Series love: Lawrence Block’s Bernie Rhodenbarr mysteries

I’ve been feeling bad that I don’t give series I’ve loved the attention they deserve on the blog. Often I … More

Audiobook review: The Last Roundhead by Jemahl Evans, narrated by Bill Allender

Blandford Candy #1 The Last Roundhead is the story of Sir Blandford Candy and his adventures as Roundhead soldier and … More

When I chose my favourite books of 2018, I wrote separate posts for crime and literary fiction. I’m combining them … More

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

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

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

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

When a novel opens with a detective on his way to a murder mystery evening, it’s not hard to guess … More

Usually when I read fiction in translation it’s a slim literary volume put out by an independent press, so it’s … More

I’m struggling to write a review of London Rules. On the one hand I love it so much I want … More