KindlePrintReviews

Hell on Church Street

Written by Jake Hinkson — Hell on Church Street is the first novel published this year by New Pulp Press – and is this author’s debut. Like every other book from this independent publisher, this is noir all the way. These guys walk on the…
Read more
iBookKindlePrintReviews

What It Was

Written by George Pelecanos — On a rainy afternoon, Nick Stefanos and Derek Strange are having drinks at Leo’s, two friends content enough to just sit down, barely talking. In the Rain by The Dramatics comes on the jukebox, igniting reminiscences about 1972, the year…
Read more
Book ClubPrint

Abide with Me

The debut novel from Ian Ayris, a well known writer in online circles, Abide With Me will surely ensure that this author becomes well-known to a much wider audience, such is the quality of the book. Beginning in 1975, Abide With Me is the story…
Read more
Book ClubiBookKindlePrint

Stolen Souls

Stolen Souls sees Neville putting the politics aside to move into classic crime fiction territory. Like tens of thousands of young women before her Gayla Petrova believes she can make a better life in the UK, work hard as a nanny, and send money home…
Read more
Book ClubiBookKindlePrint

The Piccadilly Plot

It’s the autumn of 1664, Charles II has been on the throne for four years and London is busy enjoying the Restoration, but behind the façade of sumptuous buildings and jollity, the rats are gathering and plots are being hatched, which can only mean that…
Read more
Book ClubiBookKindlePrint

Shatter the Bones

Stuart MacBride’s story here centres on the kidnapping of Alison Gregory and her six-year-old daughter Jenny. They are singing sensations from the reality TV show Britain’s Next Big Star. Logan McRae investigates but runs into problems when no evidence of any kind is available, other…
Read more
PrintReviews

Getting Off

Written by Jill Emerson — Returning to an old pseudonym, here the legend in the crime writing that is Lawrence Block goes back to what he describes as his ‘inner lesbian’. And in Getting Off, writing as Emerson, he regales us with a tale of sex…
Read more