Righteous
Written by Joe Ide, narrated by Sullivan Jones — Righteous is Joe Ide’s second crime novel about Isaiah Quintabe, a young black man living in tough East Long Beach, California, who’s really good to have around if there’s trouble. Not that he’s a crack shot or…
Gallery of the Dead
Written by Chris Carter — Slipping inside the pages of a Chris Carter book is like entering a chamber of horrors. This is one dark, twisted, crazily imaginative and highly entertaining writer, so be prepared to jump at any slight sound as you engross yourself…
The Wanted
Robert Crais’ 17th Elvis Cole novel is just as fresh as the first, The Monkey’s Raincoat, which has now been in print for 30 years. LA-based PI Cole and his partner Joe Pike are in a race against both the police and some serious bad…
The Bomb Maker
Written by Thomas Perry — We are only just in to the New Year, but few books you read this year will start better than The Bomb Maker. The opening sentence of chapter one draws you straight into the action with its vividly detailed, almost…
The Wanted
Written by Robert Crais — The Wanted is the 17th novel in the best-selling series about Los Angeles private detective Elvis Cole and his strong-arm sidekick Joe Pike. It also marks the 30th anniversary of their debut in The Monkey’s Raincoat. That novel collected the…
Two Kinds of Truth
Written by Michael Connelly — Bestselling US crime author Michael Connelly might have started a new series earlier in 2017 with The Late Show, featuring Renée Ballard, but he hasn’t forgotten fans of his mainstay LA detective Harry Bosch. With Two Kinds of Truth, Connelly continues…
The Late Show
Michael Connelly stays in his beloved LA for the first in a new series of high-end police procedurals. His new character is Renee Ballard, an LAPD detective consigned to the night shift after falling foul of the bureaucracy and politics of her department. She’s a…