While the Emperor Slept by BR Stateham
While the Emperor Slept is something of a departure from the norm for BR Stateham. The writer is more commonly known for his Smitty novels, written in the noir genre but his latest offering steps into the realm of historical crime fiction and the setting…
CIS: The White Cottage Mystery
Written by Margery Allingham — The best thing about CrimeFictionLover’s Classics in September is that it encourages readers to step out of their comfort zones and sample some of the greats from the past. It also has a tendency of highlighting huge gaps in your…
Secrets in the Stones
Written by Tessa Harris — This is the sixth book in journalist-turned-novelist Tessa Harris’ engaging mystery series set in Oxfordshire in the 1780s. Dr Thomas Silkstone made his debut back in December 2011 in The Anatomist’s Apprentice, when he was approached by Lady Lydia Farrell…
The Dead Don't Boogie
Written by Douglas Skelton — There must be something in the air up there in Bonny Scotland – it has more cracking crime writers than the calories in a deep-fried Mars Bar. This author even made the shortlist for the McIlvanney Prize for best Crime Book of the Year with Open…
Gunshine State by Andrew Nette
“Beautiful one day, perfect the next.” That’s how Queensland, Australia’s advertising campaign Sunshine State describes the weather in the country’s second largest state. The beaches and pristine waters from Coolangatta in the south to Cape York in the far north attract tourists from all over the…
Ghosts of Havana
Written by Todd Moss — The long tail of the failed American invasion of Cuba at the Bay of Pigs swings around to sting a married couple in this present-day political thriller – third in a series by former US State Department diplomat Todd Moss. With…
Darktown by Thomas Mullen
So many countries are divided on the issues of race and identity at the moment that Thomas Mullen’s latest novel is born into a world of vitriol. Set in Atlanta in 1948, and written in tribute to the city’s first black policemen who joined the…