The Lost Swimmer
Written by Ann Turner — Since its release in Australia earlier this month, Ann Turner’s debut The Lost Swimmer has topped the bestseller list of several bookstores, and has received many favourable reviews. It’s not hard to see why – The Lost Swimmer is compelling, original and at…
And Sometimes I Wonder About You by Walter Mosley
New York PI Leonid Trotter McGill has a chaotic personal life. His wife is lying in a care home, broken and depressed as a result of years of mutual betrayal and infidelity. His brother is serving a life term in an Indiania prison. His son…
Initiated to Kill by Sharlene Almond
There’s a surprisingly large number of conspiracy theories involving the Freemasons. Everything from political assassinations to the creation of income tax has been attributed to this secretive group. One theory even sees them involved in the mystery of Jack the Ripper, one of Britain’s most…
The Dying Place by Luca Veste
The body of a known teenage troublemaker, Dean Hughes, is found dead on the steps of a church in a run down part of Liverpool. But this is no ordinary death, his corpse is covered with signs of torture, some of them months old. As…
NTN: William Giraldi interviewed
Next month sees the release of a debut crime novel for William Giraldi, a writer and editor based in Boston, who has come up with a tale of darkness and death set in America’s most northern territory: Alaska. Here at Crime Fiction Lover we often…
From the Cradle by Louise Voss and Mark Edwards
Family: it’s a six-letter word that covers a whole world of possibilities. If you’re lucky, it means happy get-togethers with relatives. Then again, it could conjure up mental images of Barbara Windsor in EastEnders. Love ’em or hate ’em, family is something you’re stuck with….