Fateful Mornings
Written by Tom Bouman — Henry Farrell is the lone policeman who patrols the back roads of Wild Thyme township in rural northeastern Pennsylvania. Mostly his job isn’t too demanding. He can park his vehicle and spend some time enjoying the local lakes and forests…
The Last Meridian by Joe Hefferon
Author Joe Hefferon spent 25 years in law enforcement in gritty Newark, New Jersey. That experience undoubtedly colored his view of the characters in this, his first full-length novel. It has an engaging female protagonist in a jam who turns to a private detective for…
Three Days and a Life by Pierre Lemaitre
Translated by Frank Wynne — You might remember Pierre Lemaitre as the author of the heart-pounding, unpredictable and rather graphic trilogy of crime novels Alex, Irene and Camille, winning the CWA International Dagger Award for two of them. Here at Crime Fiction Lover, we instantly adored…
The Late Show by Michael Connelly
You’re a crime writer at the top of your game, author of a best-selling series and creator of some of the genre’s best loved characters. Time to rest on the laurels, then, Michael Connelly? No chance – and that’s great news for this author’s devoted…
Watching You
Written by Arne Dahl, translated by Neil Smith — Right out of the gate, Arne Dahl’s latest screenplay-ready Nordic noir thriller holds fast and never lets go. In its tense first pages, Detective Sam Berger and his assault team are in position, ready to storm…
Murder in Saint-Germain
Written by Cara Black — It has been almost 20 years since we were introduced to the Paris-based private detective Aimee Leduc. She has come through many cases since her first in Murder in the Marias. Leduc has traversed quite a few of Paris’ famed…