Jack the Ripper: Case Closed
Written by Gyles Brandreth – The Whitechapel Murders that occurred in London in 1888 have provided seemingly endless inspiration for writerly speculation. Latest in this parade of theorists exploring the grisly deaths of five prostitutes is former Conservative MP, actor, and broadcaster Gyles Brandreth. He…
Merciless: Killer crime TV from Brazil
A multi-award winning programme in Brazil, Merciless is arriving on Channel 4 care of the Walter Presents label on Sunday 18 June at 10:15pm. After the airing of episode one, you’ll be able to stream all 13 one-hour shows as a box set on All4/Walter…
Love Me Not
Written by MJ Arlidge – This contemporary thriller set in Southampton pits the local police force against a pair of serial killers. It’s a multiple point-of-view novel and is told mostly from the perspective of DI Helen Grace, newly returned to her job. In a…
The Quiet Man
Written by James Carol — Every so often, book critics bemoan the ongoing interest in serial killer novels. Well, there seems no end to the public fascination with what is a particularly rare kind of criminal, especially if you can give them a new twist. That’s what James Carol…
The Owl Always Hunts at Night
Written by Samuel Bjork, translated by Charlotte Barslund — Bjork is yet another name to add to the pantheon of Nordic Noir authors. This is his second solidly written police procedural featuring Oslo detectives Holger Munch and Mia Krüger, following on from I’m Travelling Alone. Here,…
The Killer on the Wall
Written by Emma Kavanagh — The blurb for this book had me gripped. Teenage girl finds three bodies propped up against Hadrian’s Wall. The killer is put behind bars, then, 20 years later, bodies begin to appear again. For a crime fiction lover, what’s not…
The Thirst by Jo Nesbo
Translated by Neil Smith — The tagline says it all: Harry Hole is back! For those following the ten-book series featuring the dour, brilliant, and thoroughly scarred Norwegian detective, we were led to believe that Police might have been his last book. But now Harry is back,…