A Savage Hunger
Written by Claire McGowan — Claire McGowan’s Paula Maguire series has already garnered high praise. On the strength of my entry point into the series with this, the fourth novel, I can certainly see why that’s the case. Forensic psychologists have become almost a cliché in…
A gazetteer of British crime: Northern Ireland
It’s been a couple of months since the last instalment of our gazetteer, and in the time that’s elapsed we’ve been wandering and… um… finding some really good crime novels all over the UK. Naturally! At last we’re back and at this stormy time of…
First look: Rain Dogs by Adrian McKinty
There aren’t many trilogies around made up of five books, but it seems that Serpent’s Tail couldn’t get enough of Adrian McKinty‘s Sean Duffy series. After extending it to four books with Gun Street Girl last year, a fifth is on its way. Feast your…
Preserve the Dead
Written by Brian McGilloway — Detective Sergeant Lucy Black of the Derry police force leads a full and complex life. Her father is suffering the early stages of Alzheimer’s disease and has been badly beaten by another inmate at the secure unit he’s currently in. But before she can complain about…
Barlow by the Book
Written by John McAllister — John Barlow is the Royal Ulster Constabulary Station Sergeant in Ballymena, County Antrim. It’s 1960 and he is both respected and feared, depending on which part of Ballymena society you come from. Petty crooks fear his policing skills and intuition, but respect his fairness. Up-and-coming…