Confessions
Written by Kanae Minato, translated by Stephen Snyder – You never quite know what to expect when you pick up a Japanese crime fiction novel.…
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Missing
Written by Sam Hawken — Jack Searle lives a quiet life in Texas, near the Mexican border. He earns enough to get by as a…
Alphabet House
Written by Jussi Adler-Olsen, translated by Steve Schein – Published for the first time in English, Alphabet House was Danish author Jussi Adler-Olsen’s first book…
The Last Refuge
When Scotsman John Callum arrives in the Faroe Islands, he discovers a place that’s as forlorn and remote as he is. Callum is running from…
The Reckoning
Written by Rennie Airth — We are in an England slowly trying to come to terms with the fact that, despite sitting on the victorious…
The Last Refuge
Written by Craig Robertson — There’s a telling scene early in Craig Robertson’s latest mystery where the main character, John Callum, is attacked by two…
Straight Jacket
Written by Adrian Deans — I’m an advocate of judging a book by its cover. When you’re walking through a bookstore, or even browsing on…
Take One With You
Written by Oak Anderson — We have crime fiction set in every location on Earth, from Iceland to Ireland, Australia to Antarctica, but the one…
The Front Seat Passenger
Written by Pascal Garnier, translated by Jane Aitken — The front seat next to the driver is traditionally called la place du mort (the seat…
I’ll Sleep When You’re Dead
Written by EA Aymar — People of a certain age will remember those old Charles Atlas adverts, where the seven stone weakling has sand kicked…
A Song for the Dying
Written by Stuart MacBride — Ash Henderson has all the street smarts required to successfully survive a spell in one of Her Majesty’s harder prisons.…
You’re Mine Now
Written by Hans Koppel — Swedish author Hans Koppel’s debut in the English language was She’s Never Coming Back, which arrived in 2012 and had…
NTN: Taking the Fall
Written by AP McCoy — In the world of horseracing, AP McCoy certainly wouldn’t qualify as ‘new talent’. He’s ridden over 2,000 winners and has…
Abductions, exorcisms and power chords
On the Radar — Let’s see – what’s the biggest news this week? The return of Jame Sallis with an interesting premise for his latest…
Let it Burn
Written by Steve Hamilton — Steve Hamilton returns again to the frozen landscape of Paradise, Michigan, for his eighth novel featuring sometime PI Alex McKnight.…
CIS: An introduction to Michael Innes
He’s one of the longest-serving literary detectives, but do lovers of classic crime still read the extravagant, erudite novels featuring Inspector John Appleby? Have crime…