Category Archives: Thriller

Now You See Me by S J Bolton

Posted on January 27, 2013 by

London, present day. DC Lacey Flint has an obsession with the long-unsolved mystery of Jack the Ripper, but has yet to be involved in a murder case. But when a dying woman accosts her in the street, she is engulfed … Continue reading →

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Birthdays For The Dead by Stuart MacBride

Posted on August 31, 2012 by

A girl disappears just before her thirteenth birthday. One year later, a birthday card is sent to her parents, containing a photograph of their daughter. As the years go by, the photographs appear with unerring regularity. And in each picture, … Continue reading →

Posted in CWA Daggers, New Author August, Stuart MacBride, Thriller | 9 Comments

Good As Dead by Mark Billingham

Posted on July 29, 2012 by

Mark Billingham, a former television comedy writer, has, since written ten best-selling crime novels featuring DI Tom Thorne – well, sort of ten, as Thorne also appears in a small role in Billingham’s apparently standalone thriller, In The Dark. I … Continue reading →

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Waterloo Sunset by Martin Edwards

Posted on March 10, 2012 by

IN MEMORY Harry Devlin Died Suddenly Liverpool Midsummer’s Eve Harry Devlin, a Liverpudlian lawyer, receives his own obituary in an anonymous envelope – apparently he is to die in six days time. Meanwhile, he is sucked into the events surrounding … Continue reading →

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Edge by Jeffery Deaver

Posted on December 29, 2011 by

Corte – no christian name, just Corte – is a “shepherd”. Working for a secretive government agency, he protects witnesses, ensuring that they reach their destinations safely. Henry Loving is a “lifter” – hired by an unknown party, he will … Continue reading →

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Raven Black by Ann Cleeves

Posted on December 16, 2011 by

And so we continue the actual point of this blog – looking for a classic mystery amongst the multitude of crime fiction written today – with Raven Black by Ann Cleeves. Jimmy Perez is a recently returned native of Shetland, … Continue reading →

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Falsehood In Advertising – Virals by Kathy Reichs

Posted on November 4, 2011 by

The last time that I put a book down after a disappointing first couple of chapters (The Holmes Affair by Graeme Moore), I didn’t post a review of it – after all, I’d only read about 30 pages of it. … Continue reading →

Posted in Film and TV, General, Kathy Reichs, Thriller | 7 Comments

Gone Tomorrow by Lee Child

Posted on June 7, 2011 by

A change of pace, I think. After a multitude of Ellery Queen braintwisters, I needed something a little lighter. One of my colleagues at work lent me this little number, the 13th Jack Reacher novel by Lee Child. Ah, Jack … Continue reading →

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