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CIS: Georges Simenon's Dirty Snow revisited

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If you’ve read Georges Simenon’s classic of existential noir Dirty Snow you will probably believe there was mutual influence between Simenon and his contemporary Albert Camus. Dirty Snow certainly belongs on the same shelf as Camus’ The Stranger. The influence of Dirty Snow’s existential musings is still prevalent…
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Secrets in the Stones

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Written by Tessa Harris — This is the sixth book in journalist-turned-novelist Tessa Harris’ engaging mystery series set in Oxfordshire in the 1780s. Dr Thomas Silkstone made his debut back in December 2011 in The Anatomist’s Apprentice, when he was approached by Lady Lydia Farrell…
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CIS: Murder Has a Motive

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Written by Francis Duncan — Last December, Vintage began reprinting 1940s classics by Francis Duncan beginning with Murder for Christmas. Murder Has a Motive is one of the latest novels featuring Mordecai Tremaine to appear once again on the shelves. Francis Duncan was the pen name of…
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The Sculthorpe Murder

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Written by Karen Charlton — Some historical crime novels are strong on history and light on storyline, others give the plot free rein and let historical context take a back seat. The best kind have a healthy balance between the two, and Karen Charlton’s Detective…
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Stop Press Murder

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Written by Peter Bartram — Back in October last year we reviewed Peter Bartram’s debut novel, Headline Murder. He’s also the author of 21 non-fiction titles, but here we have the second instalment in his Crampton of the Chronicle series. The Crampton in question is Colin…
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One Green Bottle by Chris Bausse

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One Green Bottle is Curtis Bausse’s debut novel and came out last year. He is a British born writer who has lived in France for most of his life but now lives in Mayotte, a French dependency in the Indian Ocean. The book introduces Bausse’s…
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The Bends

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Written by Leah Devlin –– This current-day police procedural is the third in a series that takes place in and around the picturesque village of Woods Hole, located on Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Big water – Nantucket Sound, Cape Cod Bay, Buzzards Bay, the Atlantic –…
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