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A Deadly Episode by Anthony Horowitz

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There’s something delightfully audacious about the premise of A Deadly Episode. The latest instalment in Anthony Horowitz’s long-running Hawthorne series begins with a murder that appears, at first glance anyway, to be deeply personal: private detective Daniel Hawthorne is stabbed to death. Except he isn’t….
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Make Thick My Blood by Toni Viola

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Set against the volatile backdrop of Rome, Toni Viola’s Make Thick My Blood blends procedural investigation, political intrigue and personal reckoning into a thriller that is as interested in the moral pressures placed on its characters as it is in solving a crime. As a…
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A Plot to Die For by Ardal O’Hanlon

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Few settings are more deceptively dangerous than a picturesque rural community. As many have found to their misfortune, beneath the herbaceous borders, parish council meetings and carefully maintained public image lurk old grudges, quiet humiliations and lives that have curdled into resentment. A Plot to…
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You Can Tell Me by Melinda Leigh

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Another right-in-this-moment new thriller, Melinda Leigh’s You Can Tell Me takes on the potential downsides of true crime reporting. Crime authors have given some memorable depictions of the excesses and dangers of this current societal preoccupation. I’m thinking of Paul Cleave’s The Pain Tourist or…
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