The Adjustment by Scott Phillips
Best known for his first novel The Ice Harvest, which was adapted for the screen, Scott Phillips has at last brought out The Adjustment, his first novel since 2003. I’ll tell you right off the bat that I think it’s at least as good, if…
Good as Dead
Written by Mark Billingham – Good as Dead is the fifth Tom Thorne novel, and the first since last year’s TV dramatisation that fortified Mark Billingham as one of the UK’s premium crime fiction novelists. For fans of Billingham, this latest instalment exhibits all the…
The Killer is Dying by James Sallis
Written by James Sallis — Although this book is set in Pheonix, Arizona, it’s by no means hot and fiesty crime fiction. There are no chases, gunfights or shadowy figures jumping out from behind doors to bash the hero in the face. In fact, the…
What the Dead Know by Laura Lippman
This book comes from American author Laura Lippman – a newspaper reporter turned detective fiction writer. She was raised in Baltimore, a city with a strong connection to Edgar Allen Poe, arguably the inventor of the genre we enjoy so much. This city provides the…
Far South
Written by David Enrique Spellman – Written as the casebook of Juan Manuel Perez, Far South follows his detailed investigation into the disappearance of enigmatic theatre director, Gerardo Fischer. But what makes it so new and experimental is that at certain points the story points you…
Hunted
Written by Emlyn Rees — Hunted is a fast-paced thriller that focuses primarily on a chase through London after a shooting. The story is well researched, containing numerous details to add flavor and depth to the scenes. In addition, current and recent events are peppered throughout…