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Big Bad Wool by Leonie Swann

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Translated by Amy Bojang — Fifteen years since it was published, German author Leonie Swann’s detective thriller Big Bad Wool has finally been translated into English. It’s the follow-up to Swann’s popular mystery Three Bags Full, which itself has appeared in over 30 languages and…
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On the Radar: Look on the light side

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When it’s all doom and gloom, it’s good to know that some crime novels – despite the subject matter – are written to raise a smile or two. So we get underway this week with a caper about old ladies icing their husbands, and another…
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On the Radar: Smashed avocado?

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Is it a fruit? Is it a vegetable? What is an avocado and is it suitable for the pages of a crime novel? English comedian Bob Mortimer specialises in the surreal, so perhaps he knows. His book The Hotel Avocado gets us going this week,…
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