Pretty Baby
Mary Kubica, Pretty Baby (August 2015) Review by Lee Horsley Mary Kubica’s Pretty Baby opens with cold rain and wind buffeting a frail, lost-looking girl
Category: Crime Fiction
All Things Cease To Appear
Elizabeth Brundage, All Things Cease to Appear (March 2016) Review by Kate Horsley Reading Elizabeth Brundage’s All Things Cease to Appear is a mesmerizing
The Darkest Secret
Alex Marwood, The Darkest Secret, Jan 2016 Review by Kate Horsley “… it was a lovely weekend. Glorious weather and great company,
Reykjavik Nights & Into Oblivion
Arnaldur Indridason – Reykjavik Nights (2012, trans 2014) and Into Oblivion (2014, trans 2016) Review by Lee Horsley “His thoughts shifted to the Reykjavík
The Long and Faraway Gone
Lou Berney, The Long and Faraway Gone (William Morrow, March 2015) Review by Lee Horsley Lou Berney’s The Long and Faraway Gone is a
The Man of the Family
Editors’ Choice: reviews of Jill Alexander Essbaum, Hausfrau, Rebecca Whitney, The Liar’s Chair, and Laura Lippman, After I’m Gone Rebecca Whitney, writing in the Independent earlier this
Out of the Past
Editors’ Choice: reviews of Harriet Lane, Her, Amanda Jennings, The Judas Scar, and Daniel Woodrell, The Maid’s Version The protagonists of psychological thrillers are very often in
Fevered Adolescence
Editors’ Choice: reviews of Megan Abbott, The Fever and Tana French, The Secret Place Crime fiction has often been accused of indulging in the clichés
The Secrets of Houses
Editors’ Choice: reviews of Christobel Kent, The Crooked House; D.D. Johnston, The Secret Baby Room; Paula Hawkins, The Girl on the Train; and Liane Moriarty, The Last Anniversary
Broken Societies
Editors’ Choice: reviews of Lauren Beukes, Broken Monsters; Lynn Kostoff, Words to Die For; and Paul Johnston, The Black List The noir thriller