The Crooked Beat by Nick Quantrill
Hull. The 1980s. A rough and tumble city in northern England, trying to come to terms with itself as traditional industries fade, and new challenges beckon. Police. Honest coppers and bent coppers. Criminals prepared to laugh at the former and use the latter for their…
Dying Fall by Elly Griffiths
Ruth Galloway is a forensic archaeologist in a Norfolk University. She specialises in analysing the bones of ancient people, uncovered during archaeological digs. When she hears of the tragic death of an old friend from student days, she is saddened, but not heartbroken, as they…
Sebastian Bergman by Michael Hjorth and Hans Rosenfeldt
Written by Michael Hjorth and Hans Rosenfeldt — Sebastian Bergman is the first title from Trapdoor, a new imprint from Little, Brown (UK) and Grand Central (US) aiming to translate and publish crime stories from around the world. And if the name Sebastian Bergman sounds…
Burning Midnight
Written by Loren D Estleman — With more than 20 written over a 30-year period, the Amos Walker books must represent one of the longest running private eye series ever. Based in Estleman’s Detroit, with frequent trips into fictional Iroquois Heights, Walker is a PI…
Hell on Church Street
Written by Jake Hinkson — Hell on Church Street is the first novel published this year by New Pulp Press – and is this author’s debut. Like every other book from this independent publisher, this is noir all the way. These guys walk on the…