Those Who Kill... a preview
It’s Danish. That’s enough for quite a few crime fiction lovers out there. So when ITV3 airs Those Who Kill at 10pm tomorrow night (23 February) we reckon plenty of people who read our site will be tuning in. We’re fans of The Killing and…
The Cold Cold Ground
Northern Ireland, 1981. The police have plenty to deal with as nationalists riot in the streets, hunger strikes in full swing. So when a gay man is found with a bullet in his skull and one of his hands cut off, on the surface it…
The Cold Cold Ground by Adrian McKinty
The premise behind this story is enough to catch your interest straight away. It’s set in Northern Ireland in 1981, right in the middle of the IRA hunger strikes. The police have plenty to deal with as nationalists riot in the streets, fought back by…
The Chosen
Written by Arlene Hunt — Having written several books set in Ireland, this is the first time Arlene Hunt has located a story in the US, and here she takes on the serial killer sub-genre with some aplomb. Jessie Conway, a high school teacher, is…
The Retribution
Written by Val McDermid – The Retribution is the seventh book featuring Tony Hill and Carol Jordan. A fantastic series, I was incredibly excited to read the latest instalment! The story focuses on the prison escape of increasingly legendary McDermid villain Jacko Vance, and his aim of wreaking…