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The Messenger by Megan Davis

By Paul Burke

29 March, 2023

Australian author Megan Davis works in movies and travels the world, and has settled on Paris for her psychological thriller debut. With film credits include In Bruges, Atonement and the Bourne franchise, she lived in France for a time which helps with the authenticity of…

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Vera Wong’s Unsolicited Advice for Murderers by Jesse Sutanto

By Erin Britton

27 March, 2023

Is there any problem that cannot be overcome with the help of a good cup of tea? It certainly seems unlikely as, whether due to the comforting warmth it provides or the reassuring ceremony involved in its preparation, tea has been making people feel better…

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Barking Up the Right Tree by Leigh Russell

By Erin Britton

23 March, 2023

Having guided the redoubtable DI Geraldine Steel through 14 non-cosy cases, English crime author Leigh Russell has shifted her focus from the police procedural to the more gentle side of the crime genre with Barking Up the Right Tree. The first book in the A…

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Tina, Mafia Soldier by Maria Rosa Cutrufelli

By Sonja van der Westhuizen

23 March, 2023

Translated by Robin Pickering-Iazzi — Fact and fiction fuse in feminist Italian author Maria Rosa Cutrufelli’s first novel, Tina, Mafia Soldier, which is also the author’s first to be translated into English. Originally published in 1994, Tina Cannizzaro’s story was inspired by that of Emanuela…

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Force of Hate by Graham Bartlett

By Paul Burke

21 March, 2023

Graham Bartlett’s debut novel Bad for Good gave us a fictional Brighton very different from that of Peter James’ in the Roy Grace novels – grimier, the politics a lot nastier. This corrupt and corroding cityscape is even more evident in his second police procedural,…

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The Lost Americans by Christopher Bollen

By Vicki Weisfeld

17 March, 2023

If you’ve ever travelled to Egypt, The Lost Americans by Christopher Bollen will take you back there. At least it had that effect on me. And, if you’ve never been there, when you finish this fast-paced thriller, you may feel as if you’ve made the…

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The Kind Worth Saving by Peter Swanson

By DeathBecomesHer

15 March, 2023

Peter Swanson is well known for complex and clever plotting that’s designed to keep readers guessing. It was shown off to dazzling effect in The Kind Worth Killing, which came out in 2015 and sold by the truckload. Its follow-up made CFL’s Most Wanted List…

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White Fox by Owen Matthews

By RoughJustice

9 March, 2023

White Fox is the third novel to feature Russian KGB officer Alexander Vasin, a man much like Philip Kerr’s Bernie Gunther, in that he has had the bad luck to be born with a moral sense and independent streak while serving within a totalitarian regime….

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The Messenger by Megan Davis

Vera Wong’s Unsolicited Advice for Murderers by Jesse Sutanto

Barking Up the Right Tree by Leigh Russell

Tina, Mafia Soldier by Maria Rosa Cutrufelli

Force of Hate by Graham Bartlett

The Lost Americans by Christopher Bollen

The Kind Worth Saving by Peter Swanson

White Fox by Owen Matthews

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