Angels In The Moonlight is a prequel to the Dublin trilogy by Caimh McDonnell, this series is following detective Bunny McGarry in his role as part of the Irish Garda.  This story was recommended to me as a good starting point given that I am interviewing Caimh at 7pm on Monday 3rd August on Facebook's UK … Continue reading The First of a Double →

Having recently finished the first volume of Peter Robinson's After Dark, I've found that the short story collections by him have been really useful in breaking up my reading of other things. At one point I was reading the latest book by Peter James, Find them Dead, this was an ebook on my computer, rather … Continue reading Reviewing Shorts →

Doug Johnstone's A Dark Matter is another example of his eclectic writing style. The last one that I read was about a burglar. This one, though is about a funeral directors that also double up as a private detective agency. This might seem like an unusual context, but bodies come from anywhere, including police morgues, … Continue reading A grave PI →

After reading Worst Case Scenario for the Theakstons short list, I managed to secure an interview with Helen for the 27th of July on the UK Crime Book Club and thought it a good idea to read her latest book, too. Althought there have been many books depicting bushfires and I've now read three different … Continue reading Hidden Ashes →

Danny Marshall's short story in this collection, The Cavalier's Revenge, highlights one of my favourite elements of the crime genre, that of the locked room mystery. Like every good locked room mystery, this had all of the key features. The long set up, a few baffled suspects and the old gathering of everyone in one … Continue reading A little extra One →

Rob Parker's Far from the Tree is the latest Northern Crime Syndicate book that I've read. I first became aware of Rob after reading Trevor Wood's first book, The man on the Street. The Northern Crime Syndicate are a group of crime authors all based in the north of England. This book is based in … Continue reading Parker puts down Roots →

  Since Lockdown on the 23rd March I have done nothing but listen to audio books through Audible and reviewed and interviewed at least 10 authors. Of the 15 books I have read since Lockdown, number 16, Far From the Tree is unique in my experience.  Rob Parker and his agents managed to persuade Audible … Continue reading My day with Audible and Alexa →

  Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line is the last of this years New Blood series selected by Val McDermid on behalf of Theakstons Old Peculiar Crime Festival, bought to us by Harrogate International Festivals. This book is very different to anything else I have read this year, even if I include other Indian writers … Continue reading Final New Blood 2020 →

Elizabeth Kay's Seven Lies has kept me intrigued over the two days that it took me to read it. Her writing style and the way that the protagonist narrated the book, meant that you always knew what was going on. I must admit that I did struggle to find empathy for Jane, the book's protagonist, … Continue reading New Blood, three of four →