crime writer Cath Staincliffe is well known for her Scott & Bailey books, based on the much loved ITV1 police series Blue Murder. Split Second is one of her standalone novels and it presents a psychological exploration of certain moral…
Safe House by Chris Ewan
Manx author Chris Ewan is best known for his comedy crime series The Good Thief’s Guides, which follow Raffles-esque gentleman thief Charlie Howard on his international capers. With glamorous settings, pacy plots and a voice full of dry wit, the Guides are a real joy…
Baptism
Written by Max Kinnings — In the bathroom of an evangelical Christian commune in the Welsh hills, an elderly monk is found stabbed to death. Three of the younger members – an ex-soldier, and a brother and sister traumatised as children by a savage murder-suicide…
Blind Faith by CJ Lyons
Sarah Durandt’s husband and young son were murdered by a psychopathic paedophile, Damian Wright. He goes to his grave two years later via a lethal injection in a Texas prison, without revealing where the bodies are. Having witnessed Wright’s death, Sarah returns to her hometown…