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Gods of War by James Lovegrove

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Last year we reviewed The Stuff of Nightmares, a Holmesian pastiche with science fiction and steampunk elements in which Lovegrove successfully steered a line between pleasing fans of traditional Conan Doyle mysteries and provided something new for readers. He returns now with an adventure set…
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Arts and Crafts

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Written by JT Prescott — If you’ve ever wondered where CIA black ops personnel go when they get too old to kill an opponent in one deadly blow, then this entertaining novel may provide some answers. Ken Frazier was a ruthless and accomplished agent but…
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A Case of Noir by Paul D Brazill

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Collected here are the five short stories Brazill has written about Luke Case, an English freelance journalist working across the continent. Case is an excellent noir creation. He’s a sex- and booze-hound, and a hack with a mysterious past trying to keep his head above…
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Darkness, Darkness by John Harvey

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And so after 12 novels, 16 short stories, two television adaptations and four radio plays, Darkness, Darkness marks the final appearance of John Harvey’s stalwart and long serving detective, Charlie Resnick. Published on the 30th anniversary of the Miner’s Strike, the story centres on this…
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Midnight in Europe by Alan Furst

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World War II is yet to start, but fascist forces in Germany and Italy are making ominous declarations, and General Franco’s nationalist army is fighting a civil war with the Spanish Republic. The Republic maintains fragile control over Madrid and Barcelona, but they are starved…
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