Book review: The Long Call by Ann Cleeves (Two Rivers 1)

Ann Cleeves’ Shetland novels are my new favourite comfort read. I like the way she focuses on deep characterisation and … More

Book review: How the Dead Speak by Val McDermid (Tony Hill and Carol Jordan 11)

How the Dead Speak follows directly from the dramatic events at the end of Insidious Intent, the last book in … More

I’m a huge fan of the Logan McRae novels. It’s unfortunate that All That’s Dead is the first one I’ve … More

Here are my favourite crime novels of 2018. Tap the book link to read my full review. My first two … More

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

Orléans detective Inès Picaut is called in to investigate the murder of an elderly woman, who has been killed in … More

This is the first Stuart MacBride novel that I’ve read, which is something I now regret. I think perhaps I’ve … More

Just when you thought the trope of the world-weary cop with the messed-up life was getting tired, along comes the … More

A while ago I was watching an episode of the TV detective drama Scott and Bailey. Acting DI Rachel Bailey … More

Cold-case investigator DCI Karen Pirie is back and is now working from an office in Edinburgh. Out of Bounds features … More