Tell Me How it Ends by VB Grey
England in the early 1950s must have been a pretty grey and dismal place to live. The country was still recovering from World War II, and rationing didn’t end until 1954. No wonder, then, that the 1960s were ‘swinging’ as a new sense of freedom…
Matthew Henson and the Ice Temple by Gary Phillips
Los Angeles-based author Gary Phillips has been writing crime in a variety of styles and media for nearly 30 years. I can remember reading about his black PI, Ivan Monk, in books such as Violent Spring in the late 90s. He’s since branched out into…
The Part-Time Job by PD James
Many readers are familiar with legendary crime author PD James through her novels about Detective Chief Inspector Adam Dalgliesh or her private detective Cordelia Gray. However, she was a skilled writer of short stories as well and on 14 July Faber & Faber is celebrating…
Tokyo Traffic by Michael Pronko
Tokyo is a city like any other, except much much bigger. By some counts it ranks as the world’s largest city, and it’s a place Michael Pronko knows well, as proven by his writing on the subject, which includes his detective Hiroshi mystery books. Tokyo…
Fire on the Island by Timothy Jay Smith
Lockdown is a bummer, isn’t it? But the great thing about reading is that it can transport you to somewhere completely different in the mere flick of a page. These days you can find crime fiction set in all manner of locations, both humdrum and…
Somebody's Daughter by Carol Wyer
Can it be just three years since award-winning romantic comedy novelist Carol Wyer turned her attention to crime fiction? Since then, she’s written 11 well-received books and now she’s back with her 12th. Somebody’s Daughter is number seven in the series featuring Natalie Ward and…
The Corpse with the Crystal Skull by Cathy Ace
The ninth adventure in the Cait Morgan series, The Corpse with the Crystal Skull, sees the Welsh-Canadian criminology professor heading to Jamaica with her husband and friends for her 50th birthday celebrations. As you probably already know, whether it’s a small English village or an…