Seven novels about journalists

Journalists make great protagonists, particularly in crime fiction. They have the skills to investigate, and we somehow grant them permission…

Book review: The Truth about Archie and Pye by Jonathan Pinnock

After a chance encounter with eccentric author George Burgess on a train, Tom Winscombe learns that he has been murdered.…

Major Ellie is a fighter pilot who is shot down in the desert in an unnamed country. After several days,…

I loved Jo Spain’s The Confession and was looking forward to reading this, but it hasn’t moved me in the…

Friends and Traitors has more of the feel of a literary novel than thriller but to me, that is not…

One of the storylines in Broken Ground is that DCI Karen Pirie’s scheming boss is trying to get rid of…

Jeff Paine is the editor of a small-town newspaper in Colorado, trying to stay afloat in the Trump era. Bury the…

I must admit that if I’d paid for this book I’d be inclined to ask for my money back. The…

Most crime novels start with a murder. This one begins with a failed investigation. Glasgow in 1969 has been terrorised…

I know of Aaron Gillies through his Technically Ron Twitter account, with its shrewd observations on the absurdity of politics…