The Collector
Written by Fiona Cummins — In January 2017 I was lucky enough to be given a debut novel to review. It stayed with me through thick and thin and ended up being one of my favourite crime fiction books of the year. That book was…
Shame on You
Written by Amy Heydenrych — Social media. We can’t live without it these days, no matter how much we’d like to. Love it or hate it, our lives are played out on Facebook, Twitter, Snapchat and Instagram feeds. For some, garnering likes is the be…
The Girl in the Fog by Donato Carrisi
Translated by Howard Curtis — Two months after a 15-year-old girl goes missing in the fog while on the way to church in an Italian alpine town, the chief investigator of the case, Detective Vogel is in hospital following a road accident. He is covered in…
The Birthday Girl
Written by Sue Fortin — If my Facebook feed is to be believed, a girls’ weekend away comprises pampering, party games and plentiful Prosecco. After reading this book, you may think twice before accepting your next invitation… Carys has a birthday approaching, as does her…
NTN: The Binding Song
Written by Elodie Harper — Elodie Harper is a TV journalist and crime fiction author whose story Wild Swimming won The Guardian’s 2016 short story competition, which was judged by Stephen King. You can read it here. Earlier this year she produced her debut novel, a…
NTN: The Dying Game
Written by Asa Avdic, translated by Rachel Willson-Broyles — Fresh blood is spilt here in a debut novella penned by a Swedish broadcast journalist, which claims to please the fans of Suzanne Collins’ The Hunger Games and Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale. That is what…
The Marsh King's Daughter
In The Marsh King’s Daughter, Karen Dionne skilfully blends hard-core survivalism with tense family drama, all wrapped up in the appropriately swampy marshland of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. Can you ever leave the past behind, if your father was a notorious child abductor who kept your…