Armand Gamache, the former head of homicide for the Surete du Quebec and his wife Reine-Marie are revelling in their retirement, living in their beloved…

This book is set in Oxford (tick); the characters work for the Clarendon English Dictionary which is a thinly disguised Oxford English Dictionary (tick) and…

This is the seventh instalment in the Girl With the Dragon Tattoo series.  Originated by Stieg Larson (deceased) in a three book trilogy (and televised…

The latest instalment follows on closely from the previous book, The Rising Tide. Vera is still grieving for the loss of a team member, when…

It is not often one finds a mystery or crime fiction plot so well woven, so well plotted that one almost forgets about the meticulous…

When is a National Hero not a Hero? That is the question to be pondered in this, the 34th instalment in the Commissario Brunetti mystery…

This historical crime fiction novel is set in the time and place of London, England, 1654, in the first year of Oliver Cromwell’s rule as…

Highgate Rise is the eleventh novel in a series of thirty two, featuring Thomas and Charlotte Pitt. Thomas Pitt, the son of a former gamekeeper,…

Who can resist a story within a story? This is the 8th instalment in the Inspector Morse series, but it didn’t matter a jot that…

This, the 10th in the Rowland Sinclair series of crime novels, is, alas, the final in the series for the time being (the author’s website…

What an absolute delight this book is! It’s a fabulous romp through 1930s Sydney, in the company of our feisty and indomitable Violet Kelly and…

This book is in fact a prequel to a long running series. I haven’t read any of the other books, so it was a perfect…