Some reviewers have said that readers who’ve read the author’s first book, The Gates of Evangeline, will get more from The Shimmering Road. I can’t say whether they are right or not, but this certainly works as a standalone novel, even if there are a few references which might have meant more if I’d read … More The Shimmering Road by Hester Young
Mother and daughter writers PJ and Traci Lambrecht have made a name for themselves in more ways than one. This is the seventh title written under the joint pseudonym PJ Tracy and it once again features detectives Gino Rolseth and Leo Magozzi. Faced with investigating a killing at an upmarket Minneapolis hotel, they quickly realise … More Cold Kill by PJ Tracy
Whatever else a work of fiction does, it surely has to introduce us to a world we are unfamiliar with. The Missing Hours manages this superbly, a crime novel set among the world of kidnap and ransom negotiators. The story opens with the disappearance of a mother in broad daylight, told poignantly from the viewpoint … More Review: The Missing Hours, by Emma Kavanagh
While some authors keep their publishers and readers happy by ploughing the same ground book after book, Anthony Horowitz likes to keep his guessing by switching genre and writing style from one book to the next. While young readers love his Alex Rider books, older bookworms have been gripped by his take on familiar literary … More Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz (Review)
Emma Kavanagh drew on her experience as a police and military psychologist with her book, The Missing Hours, out in November (Arrow paperback, £6.99). Partly inspired by a true story, the book tells the story of a mother who vanishes without trace, only to reappear with no memory of where she has been. Surely it’s … More Interview with Emma Kavanagh
An investigator working on the fringes of the law is asked to investigate a violent attack by a public schoolboy. Mysteriously, the victim has disappeared. So begins an investigation that has its origins half a world and half a century away. Although initially set in London, Annie Hauxwell’s book could be set just about anywhere. … More Review: House of Bones by Annie Hauxwell
Scottish journalist turned crime writer Craig Robertson travelled the world as a reporter before turning his hand to fiction with the gritty crime thriller `Random’. His latest book, `Murderabilia’, was published last month. Here he talks about his varied career, and the influences that have shaped his writing. What attracted you into journalism as … More From journalist to crime writer. An interview with Craig Robertson
If the title of Anthony Horowitz’s latest book seems familiar, then you have probably been watching re-runs of Midsomer Murders. In an early episode of the TV detective series Horowitz included a character who was holding a copy of a book called Magpie Murders. Eighteen years on, that germ of an idea has grown … More Interview: Anthony Horowitz
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