Ann Cleeves’ Shetland novels are my new favourite comfort read. I like the way she focuses on deep characterisation and … More
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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
Book review: A Treachery of Spies by Manda Scott (Inès Picaut 2)
Orléans detective Inès Picaut is called in to investigate the murder of an elderly woman, who has been killed in … More
Audiobook review: Cragside by LJ Ross, narrated by Jonathan Keeble
When a novel opens with a detective on his way to a murder mystery evening, it’s not hard to guess … More
Why do we love police procedurals?
A while ago I was watching an episode of the TV detective drama Scott and Bailey. Acting DI Rachel Bailey … More
