Crime Fiction Lover

Husband and wife writing team Nicci Gerrard and Sean French are probably best known for their series of books featuring psychotherapist Frieda Klein, but in recent years they’ve been gradually building up a new collection, with DI Maud O’Connor as the strangely not-quite-central character. Maud…

Translated by Gregory Dowling — A lot of Italian crime fiction in English is dark, mafia-related or snowbound. Manzini, Carlotto, de Cataldo and Roberto Saviano spring to mind. The Fruttero and Lucentini novels are different, lighter, witty, slightly eccentric and colourful but no less steeped…

If you’re feeling peckish, this week’s new books report might have you rushing out to grab a pie and a cosy mystery to enjoy afterwards. And, after you’ve devoured The Pie and Mash Detective Agency, we’ve got five more courses for you including some delectable…

Recent years have seen a renaissance of fiction set in the murky world of espionage. No doubt the continued success of Mick Herron, both in print and on Apple TV, has played no small part in this. David McCloskey’s series of action-packed thrillers regularly hits…

A Bad, Bad Place by debut author Frances Crawford is an absorbing character-driven novel exploring how a crime can impact even those not directly involved. More specifically, witnesses and those living near the scene. They may be able to provide information that could help the…

If you haven’t come across the Fixer novels by Jill Amy Rosenblatt yet, then you could be in for a treat. So far, the Long Island-based author has produced four in the series and more are on the way. These are books crafted just for…