Recommended Reading Three of Hideo Yokoyama's books to try: Get a Copy Six Four: An overnight success for Hideo Yokoyama when first published in 2012. The New York Times Book Review called it one of the best books of 2017. (Review) ★★★ Get a Copy Prefecture D: This novel draws upon Yokoyama’s experience as a regional crime reporter. It highlights the tensions and dysfunctions of Japan’s rigidly hierarchical police force. (Notes) Get a Copy Seventeen: Based on Yokoyama's experience covering the 1985 crash of Japan Airlines Flight 123; Seventeen is a newsroom tragedy. Probably not the best read at an airport. (Notes) Image by Paal Audestad Biography Born in … [Read more...] about Hideo Yokoyama
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Tomorrow’s Ghost
Notes In Tomorrow's Ghost, Anthony Price introduces you to the many faces of Frances Fitzgibbon, a Tolkien scholar, military wife, scrubber, widow, chameleon and spy. An enthralling Cold War thriller with a sting in the tail recounted from the perspective of a young female agent. Get a Copy ★★★★ Publisher's Synopsis 'We want you to lay a ghost,' Frances Fitzgibbon is told as she is ordered to investigate the past of her own superior, Colonel Jack Butler's, at a decisive moment in his career. But why?For as Colonel Butler pursues an elusive IRA/KGB assassin, Frances finds herself confronting dangerous questions as more than one spectre is raised from the dark past. Read a full review of Tomorrow's Ghost by … [Read more...] about Tomorrow’s Ghost
Joël Dicker
Recommended Reading Three of Joël Dicker's books to try: Get a Copy The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair: This novel did very well in Europe, winning the French Grand Prix du Roman. It got a distinctly tepid response in The United States. A super story or a bunch of cliches? (Review) ★★★★ Get a Copy The Baltimore Boys: Both sequel and prequel to The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair. Critical opinion is divided. It could be a literary triumph or a simple beach read. (Notes) Get a Copy The Disappearance of Stephanie Mailer: Twenty years after two brutal murders, an investigative journalist goes missing. Heavy in both plot twists and pages. (Notes) Image by … [Read more...] about Joël Dicker
Steve Cavanagh
Recommended Reading Three of Steve Cavanagh's books to try: Get a Copy Thirteen: Emblazoned with a beguiling headline, "The serial killer isn't on trial; he's on the jury." Cavanagh milks the premise for all it is worth. Pure escapism. (Review) ★★★★★ Get a Copy The Defence: The first in Steve Cavanagh's high-octane, feisty, gutsy, audacious, take no prisoners — I hope you get the idea — legal thriller series. (Notes) Get a Copy Twisted: Cavanagh's first standalone novel; this one isn't about a lawyer but a writer. But with the same thrills per minute content. (Notes) Image by Unknown Biography Stephen Mearns was born in Northern Ireland in 1976 and grew up … [Read more...] about Steve Cavanagh
John Grisham
Recommended Reading Three of John Grisham’s books that you should add to your pile: Get a Copy A Time to Kill: Grisham’s first book was a flop, but it has possibly become his number one seller since he found fame. (Review) ★★★ Get a Copy The Firm: This book put John Grisham on the map. It spent 47 weeks on The New York Times Best Seller list and was the biggest-selling novel of 1991. (Notes) ★★★ Get a Copy The Innocent Man: Grisham’s only true crime novel was the catalyst for his work with the Innocence Project. (Notes) Image by Carol Harrison Biography John Ray Grisham was born in Jonesboro, Arkansas, in 1955. His wasn’t an affluent upbringing; his … [Read more...] about John Grisham
The Life of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Notes The Life of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle by John Dickson Carr was the first "authorised" biography of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and earned Dickson Carr an Edgar Award. The book explores the creation of Sherlock Holmes but also delves into Conan Doyle’s personal life, his decision to leave medicine to become an author and the fallout with his family over Catholicism. Get a Copy Publisher's Synopsis This vivid biography, written by John Dickson Carr, a giant in the field of mystery fiction, benefits from his full access to the archives of the eminent Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, to his notebooks, diaries, press clippings, and voluminous correspondence. Like his creation Sherlock Holmes, Doyle had "a horror of destroying … [Read more...] about The Life of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Ruth Rendell
