The Tell-Tale Heart by Julian Symons
This reissue of the late Julian Symons’s biography of Edgar Allan Poe – America’s benighted writer of gothic stories, poetry, and literary criticism – bears an apt title. As we learn, most of the difficulties that plagued Poe’s fascinating and tragic life can be put…
How To Be Nowhere by Tim MacGabhann
Fasten your seatbelts for a fast-paced and bumpy trip through the Central America jungle – and I’m not talking about the plant life – in Tim MacGabhann’s spirited new thriller. It’s a follow up to his 2019 hit debut, Call Him Mine, which Ian Rankin…
The Smuggler's Daughter by Claire Matturro
Avoiding the beach this summer? Missing sand and surf? Claire Matturro’s crime thriller set on Florida’s Gulf Coast will take you there. You can soak up the atmosphere while her protagonist, Kate Garcia, gets into some mighty deep waters. Kate has a boyfriend who wants…
Never Forget by Michel Bussi
Translated by Shaun Whiteside — With its release timed to coincide with the UK’s first French Book Week and Bastille Day, Never Forget is French crime author Michel Bussi‘s latest suspense thriller and the fifth to be translated into English. Jamal Salaoui has a goal…
Written in Blood by Chris Carter
Fans of cosy crime should look away now – because a new release by Chris Carter is not a place you can comfortably inhabit. Carter has cornered the market in near to the knuckle psychological crime books that drag you in screaming and won’t let…
Blacktop Wasteland by SA Cosby
Blacktop Wasteland has generated a lot of interest over the preceding months with both veteran and new writers queuing up to sing its praises on social media. The hype, especially considering that Blacktop Wasteland is only Cosby’s second novel, is quite something. The last time…