Heaven, My Home by Attica Locke
Heaven, My Home is the second novel featuring Texas Ranger Darren Mathews. This is a series that really should be read in order so if you want to avoid spoilers, you might want to start with Bluebird, Bluebird. This story has two stands and is…
Unbelievable
Written by T Christian Miller and Ken Armstrong — This timely true crime book expands on the authors’ article An Unbelievable Story of Rape, which won a 2016 Pulitzer Prize. With as much tension and drama as any fictional police procedural, the book describes the…
This is Gomorrah
Written by Tom Chatfield — Crime fiction, true crime and non-fiction books have raised the alarm about how the strengths and benefits of the Internet can be turned to the dark side. We’ve seen these nefarious capabilities move from science fiction to technothrillers to non-fiction…
Playboy
Written by Joe Thomas — Playboy is the third novel in the hardboiled São Paulo quartet featuring Mario Leme, a detective with Brazil’s civil police. It is set against the background of the corruption scandal that engulfed President Dilma Rousseff in 2016. As there are…
The Sleepover
Written by Carol Wyer — We’ve reached book four in Carol Wyer’s series featuring DI Natalie Ward and there’s drama at both work and home for the Staffordshire detective. Ward’s husband David is out of work and battling a gambling addiction, while her two children…
Because You're Mine
Written by Rea Frey — In Rea Frey’s compassionate new psychological thriller, Lee is a single mom living near Nashville with a seven-year-old son who’s on the spectrum, and her life isn’t easy. She has a couple of things going for her: a circle of…
Falling From the Floating World by Nick Hurst
During the Edo period (1615-1868), The Floating World, or ukiyo, described a lifestyle and culture of pleasure-seeking, a world of entertainment and play in Japan’s three main cities – Edo (now Tokyo), Osaka and Kyoto. The centre of ukiyo was in the Yoshiwara district of Edo,…