My 2018 books of the year – crime fiction

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

Book review: Rosewater by Tade Thompson

I don’t read a massive amount of science fiction but Rosewater had an interesting premise. It’s set in a near-future … More

I enjoyed Codename Villanelle but for me No Tomorrow, the second in the series that inspired the TV drama Killing … More

I don’t normally do this: compare books and their adaptations, preferring to enjoy one and forget about the other. This … More

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

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

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

Penny Kessler is an intern at the US Embassy in Turkey. A bomb goes off there during the Fourth of … More

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

What happens to spies when they get old? This is the intriguing question posed by Spook Street. Former senior spy … More