Therapy
Written by Sebastian Fitzek, translated by Sally-Ann Spencer — Sebastian Fitzek is going to be the next big name in crime fiction coming out of Germany. At least, that’s what the Sphere imprint of Little, Brown is betting on. The publisher has just acquired the…
Always Watching
Written by Chevy Stevens — One of my top five crime fiction books of 2013 was Too Dark to Sleep, which featured a police detective who was afraid of the dark. And it’s something similar with Always Watching, where the central character is Nadine Lavoie,…
The Silent Wife
Written by ASA Harrison – Publishers and readers alike have been searching for the ‘new’ Gone Girl, following the critical and commercial success of Gillian Flynn’s crime crossover hit about a warring couple who become headline news when she disappears. Official end-of-year sales UK figures…
Defending Elton by TJ Cooke
November may be over, but new talent still appears regularly on our radar screens. Admittedly, Tim Cooke is not exactly an inexperienced writer. He has written many hours of TV and radio drama, including contributions to such popular British shows as The Bill, London’s Burning…
NTN: The Stone Boy by Sophie Loubière
Translated by Nora Mahony — Sophie Loubière won the Prix Lion Noir in France with this tricksy yet subtle psychological thriller. She has written several books but The Stone Boy is the first to be translated into English, so we’re claiming her for New Talent…
Strangers on a Train calls at the West End
Almost 20 years after her death, Patricia Highsmith is set to have a West End hit with the stage adaptation of the debut novel that made her name. Strangers on a Train has just opened at the Gielgud Theatre in London and Highsmith fans should…
Broadchurch the novel
Sphere has announced that it is to publish a novel based on the sensational ITV whodunnit, Broadchurch. Shown in January this year, the programme starred David Tennant as DI Alex Hardy, with Olivia Colman playing his colleague DS Ellie Miller. The story revolves around Hardy’s…