The Spider Dance
Written by Nick Setchfield — Nick Setchfield’s debut The War in the Dark, which came out last year, was highly enjoyable. In my review I said I was curious as to how a sequel would play out and now with The Spider Dance, we have…
Providence
Written by Caroline Kepnes — Master of horror Stephen King has been testing the waters in crime fiction land in recent years, and the release of The Outsider earlier this year saw him edge further into our favourite genre with his third detective novel. Recently,…
The Bone Keeper
Luca Veste’s latest is a veritable horror crossover as Merseyside police detectives Louise Henderson and Paul Shipley arrive at the scene of a domestic disturbance. But it stirs up old stories of The Bone Keeper for Henderson, a seemingly urban legend that has terrified local…
The Bone Keeper
Written by Luca Veste — Luca Veste, best known for his Liverpool based crime thrillers starring DI Murphy and DS Rossi, is back with a standalone serial killer thriller. The story opens in the past, when an unnamed narrator is 11. She, her 14-year-old brother…
NTN: CJ Tudor interviewed
The buzz surrounding Nottinghamshire author CJ Tudor and her debut novel, The Chalk Man, is reaching fever pitch. The book, in which childhood games lead to murder, has a fascinating premise, and will be published in January 2018. If that seems too far away, be…
Sherlock Holmes and the Miskatonic Monstrosities
Written by James Lovegrove — Last year’s Sherlock Holmes and the Shadwell Shadows was a hugely enjoyable crossover that pitted HP Lovecraft’s eldritch horrors against Arthur Conan Doyle’s master detective. The contest ended in a draw with Holmes and Watson’s worldview irrevocably altered to assimilate the…
The Silent Companions
Written by Laura Purcell — Just in time for Halloween comes The Silent Companions, a Gothic ghost story or mild horror tale that attempts to follow in the wake of Shirley Jackson and Susan Hill. Told in three timelines, we first meet Elsie Bainbridge in 1866…
CIS: We Have Always Lived in the Castle
Shirley Jackson: A Rather Haunted Life by Ruth Franklin came out last year, and since this biography the American crime author seems to be enjoying a bit of a revival. For the first time in many years, all of Jackson’s novels and story collections are…