David Lagercrantz

2 months ago | brit.co | Jasmine Williams |David Lagercrantz

Just when we thought we'd had enough thriller books on our shelves, we caught wind of a new The Girl with Dragon Tattoo book! Ever since we saw Rooney Mara expertly portray Lisbeth Salander in the 2011 film (not to mention the page-turner book itself), we've been hooked on this series. Originally written by Stieg Larsson, each tale followsLisbeth's journey as a hacker who has more depth than meets the eye.

Sep 21, 2024 | nzherald.co.nz | Craig Sisterson |David Lagercrantz |Ragnar Jonasson

Crime and thriller reads to keep you turning the pages into the wee, small hours of the night. Photos / suppliedHell’s Bells by Jill Johnson (Black & White, $37.99) Brighton-based Māori storyteller Jill Johnson introduced a truly unique amateur sleuth in Devil’s Breath: Eustacia Rose, a neurodivergent expert in deadly botanicals with a rooftop garden full of poisonous plants and a voyeuristic interest in her female neighbour.

Aug 29, 2024 | kirkusreviews.com | David Lagercrantz |Ian Giles |Kathy Reichs |David Baldacci

Forget about solving all these crimes; the signal triumph here is (spoiler) the heroine’s survival. Another sweltering month in Charlotte, another boatload of mysteries past and present for overworked, overstressed forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan. A week after the night she chases but fails to catch a mysterious trespasser outside her town house, some unknown party texts Tempe four images of a corpse that looks as if it’s been chewed by wild hogs, because it has been.

Aug 2, 2024 | publishersweekly.com | David Lagercrantz |Ragnar Jonasson |Julia Dahl

Nick Harkaway. Viking, $30 (320p) ISBN 978-0-593-83349-0George Smiley returns in this terrific spy saga from John Le Carré’s son, Titanium Noir author Nicholas Cornwell (writing under the Harkaway pseudonym). In 1963, Hungarian publisher Laszlo Bánáti fails to show up at his office in London. Instead, a Soviet assassin arrives, telling Bánáti’s assistant, Susanna Gero, “I am here to kill your Mr. Bánáti...

Jul 23, 2024 | publishersweekly.com | David Lagercrantz |Ragnar Jonasson |Julia Dahl

Edited by Tod Goldberg. Soho Crime, $27.95 (304p) ISBN 978-1-64129-613-7Goldberg (the Gangsterland quartet) presents a winning anthology of 11 Hanukkah-themed crime stories. Stefanie Leder is perhaps the brightest candle in this menorah: her entry, “Not a Dinner Party Person,” centers on pharmaceutical sales rep Rachel, a proud sociopath whose fraught relationship with her family (“My mother?