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The Power of the Dog

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The bad America that Ellroy does so well, and that DeLillo sometimes chronicles, is powerfully evoked in Don Winslow’s own lucid storytelling. Poetic and abrasive at the same time, he drags your raw and sorry ass into the world of Art Keller, a Vietnam vet…
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Bad Intentions

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Written by Karin Fossum — Fossum’s background is in the caring professions. Having worked in hospitals, care homes and drug rehabilitation, it is clearly evident that she draws on these experiences, with her observation of human psychology used to great effect in this volume. She really does…
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A Certain Justice

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Set in the highflying world of London’s law courts, this tense whodunit is James at her unrivalled best. Criminal lawyer Venetia Aldridge has made herself many enemies over the years, and when she turns up dead, it is James’ charismatic inspector Adam Dalgliesh who arrives to…
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One Step Behind

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Written by Henning Mankell — One Step Behind is not Mankell’s most famous nor most commercially successful Wallander novel. For our money, though, it represents both Mankell and Kurt Wallander at their absolute peak. What it lacks in pace and popular verve, it more than…
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The top five female crime fiction writers

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Some of the most refreshing plots of the contemporary crime fiction genre are to be found at the pen nibs of female authors. Here we select five of our favourites, and explain why their convention-busting characters have made them must-reads. Patricia Cornwell Cornwell’s Dr Kay…
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