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ReviewsThe Best Recent Crime And Thrillers: April 22 Sicilian sleuthing, murder in Victorian London, and the new Harlan Coben Broken Harbour tells the detailed story of a police investigation over the course of a few days The jacket blurb evokes We Need To Talk About Kevin but this is something different: edgy and confrontational in its treatment of the devastating effects of America's gun culture but shot through with real emotional heft and featuring characters it is impossible not to care about... The hotly anticipated follow-up to Carver's debut novel Girl 4 has just been released Davis skilfully weaves a fascinating narrative that also serves as a detailed history lesson that is rich and compelling. The sights and smells of crowded Roman street life are convincingly described as are the palaces and gardens of the Emperor himself.Master and God tells an entertaining and involving tale and as a depiction of the ancient world is something of a Roman triumph. Knight has spent years working with police units to create this book — a non-fiction/true crime novel The Holy Thief By William Ryan It would be a challenge not to find this book compelling Imagine sharing your dreams, desires and even memories with an identical twin brother you don't even know you have — a twin who also happens to be a psychopath Perverse Titillation Danny Shipka The subtitle of this shamelessly enjoyable study of a disreputable genre is 'The Exploitation Cinema of Italy, Spain and France 1960-1980', and for those au fait with the idiosyncratic delights to be discovered within this particular category, Danny Shipka's book will be an invaluable guide Joseph Olshan found the origins of his crime novel Cloudland in his own driveway The unique and clever plot is not the only good thing about this book Defending Jacob by William Landay In all the best legal thrillers – and William Landay's Defending Jacob is one of the best — it is crucial that we worry about the insuperable problems loaded on the shoulders of the central characters, and Landay handles that aspect with authority Draws the reader quietly into the depths of corruption, power, and money Is Driven better than Drive? No, but it is a fantastic sequel The Expo Files, By Stieg Larsson It's a mystery as provocative as anything in The Millennium Trilogy: is there a fourth book by the author of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo? How much more did Stieg Larsson write about the fascinating, sociopathic Lisbeth Salander before his prodigally unhealthy lifestyle ended his life at the age of 50? Tumblin' Dice By John McFetridge McFetridge is Canada's best kept crime fiction secret 'The morning I went to hell I was passed out drunk' Fifteen Digits By Nick Santora Rich Mauro had a bad break when the lawyers who represented him after his parents were killed by a drunken boater turned down a $2 million dollar settlement, fought the case through the courts, and lost When your father is the most notorious serial killer in the country, you have to watch your back. Especially when mutilated bodies start turning up Available Dark By Elizabeth Hand Makes good use of Iceland's hostile climate to create a sense of foreboding which raises the tension towards the climax Belfast. 2005. The city is booming. The troubles are a thing of the past, or are they? Not according to acting Detective Sergeant John O'Neill who is principal investigator for the first time in the death of a young boy whose body has been dumped on the site of a new, luxury apartment complex Are you getting weary of forensic pathologists? Writers and TV producers have become pathologist-happy: the profession, on page and screen, has blossomed, and we encounter legions of clue-sifting medical examiners, mostly female. A highly talented male writer has offered a challenge, albeit one who plays safe by using a woman protagonist The English Monster, By Lloyd Shepherd This is not simply a crime novel but it is a cracking read The Thief, By Fuminori Nakamura Less a crime novel - more a meditation on crime The Dark Winter makes a fair fist of the police procedural genre, and I expect to see more of Aector in the not too distant future Previous 25 Next 25 |