The Sound of Her Voice
Written by Nathan Blackwell — New Zealand has offered some exciting avenues for crime fiction in recent years and their annual Ngaio Marsh Awards are fertile ground for atmospheric stories with formidable backdrops. The Sound of Her Voice is less preoccupied with setting but debut…
The Divinities
Written by Parker Bilal — With The Divinities, Parker Bilal starts a new police procedural series involving the interesting duo of Calil Drake, a detective with the Metropolitan Police in London, and Iranian-born forensic psychologist Dr Rayhana Crane. When a ton of rocks crushes a…
Out of the Ashes by Vicky Newham
London. AKA The Smoke. Home of the cheery, never-say-die Cockney, who likes to dress up in his Pearly King costume, eat jellied eels and talk in rhyming slang. Got that, me ol’ China? Well that’s all the stereotypes out of the way, so let’s take…
Deadland
Written by William Shaw — There’s something magical when a book transports you completely to the place in which it is set. Elly Griffiths does it brilliantly with North Norfolk in her Ruth Galloway novels, and after reading William Shaw’s Deadland I feel like I’ve…
The Ringmaster
Written by Vanda Symon — Sharp-witted, no-holds-barred Sam Shephard is back. After leaving her previous position in Mataura, deep in the countryside on New Zealand’s South Island, she’s starting a new job at the rank of detective in Dunedin. Being promoted after only a six-month…
The Katharina Code
Written by Jørn Lier Horst, translated by Anne Bruce — If you’re into Scandinavian crime fiction but not familiar with the William Wisting series by Norwegian writer Jorn Lier Horst, consider yourself lucky, because that means Horst, a winner of the Glass Key and Petrona awards,…