I used to be a big fan of the Lucas Davenport books by John Sandford. The long running series started back in 1989 with Rules of Prey. I’ve not bothered with some of the recent
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Metropolis by Philip Kerr out now
Metropolis, the fourteenth (and sadly last) Bernie Gunther thriller, by Philip Kerr is out today in hardback. Berlin detective Bernie Gunther bows out at last in the 14th and final book of the Sunday Times
Read moreThe Woman in the Woods by John Connolly paperback
In advance of the new hardback by John Connolly last year’s Charlie Parker novel, The Woman in the Woods, is coming out in paperback this week. It is spring, and the semi-preserved body of a
Read moreLethal White by Robert Galbraith out now
The fourth Cormoran Strike novel titled Lethal White by Robert Galbraith (aka J.K. Rowling) Has just been published in hardcover from Sphere books. Here’s the blurb… ‘I seen a kid killed . . . He
Read moreThe Outsider by Stephen King review
Stephen King’s new novel The Outsider is a murder mystery, albeit one with a supernatural element as you might expect from this author. The novel opens with the very public arrest of local baseball coach
Read moreThe City & the City TV Tie-in edition
I read this novel by science fiction author China Miéville when it first came out in paperback some years ago. I found it to be a very memorable book about a murder investigation taking place
Read moreCareer of Evil by Robert Galbraith TV Tie-in
The BBC have now made the third Cormoran Strike crime drama based on the books by Robert Galbraith, aka J.K. Rowling. The paperback has a publication date of today, 22 February 2018. Blurb follows. Now
Read moreThe Woman in the Woods by John Connolly preview
Another of my reading highlights of the year will surely be the new Charlie Parker thriller by John Connolly. The sixteenth book in the series is titled The Woman in the Woods. It is spring,
Read morePrussian Blue by Philip Kerr paperback
I read Prussian Blue by Philip Kerr when it came out in hardback earlier this year. Shockingly enough time has already gone by for the paperback version to be released today. How’s that possible? Actually
Read moreThe Snowman by Jo Nesbo movie tie-in
I’ve not read any of the Harry Hole books by Norwegian author Jo Nesbo but this one has caught my eye because of the new movie tie-in cover. The movie version stars Michael Fassbender and
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