Crime-Detective

  • THE SCHOLAR by Dervla McTiernan (Cormac Reilly #2), Book Review

    From the author of the critically acclaimed bestseller The Ruin, Dervla McTiernan comes a compulsive new crime thriller featuring DS Cormac Reilly, The Scholar. The Scholar Synopsis: Being brilliant has never been this dangerous … When Dr Emma Sweeney stumbles across…

  • A Necessary Murder by M J Tjia, Review: Red herrings galore

    A Necessary Murder is the second title in M J Tjia’s Heloise Chancey Mystery Series. A Necessary Murder Synopsis Stoke Newington, 1863: Little Margaret Lovejoy is found brutally murdered in the outhouse of her family’s estate. A few days later, another…

  • The Long Drop by Denise Mina, Review: Unnerving psychology

    The Long Drop is a stand-alone true-crime thriller from the acclaimed author of the Alex Morrow novels, Denise Mina, that I highly recommend in audio. The Long Drop Synopsis: William Watt wants answers about his family’s murder. Peter Manuel has them. But…

  • Trial on Mount Koya by Susan Spann, Book Review

    Trial on Mount Koya is the sixth title in the Hiro Hattori / Shinobi Mystery series. Trial on Mount Koya Synopsis Master ninja Hiro Hattori and Jesuit Father Mateo head up to Mount Koya, only to find themselves embroiled in yet…

  • THE LAST EQUATION OF ISAAC SEVERY by Nova Jacobs, Book Review

    The Last Equation of Isaac Severy is Nova Jacobs debut novel. The Last Equation of Isaac Severy Synopsis: A Novel in Clues The Family Fang meets The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry in this literary mystery about a struggling bookseller whose recently deceased grandfather,…

  • HIDING by Jenny Morton Potts, Review: Enigmatic lead characters

    Jenny Morton Potts’ Hiding is a gripping psychological thriller with chilling twists, from a unique new voice. Read our full review of this top quality novel. Hiding Book Synopsis Keller Baye and Rebecca Brown live on different sides of the Atlantic. Until…

  • EGYPTIAN ENIGMA by L J M Owen, Review: Cosy foodie mystery

    Filled with ancient murder, family secrets and really good food, Egyptian Enigma is the third adventure in L J M Owen’s charming series Dr Pimms, Intermillennial Sleuth. Really cold cases. Egyptian Enigma, Book 3 Dr Pimms Intermillennial Sleuth Synopsis: Dr Elizabeth Pimms,…

  • THE PORTRAIT OF MOLLY DEAN by Katherine Kovacic, Book Review

    In Katherine Kovacic’s debut novel The Portrait Of Molly Dean an unsolved murder comes to light after almost seventy years… The Portrait of Molly Dean Synopsis: In 1999, art dealer Alex Clayton stumbles across a lost portrait of Molly Dean, an artist’s…

  • The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle (aka 7 1/2 Deaths), Review

    Stuart Turton’s debut novel The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle (or The 7 1/2 Deaths in US & Canada) is the original high-concept murder mystery being described as Gosford Park meets Inception, by way of Agatha Christie’s Murder on the Orient Express. Read my full review.