by Judith Cutler — Legacy of Death has all the ingredients of a 19th century sensational mystery novel, with a 21st century ethos and style. Book 2 in a series.
Tag: crime/thriller
Ask No Questions
by Claire Allen — Realistic and gripping psychological thriller; fast paced, tense and tightly plotted. When everyone is hiding something, who can you trust?
Don’t You Want Me
by Richard Easter — Race riots, royals and gender bending. No, it’s not 2020. It’s 1981 and there’s a serial killer at large in this indy British crime novel.
A Good Father
by Catherine Talbot — Des is a good father. He loves his wife and children more than anything. So much that he’s determined to take care of them, once and for all.
Die Alone
by Simon Kernick — Action-packed distraction. A serial killer politician faces an ex-cop duo determined to stop him. But he’s not going down without a fight…
Three Hours
by Rosamund Lupton — A school is under siege by gunmen for three hours on a snowy morning. A tense, gripping and very moving story. Superbly written and plotted.
Snow
by John Banville — There’s a body in the library of the Big House, but nothing is quite as it appears in Snow, an atmospheric whodunnit set in post-war Ireland.
The Searcher
by Tana French — American ex-cop in the Irish countryside. Intelligent and well written, it debunks the tourist-brochure stereotypes. A cracking good read.
Under Violent Skies
by Judi Daykin — Police procedural. Set in ‘Escape to the Country’ territory, but there’s nothing twee here. Racism, sexism, human trafficking, murder…
The Thursday Murder Club
by Richard Osman — Residents in a retirement community get together to use their not-forgotten skills to solve a murder. Fun, plot twists and witty dialogue.
Kill Cycle
by Ike Hamill — Hamill never disappoints. Ordinary guy turns relentless amateur detective for a gripping story packed with twists and surprises.
No Simple Death
by Valerie Keogh — No Simple Death is a fairly standard police procedural, but it grabbed my attention from the first page and kept it to the last.
The Devil in the Marshalsea
by Antonia Hodgson — A voyeuristic trip to the Marshalsea Prison in the 19th century. With murder and intrigue, well written and gripping.
Sanctuary
by Celina Grace — Book 8 in the excellent Kate Redman series, Sanctuary is a credible story with interesting, well-rounded characters and a satisfying plot.
Death at the Theatre
by Celina Grace — Book 2 in the historical mystery series, Miss Hart and Miss Hunter Investigate
You Can’t Make Old Friends
by Tom Trott — Classic noir detective fiction; a [British] homage to Chandler et al. Funny, pacy, with a great sense of place.
Holding
by Graham Norton — Tragedy and mystery in an Irish village. A strong plot, bursts of humour and interesting, well rounded characters.
The Wicked Boy
by Kate Summerscale — Wonderfully researched, beautifully written account of true crime in the 19th century. Vivid depiction of the era, events and people.
Penhallow
by Georgette Heyer — A dysfunctional family of mostly unlikeable people. When one of them is finally bumped off, everyone is a suspect.
The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher
by Kate Summerscale — The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher has it all: 19th century setting, forensics, true crime, good factual writing, a gripping story…