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NTN: Penance by Theresa Talbot

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The Magdalene Laundries and the abuses they concealed left deep psychological and physical scars on their victims not just in Ireland but in the UK, USA and Canada too. It’s little wonder these institutions, where ‘fallen women’ went to have their babies, have become the inspiration for…
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NTN: The Dark Inside by Rod Reynolds

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The debut novel from Rod Reynolds arrives with a curious comparison: ‘for fans of True Detective’ has been added on the cover. You can understand the marketing motivation, but this book doesn’t really resemble the modern-era crime drama tinged with cosmic terror that was created…
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Murder DC by Neely Tucker

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Do you miss The Wire? Does the wait for the next George Pelecanos novel seem endless? Neely Tucker is a welcome find that will comfortably fill the void. His first thriller The Ways of the Dead featured veteran, war-scarred Washington reporter Sully Carter and was well received. Now the author builds…
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Only We Know by Karen Perry

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The author Karen Perry is, in fact, a crime-writing double act hoping to follow the success of Nicci French. Paul Perry and Karen Gillece are a poet and novelist who teamed up to pen psychological thrillers about familiy guilt and secrets. The Irish duo’s suspenseful…
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The Storm by Neil Broadfoot

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Last year, Neil Broadfoot’s debut novel Falling Fast was shortlisted for the Deanston Scottish Crime Book of the Year, in the hallowed company of such names as Peter May, Louise Welsh and Chris Brookmyre – and deservedly so, as you will gather from our review here….
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