From a darkened room to Zoom... I always think of myself as an introvert, and happy in my own company, but during lockdown I've come to realise I also need the company of like-minded people at least now and again. So I have been very grateful for the online events that have popped up to … Continue reading Feature: Noir At The Bar
Ambrose Parry - The Way Of All Flesh Published by Canongate Books, paperback £8.99. I received a free proof copy (of the hardback edition) from the publisher for review purposes. The Way Of All Flesh begins, as so many hackneyed crime novels have done before, with a man standing over the dead body of a … Continue reading Review: The Way Of All Flesh
Doug Johnstone - Breakers Published by Orenda, paperback £8.99. I received a free proof copy from the publisher for review purposes. Much of Doug Johnstone’s work falls into two camps: action-packed (Smokeheads, Crash Land) or psychologically powerful (Gone Again, The Jump). Last year’s Fault Lines saw him weld these strands together and in Breakers he … Continue reading Review: Breakers
Ambrose Parry - The Art of Dying Published by Black Thorn Books, paperback £8.99. I received a proof copy (of the Canongate Books hardback edition) from the publisher for review purposes. The Art Of Dying offers more of the alluring combination of crime fiction and historical fact seen in last year’s The Way Of All … Continue reading Review: The Art Of Dying
Sue Lawrence - Down To The Sea Published by Contraband, paperback £8.99. I received a proof copy of the book from the publisher for review purposes. Former MasterChef winner Sue Lawrence has 18 cookbooks to her name, but has in recent years branched out into historical thrillers, with Down To The Sea her third title. … Continue reading Review: Down To The Sea
James Oswald - Cold As The Grave Published by Wildfire Books, paperback £7.99. I received a proof copy from the publisher for review purposes. The first chapters of Cold As The Grave, the ninth Tony McLean book, encapsulate James Oswald's delicate blend of police procedural and supernatural, and in less than two dozen pages he … Continue reading Review: Cold As The Grave
Val McDermid - Broken Ground Published by Sphere, paperback £7.99. I received a proof copy from the publisher (Little, Brown hardback edition) for review purposes. Cold case detective Karen Pirie started life as a secondary character in The Distant Echo. She popped up again in Fife-set A Darker Domain, and then Val McDermid discovered, as … Continue reading Review: Broken Ground
Doug Johnstone - Fault Lines Published by Orenda Books, paperback £8.99. I received a free proof copy from the publisher for review purposes. Doug Johnstone has a knack for writing relatively slender books in which he somehow seems to cover more ground than many other writers manage in twice the number of pages – witness … Continue reading Review: Fault Lines
