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Andrew Mayne's newest thriller Looking Glass picks up a little while after the action of the first book in the series The Naturalist. Dr. Theo Cray has left academia and entered the private sector as a government contractor searching for terrorists using AI. After a conflict in his new position, he travels to Los Angeles... Continue Reading →
I read Adam Brookes's first book in this series Night Heron when it was released four years ago. I thoroughly enjoyed the main character journalist Phillip Mangan's introduction into the skills of tradecraft. He is the anti-Bourne. He doesn't kick or shoot his way out of trouble; he knows how to read people and as... Continue Reading →
Aidan Conway's A Known Evil is a well-researched international thriller focusing on the unique crimes of a serial killer on the streets of Rome. Inspectors Rossi and Carrara are put in charge of the investigation to track down the hammer-wielding killer who leaves cryptic notes at the murder scenes. Rossi suspects all the major power... Continue Reading →
Is is always cold and snowing in Scandinavian crime fiction? If it is, that's ok with me because the atmosphere in Sigurdardottir's newly translated Icelandic crime novel The Legacy is perfect for the characters and their intentions. In a political move by the department, newly-promoted detective Hulder is given the lead on a grisly and... Continue Reading →
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