When the manuscript of a debut crime novel arrives at a Parisian publishing house, everyone in the readers’ room is convinced it’s something special. And the committee for France’s highest literary honour, the Prix Goncourt, agrees. But when the shortlist is announced, there’s a problem for editor Violaine Lepage: she has no idea of the … Continue reading THE READERS’ ROOM, by Antoine Laurain, Gallic Books
Crime Mystery
THE OLD SUCCESS: A RICHARD JURY MYSTERY, by Martha Grimes, Atlantic Monthly Press, Grove Atlantic, Publishers Group
When the body of a French woman washes up on a wild inlet off the Cornish coast, Brian Macalvie, divisional commander with the Devon-Cornwall police is called in. Who could have killed this beautiful tourist, the only visible footprints nearby belonging to the two little girls who found her? While Macalvie stands in the Scilly … Continue reading THE OLD SUCCESS: A RICHARD JURY MYSTERY, by Martha Grimes, Atlantic Monthly Press, Grove Atlantic, Publishers Group
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KNIFE, A NEW HARRY HOLE NOVEL, by Joe Nesbo, Random House, Penguin Randum House
Brilliant, audaciously rogue police officer, Harry Hole from The Snowman and The Thirst, is back and in the throes of a new, unanticipated rage--once again hunting the murderer who has haunted his entire career. Harry Hole is not in a good place. Rakel--the only woman he's ever loved--has ended it with him, permanently. He's been … Continue reading KNIFE, A NEW HARRY HOLE NOVEL, by Joe Nesbo, Random House, Penguin Randum House
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THE BROTHERHOOD, The Brotherhood Chronicle 1, by Tejas Desai, Self-Published, The New Wei
The first volume of Tejas Desai's international crime trilogy The Brotherhood Chronicle is an electrifying multicultural thriller told at a breathtaking pace. Niral Solanke, a down on his luck private investigator living in New York City during The Great Recession, is trying to redeem himself from a life of sin by rejoining a conservative Hindu … Continue reading THE BROTHERHOOD, The Brotherhood Chronicle 1, by Tejas Desai, Self-Published, The New Wei
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A SECRET TO DIE FOR, by Lisa Harris, Revell/Baker Publishing Group
Out September 2018 Psychologist Grace Callahan has no idea that she has a secret--one worth killing for. But when she finds out one of her clients has been murdered, she quickly realizes that the computer security specialist wasn't simply suffering from paranoia. Detective Nate Quinn has just been cleared for active duty after a bombing … Continue reading A SECRET TO DIE FOR, by Lisa Harris, Revell/Baker Publishing Group
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GHOST GIRL, by Lesley Thomson, Head of Zeus Publishing/IPG
On a cold day in 1966, 10-year-old Mary Thornton is taking her little brother home. That afternoon will change Mary's life forever. She is about to become the only witness to her brother's murder. Only a year after the death of her father, chief superintendent Terry Darnell, his daughter Stella is still reeling from the … Continue reading GHOST GIRL, by Lesley Thomson, Head of Zeus Publishing/IPG
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DEAD IF YOU DON’T, (ROY GRACE #14) by Peter James, Pan Macmillan/Publisher’s Group Canada
Kipp Brown, successful businessman and compulsive gambler, is having the worst run of luck of his life. He's beginning to lose big style. However, taking his teenage son, Mungo, to their club's big Saturday afternoon football match should have given him a welcome respite, if only for a few hours. But it' at the stadium … Continue reading DEAD IF YOU DON’T, (ROY GRACE #14) by Peter James, Pan Macmillan/Publisher’s Group Canada
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SILENT THUNDER, by Iris Johansen, Roy Johansen/ St. Martin’s Press
Number-one bestselling author Iris Johansen teams up with Edgar Award winner Roy Johansen and the result is an explosive, tour-de-force thriller. . . . It was the assignment of a lifetime. . . . Brilliant marine architect Hannah Bryson has been given the job of a lifetime. A U.S. maritime museum has just acquired … Continue reading SILENT THUNDER, by Iris Johansen, Roy Johansen/ St. Martin’s Press
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THE KNOWLEDGE (A Richard Jury Mystery), By Martha Grimes, Atlantic Monthly Press
With their signature wit, sly plotting, and gloriously offbeat characters, Martha Grimes’s New York Times bestselling Richard Jury mysteries are “utterly unlike anyone else’s detective novels” (Washington Post). In the latest series outing, The Knowledge, the Scotland Yard detective nearly meets his match in a Baker Street Irregulars-like gang of kids and a homicide case … Continue reading THE KNOWLEDGE (A Richard Jury Mystery), By Martha Grimes, Atlantic Monthly Press
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WYCHWOOD, by George Mann, Titan Books
After losing her job and her partner in one fell swoop, journalist Elspeth Reeves is back in her mother’s house in the sleepy village of Wilsby-under-Wychwood, wondering where it all went wrong. Then a body is found in the neighbouring Wychwoods: a woman ritually slaughtered, with cryptic symbols scattered around her corpse. Elspeth recognizes these … Continue reading WYCHWOOD, by George Mann, Titan Books
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