Crime Scene: BELINDA BAUER Rubbernecker
The anatomy student, the coma victim – and a satisfying new direction from Belinda Bauer. I have to admit I …
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Crime Scene: TANA FRENCH Broken Harbour
Tana French’s Irish Gothic noir delivers more than the average crime novel. This is the fourth in Tana French’s Dublin Murder …
Crime Scene: IAN RANKIN Standing in Another Man’s Grave
Rebus is back, as individual and interesting as ever. After five years out in the cold of retirement (literally: he’s …
Crime Scene: LEE CHILD A Wanted Man
In 1997 Killing Floor crashed Lee Child onto the thriller scene as a major new talent. A Wanted Man is the …
Crime Scene: DEREK B MILLER Norwegian by Night
Simply one of the best crime novels of the year. Transcending genre, and blending genres, Norwegian by Night is partly …
ALISON MOORE The Lighthouse
This much-talked-about novel is an outsider selection for the Booker shortlist. Futh (his only name) takes a ferry to Europe …
LIZ JENSEN The Uninvited
Do we need to be afraid? Liz Jensen’s vision of the near future is terrifying. The Uninvited is a near-future …
Crime Scene: S J BOLTON Dead Scared
A sinister series of student deaths ignites this gripping thriller. In Cambridge, unprecedented numbers of students seem to be killing …
Crime Scene Shorts: Jean Bedford reviews six recent women’s crime novels
Åsa Larsson The Black Path, Kathy Reichs Bones Are Forever, Karin Slaughter Criminal, Camilla Lackberg The Drowning, Tess Gerritson Last To …
EVELYN JUERS The Recluse
The search for Newtown’s Miss Havisham. There are several urban myths about Newtown’s famous reclusive spinster, Elizabeth (Eliza) Emily Donnithorne. …
