Written by Ben Macintyre — A pal of espionage master John Le Carré, Ben Macintyre just about mirrors the novelist’s gift for writing compelling characters and page-turning narrative to the nonfiction realm. This book, subtitled The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War, is based on the defection of KGB operative Oleg Gordievsky, and it
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Written by Sergio Olguín and translated by Miranda France — Award-winning Argentine novelist Sergio Olguín’s fast-paced 2012 crime novel is now available in English for the first time. It’s not surprising it was made into an eight-episode television series in 2017, called La Fragilidad de los Cuerpos, because it has all the elements of an
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On the Radar — This week our new books column brings a good selection of books, with an eclectic mix of themes and styles represented. For those who love historical crime fiction, Abir Mukherjee and Alan Furst bring you their latest, set in 1920s India and World War II France respectively. There’s a bit of
The Horror Writers Association (HWA), in partnership with United for Libraries, Book Riot, and Library Journal/School Library Journal, is proud to announce the second annual Summer Scares Reading Program. Summer Scares is a reading program that provides libraries and schools with an annual list of recommended horror titles for adult, young adult (teen), and middle
When cross-border collaboration is needed to crack a case, Europol forms a team of detectives from different countries – and that’s exactly what happens after the violent opening sequences of The Team season 2, which will begin airing on UK channel More4 and Walter Presents on Friday 1 November. [embedded content] Shortly after a couple
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Written by Helen Cox — This debut mystery book by the author of two romantic novels is a mash up of cosy crime, comedy, romance, action (a thrilling car chase) and police procedural, featuring a librarian in the women’s studies department of a fictional university in the city of York. If it all sounds a
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You will laugh, you will be curious, and you may even cry as you join Mickey Burns in his incredible journey from the South Beach Projects of Staten Island, to the exciting set of his celebrity interview show “Profiles”, produced in Times Square, in the heart of New York City where he has interviewed over
“This book is a modern story that just so happens to also include vampires, werewolves, and a crotchety once-powerful old man. It was a blast….” (Witty and Sarcastic Book Club) Markus Blue is one of the most powerful men alive. Fire from his hands can destroy armies and his battles are legendary. He is one
Written by Dan Malakin — Rachel is a single mum who works as a nurse at St Pancras Hospital in London. She is revelling in a new relationship with builder Konrad and loves her job and her daughter Lily. But Rachel has quite a past, and a simple email is just the beginning of a
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Written by Michael Connelly — Just this summer, we took at look at the Harry Bosch series. Harry first appeared back in 1992 in The Black Echo and here he is, still going strong, in book 22. Actually, ‘strong’ may be a little optimistic. After all the guy is pushing 70 now and as The
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On the Radar — The leaves are turning orange, gold and red, the wind is blowing cold, and the sun is falling from the sky. As autumn takes hold, we’ve got five suitably atmospheric books to get you through the lengthening nights. We’ll start with a novel that actually has a crime fiction author as
The city of Leander, Texas has recently been the site of intense protest over its Family Pride Story Time. Following a second attempt to host a Pride Story Time on October 12, longtime director Priscilla Donovan will be leaving on November 1. The first event occurred in June, but it was not the first attempt
Written by Peter Adamson — In this political thriller by former UNICEF official Peter Adamson, now available in a trade paperback original, the reunion of five college friends launches a project that none of them could have anticipated, that has every potential of imminently and disastrously going off the rails, and that has almost incomparably
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Written by Elizabeth Hand — It is over three years since Elizabeth Hand released a crime novel – 2016’s Hard Light continued her run of the acclaimed Cass Neary series – so the arrival of this standalone historical thriller was greatly welcomed by us and her fans. The setting is the Riverview Amusement Park, Chicago
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Barry Forshaw, author of the new Crime Fiction: A Reader’s Guide, points us towards some important entries in the hottest of current crime genres… Author and journalist Barry Forshaw is one of the UK’s leading authorities on crime fiction, and has written a bookshelf worth of guides to the genre, covering both in print and
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Written by Oyinkan Braithwaite — For a book about violent death and two sisters’ efforts to cover it up, this entertaining crime fiction debut from Nigerian writer Oyinkan Braithwaite is remarkably full of life. You can’t help but be charmed by the narrator Korede, who early on in her tale provides this advice: “I bet
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Written by Stefan Ahnhem, translated by Agnes Broome — Motive X is the third instalment in Swedish author Stefan Ahnhem’s successful Fabian Risk series and continues where Eighteen Below left off. The Risk family is still carrying the scars of being terrorised by a serial killer. Matilda, the youngest, lies in hospital in a coma