A sense of hopelessness and foreboding permeate the novel, which builds slowly but steadily towards its stunning conclusion.
A sense of hopelessness and foreboding permeate the novel, which builds slowly but steadily towards its stunning conclusion.
Mystery
Lodge’s autopsy of complicated friendships, love affairs and eventual justice is eminently satisfying.
Lodge’s autopsy of complicated friendships, love affairs and eventual justice is eminently satisfying.
Death in the Family marks a bold beginning to an addictive new series.
Death in the Family marks a bold beginning to an addictive new series.
It’s a thrill to discover how Swanson braids the various books’ plots together as Malcolm grows ever more uneasy and the murderer ever bolder.
It’s a thrill to discover how Swanson braids the various books’ plots together as Malcolm grows ever more uneasy and the murderer ever bolder.
Finch’s plotting is excellent, his characters well developed, but it is his prose that truly shines.
Finch’s plotting is excellent, his characters well developed, but it is his prose that truly shines.
There is a free-form stream-of-consciousness element to this first-person narration that is very appealing—world-weary yet cautiously optimistic.
There is a free-form stream-of-consciousness element to this first-person narration that is very appealing—world-weary yet cautiously optimistic.
It’s a mystery that will keep you up late at night, haunted by the events within its pages.
It’s a mystery that will keep you up late at night, haunted by the events within its pages.
Engberg’s English language debut promises a gritty, unflinching procedural series, and will leave readers craving Kørner and Werner’s next adventure.
Engberg’s English language debut promises a gritty, unflinching procedural series, and will leave readers craving Kørner and Werner’s next adventure.
Unraveling at a breakneck pace and seemingly custom-built for a big-screen adventure, The Rabbit Hunter is a chase you’ll want to get in on.
Unraveling at a breakneck pace and seemingly custom-built for a big-screen adventure, The Rabbit Hunter is a chase you’ll want to get in on.
Armstrong has created a unique milieu for setting her suspense novels, which is no easy task nowadays. Read one, and you will want to read the rest.
Armstrong has created a unique milieu for setting her suspense novels, which is no easy task nowadays. Read one, and you will want to read the rest.
Rutledge is one of the most complicated and finely drawn characters in contemporary crime fiction.
Rutledge is one of the most complicated and finely drawn characters in contemporary crime fiction.
First Cut is a fascinating, entertaining series kickoff, with a particularly kickass heroine.
First Cut is a fascinating, entertaining series kickoff, with a particularly kickass heroine.
Sakawa scams abound, overlaid with a witch doctor (or two) and a trio of likable, if occasionally gullible, protagonists. We will be seeing Emma Djan again.
Sakawa scams abound, overlaid with a witch doctor (or two) and a trio of likable, if occasionally gullible, protagonists. We will be seeing Emma Djan again.
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