The top five female crime fiction writers
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…
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
You’ve read this, right? If not there isn’t a better time. This is the crime thriller that exemplifies the now-popular sub-genre of Scandinavian crime fiction and begins the Millennium Trilogy. Damaged and seemingly semi-autistic Lisbeth Salander – she of said tattoo – brings her cold…
Catch Your Death
Written by Louise Voss and Mark Edwards — After I finished reading this book using the Kindle app on my iPad, I tweeted that it left me cold. That’s probably more of a ‘chirp’ than a ‘tweet’ and co-author Mark Edwards pulled me up for the…
The Snowman
Hailing Nesbo as the new Stieg Larsson, the sticker on the cover does this Norwegian writer something of a disservice. He’s a skilled scribe in his own right and presents his plotlines and characters – in this case Oslo detective Harry Hole and the serial…