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…
Sherlock Holmes vs Cthulhu: The Adventure of the Deadly Dimensions
Written by Lois H Gresh — The Adventure of the Deadly Dimensions is the second mash-up this year combining HP Lovecraft’s Cthulhu mythos with Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes. The first, James Lovegrove’s Sherlock Holmes and the Shadwell Shadows, was a thoroughly enjoyable romp. The author…
The Marsh King's Daughter by Karen Dionne
This book has been described as ‘Room meets The Revenant‘. That might grab some readers but for me the description, and the topic of child abduction, gave me pause. Who wants to be plunged into the claustrophobia of Room and at the same time face…
The Last Train by Michael Pronko
Detective Hiroshi Shimizu gained a lot during his time studying in Boston. He found an American fiancée, Linda, and now has a good grasp of English and a sense that the Japanese way isn’t the only way of doing things. But back in Tokyo he’s…