Recommended Reading Three of Ruth Rendell's books to add to your pile: Get a Copy A Fatal Inversion: Written under the pen name Barbara Vine, the C.W.A. shortlisted a Fatal Inversion for its Dagger of Daggers, or best of the best, award. (Review) ★★★★★ Get a Copy End in Tears: The twentieth book in the Inspector Wexford series was longlisted for Theakston's Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year. (Notes) ★★★★ Get a Copy The Fallen Curtain Stories: A collection of 11 short stories. The headline story won the Edgar Award for Best Short Story in 1975. (Notes) Image by Tim Duncan Biography Ruth Rendell (1930 - 2015) was born Ruth Barbara Grasemann to a British … [Read more...] about Ruth Rendell
Death and the Joyful Woman
Notes Death and the Joyful Woman by Ellis Peters won the 1963 Mystery Writers of America Edgar Award for best novel. Unfortunately, Universal Television turned it into an instantly forgettable episode of "Alfred Hitchcock Presents". Get a Copy Publisher's Synopsis Is vulgarity grounds for murder? Alfred Armiger had antagonised many with his greed and crass acquisitiveness. So when the ruthless beer baron is discovered dead, his head beaten in by a magnum of champagne, there is no shortage of suspects. All of Comerford is shocked when Detective George Felse arrests Kitty Norris, the daughter of a rival beer baron, the last person to see Armiger alive, and the main beneficiary of his will. But Kitty, charming and … [Read more...] about Death and the Joyful Woman
The Innocent Man
Notes The Innocent Man by John Grisham is his first and, to date, last true crime novel. Grisham is on the board of The Innocence Project. An American organisation that strives to prevent miscarriages of justice. "There is nothing worse than wrongfully convicting an innocent person for a crime they didn’t commit while the true perpetrator remains free." Get a Copy Publisher's Synopsis Ron Williamson was a star college sportsman in the small town of Ada, Oklahoma. When he left to pursue his dreams he seemed destined for glory. But years of injury, drinking, drugs and women took their toll, and he returned to Ada a lonely drifter. Soon after his homecoming, a local cocktail waitress was raped and murdered. … [Read more...] about The Innocent Man
Anthony Price
Recommended Reading Three of Anthony Price's books to try: Get a Copy Other Paths to Glory: The Crime Writer's Association shortlisted Price's fifth novel for their Dagger of Daggers, the best crime novel of the 20th Century. (Review) ★★★★★ Get a Copy The Labyrinth Makers: Price's first novel won a Silver Dagger and introduced the world to David Audley, a very British spy. (Notes) Get a Copy Tomorrow's Ghost: Meet Frances Fitzgibbon, a Tolkien scholar, military wife, scrubber, widow, chameleon and spy. A woman who will do anything for her country. (Notes) ★★★★ Image by Unknown Biography Anthony Price (1928 - 2019) was born in Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire. … [Read more...] about Anthony Price
Bloodhounds
Notes Bloodhounds by Peter Lovesey is a contemporary Police Procedural in which a group of crime fiction geeks become embroiled in a Locked Room Mystery. All that, and it won a Barry Award, a Macavity Award and a Silver Dagger. Read it and feed your inner nerd. Get a Copy ★★★★ Publisher's Synopsis “Darling, if ever I’ve met a group of potential murderers anywhere, it’s the Bloodhounds.” Thus says the chic, amoral Jessica Shaw of the Bloodhounds of Bath, a society that meets in a crypt to discuss crime novels. But to Shirley-Ann Miller, their latest recruit, they are a gaggle of dotty misfits, until one of them reveals that he is in possession of an immensely valuable stamp, recently stolen from the Postal … [Read more...] about Bloodhounds
Joe Gores
Recommended Reading Three of Joe Gore's books to try: Get a Copy A Time of Predators: Joe Gores's first novel won him an Edgar Award. It is a nasty little story of stupid actions and rampant escalation.(Review) ★★★★ Get a Copy 32 Cadillacs: Gores builds on his experience as a skip tracer and repo man. A Gypsy King demands a pink Cadillac for his burial. (Notes) ★★★★ Get a Copy Spade and Archer: Joe Gores's last novel was a prequel to The Maltese Falcon, written by his literary hero, Dashiell Hammett. (Notes) Image by Mark Coggins Biography Joseph Gores (1931-2011) was one of the United States' most critically acclaimed crime writers. At the time, … [Read more...] about Joe Gores