Hunter
Written by Robert Bidinotto — Mr Bidinotto’s background as a distinguished investigative journalist of the criminal justice system provides him with the experience and knowledge to craft a story that grows from the mistakes and injustices he has seen. He uses these experiences to construct a…
Bad Intentions
Written by Karin Fossum — Fossum’s background is in the caring professions. Having worked in hospitals, care homes and drug rehabilitation, it is clearly evident that she draws on these experiences, with her observation of human psychology used to great effect in this volume. She really does…
One Step Behind
Written by Henning Mankell — One Step Behind is not Mankell’s most famous nor most commercially successful Wallander novel. For our money, though, it represents both Mankell and Kurt Wallander at their absolute peak. What it lacks in pace and popular verve, it more than…
LA Noire: The Collected Stories
Edited by Jonathan Santlofer — There are films based on books and computer games based on films. Well, how about the book based on the computer game? Actually, The Collected Stories isn’t strictly based on LA Noire for Xbox and PlayStation 3, it’s more of…
Catch Your Death
Written by Louise Voss and Mark Edwards — After I finished reading this book using the Kindle app on my iPad, I tweeted that it left me cold. That’s probably more of a ‘chirp’ than a ‘tweet’ and co-author Mark Edwards pulled me up for the…