Bill Gastner, a romantic fallen hero, recovering from illness and home burglary, calls on his dwindling energy to coordinate his latest case of child…

No Beast So Fierce by Edward Bunker is a suspenseful study of the pressures facing ex-convicts as they attempt to negotiate the straight world.

Summer House with Swimming Pool by Herman Koch is a psychological thriller that follows a group on holiday. It takes a turn for the worst…

The Riddle of the Sands: A Record of Secret Service by Erskine Childers is a spy/adventure novel which sets out to find a mysterious hidden…

The Bone Garden By Tess Gerritsen delves into Boston’s past (1830) and present, recently divorced Julia Hamill finds a female skull buried in the rocky…

One For the Money By Janet Evanovich is a story about a female bounty hunter obsessed with money, leading her on comedic adventures.

No Turning Back by Joanne Lees accounts for the attack in the Australian outback which left her boyfriend dead and her life in danger.

Author Review: Robert Van Gulik follows the main character Judge Dee, who is based on a real statesman and detective Di Renjie, who lived in…

In The Minor Adjustment Beauty Salon by Alexander McCall Smith, Ramotswe (the detective) has taken on two puzzling cases of alleged false impersonation and…

Nerve by Dick Francis follows the story of a jockey who discovers that his losing streak is caused by something sinister.