My books of the year –2020

I haven’t read as many new releases as usual this year. Partly, of course, because a lot of books have … More

Book review: Still Life by Val McDermid (Karen Pirie #6)

Still Life has an intriguing plot, a twisty and convoluted tale of a body found off the Fife coast. The … More

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

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

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

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