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Getting Off

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Written by Jill Emerson — Returning to an old pseudonym, here the legend in the crime writing that is Lawrence Block goes back to what he describes as his ‘inner lesbian’. And in Getting Off, writing as Emerson, he regales us with a tale of sex…
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Tom-All-Alone's by Lynn Shepherd

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It seems rather apt that in the year we celebrate the bicentenary of the birth of Charles Dickens that crime author Lynn Shepherd has chosen one of his books as the inspiration for her new novel, Tom-All-Alone’s. And it’s even more fitting that Crime Fiction…
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Budapest Noir

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Written by Vilmos Kondor – October 1936, Hungarian prime minister Gyula Gӧmbӧs has just died while receiving medical treatment in Germany. Kondor’s debut novel opens with news of Gӧmbӧs’ death filtering through Budapest. This is the first in a series of stories featuring crime journalist,…
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The Pleasures of Men

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Written by Kate Williams – London’s East End in 1840 is the setting for historian Kate Williams’ crime fiction debut, and a killer nicknamed the Man of Crows is striking terror into the hearts of those inhabiting some of the poorest streets in the capital….
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Stolen Souls

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Written by Stuart Neville — I have to admit to being a little in awe of Stuart Neville. His 2009 debut The Twelve, a nuanced and powerfully written novel about The Troubles, was lauded by critics and readers alike. The follow-up Collusion was if anything…
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