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Killer's Island

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Written by Anna Jansson — Welcome to the pretty medieval town of Visby on the island of Gotland in the Baltic Sea. Full-time population: 20,000. Number of summer visitors: 800,000. The perfect place to celebrate Swedish Midsummer, getting away from it all. Or, the perfect…
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66 North: Fire & Ice Book II

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Written by Michael Ridpath — When we first met Detective Magnus Jónsson of the Boston Police Department in Where the Shadows Lie, he was seconded to Reykjavík Violent Crimes Unit and followed the trail of a killer intent on getting hold of a previously unknown…
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Darkness All Around

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Written by Doug Magee — With so many writers seemingly content to meet genre expectations, it’s nice to come across an author not so easily satisfied. Magee isn’t just trying to write a suspenseful thriller here, but write about small town life and how claustrophobic…
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The Child Thief

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Written by Dan Smith — Leaving behind the tropical locales of his previous works, Dark Horizons and Dry Season, Dan Smith’s third book, The Child Thief, is set in western Ukraine. It’s a harsh winter in the 1930s with communist troops scouting the area for…
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The Killing by David Hewson

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The Killing proved to be a sensation when it appeared on British screens last March. And this despite it being 20 episodes long and broadcast in the original Danish with subtitles. Viewers were captivated. Gleefully we tweeted phrases in Danish. The cult following couldn’t get…
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Kill Alex Cross

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Written by James Patterson – James Patterson has proved a polarising presence in crime fiction, and in publishing more generally. Patterson is nothing if not prolific, and churns out novels at a prodigious pace. Last year saw the release of 11 books authored or co-authored…
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Silent Valley

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Written by Malla Nunn — International crime fiction sometimes feels like a contest between the Scandinavians and the Irish. If so, the South Africans are closing ground on both of them. Think of writers like Margie Orford, Roger Smith and Mike Nicol, just to name…
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