Ronald Knox wrote his first detective novel, The Viaduct Murders in 1925 and wrote Essays in Satire in 1928 in which he included the essay…

The Tin Roof Blow Down by James Lee Burke is set in New Orleans as hurricane Katrina unleashes and is part of the Dave Robicheaux…

The Kill List by Frederick Forsyth At last, another blockbuster from the author who invented the modern thriller. At a cracking pace we are…

Paper Scissors Death by Joanna Campbell Slan is a debut mystery written recently in 2008 that filtered through the ruse of project scrapbooking which must…

If you like action mixed with science and archaeology, then The Eye of God is a book for you.

Inspector Singh is a henpecked, portly, slightly dishevelled Singaporean policeman who investigates murders across South East Asia.

The Murder Wall by Mari Hannah is a taut crime story, beautifully crafted.

Live by Night, a gangster novel, tells the story of the rise and fall of a gangster in the prohibition era of the roaring twenties…

The Cuckoo’s Calling by Robert Galbraith is a great debut mystery in a classic vein.

Brigid Quinn has officially left the FBI, but is brought back to consult on a homicide case which seven years earlier claimed the life of…

The books of Roy Harley Lewis (not to be confused with Roy Lewis) are light-hearted, not to be taken too seriously, but quite enjoyable.