A Map of the Dark
Written by Karen Ellis — Elsa Myers is the New York representative for the FBI’s Child Abduction Rapid Deployment Unit in this debut from Karen Ellis. Just as in any missing persons case, the first 24 hours is crucial. The correct response from the police can…
The Missing Girl
Written by Jenny Quintana — Anna Flores’s beloved older sister Gabriella went missing as a teenager and Anna never quite recovered from the loss. She thought she had left all that grief behind her when she fled England and went to live abroad. But now,…
Force of Nature by Jane Harper
Her debut novel, The Dry, has astounded readers around the world, winning both the CWA Gold Dagger and the Ned Kelly First Novel Award. But what if Jane Harper’s first book is still lurking in your to be read pile, as it is in mine? Is…
NTN: Choose Your Parents Wisely
Written by Tom Trott — Joe Grabarz is a young private investigator on the south coast of England. The streets in Brighton are more gentrified than mean, but it has its share of dirty secrets. Grabarz has the wise-mouthed street smarts to dig them up. When…
The Girl in the Fog by Donato Carrisi
Translated by Howard Curtis — Two months after a 15-year-old girl goes missing in the fog while on the way to church in an Italian alpine town, the chief investigator of the case, Detective Vogel is in hospital following a road accident. He is covered in…
Dig Two Graves by Keith Nixon
Here’s an author and former Crime Fiction Lover contributor who has carved himself a niche in the world of Brit Noir, thanks to his Margate-based series featuring hitman-cum-tramp Konstantin Boryakov. We’ve previously reviewed I’m Dead Again. Now he’s embarking on a new series of crime…