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FDR Drive by James Comey

5 days ago | crimefictionlover.com | Paul Burke

The former director of the FBI turned author was sacked by Donald Trump in 2017 and was recently interviewed by the Secret Service in an ongoing feud with the man now back in the White House. Writing legal thrillers is probably a welcome escape from that world. Comey was also an assistant district attorney prior to working for the Bureau, which is reflected in his politically charged, high stakes legal dramas. FDR Drive is the third in his series featuring federal prosecutor Nora Carleton.
The Lizard by Domenic Stansberry

2 weeks ago | crimefictionlover.com | Vicki Weisfeld

Domenic Stansberry’s new noir mystery takes it slow, unravelling in beautiful prose the confounding situation of its protagonist, political ghostwriter SE Reynolds. Stansberry – who hasn’t published a novel in almost a decade – has won numerous prizes including an Edgar Award and a Hammett Prize for his past books, and authored one of CrimeFictionLover reviewer PulpCurry’s top books in 2011, Manifesto for the Dead.
Big Bad Wool by Leonie Swann

3 weeks ago | crimefictionlover.com | Vicki Weisfeld

Translated by Amy Bojang — Fifteen years since it was published, German author Leonie Swann’s detective thriller Big Bad Wool has finally been translated into English. It’s the follow-up to Swann’s popular mystery Three Bags Full, which itself has appeared in over 30 languages and is currently being made into a movie starring Hugh Jackman, Emma Thompson and Bryan Cranston.
The Murder Show by Matt Goldman

1 month ago | crimefictionlover.com | Vicki Weisfeld

Author Matt Goldman is part of that tribe of television writers who have made a successful jump into print. These authors have in common their ability to establish steadily rising action with no lulls and visual imaginations that let them describe scenes so that readers can easily picture them too. And they aren’t reluctant to deploy a little authentic humour. Goldman’s first book, Gone to Dust, was nominated for a number of awards. The Murder Show, will likely garner equal attention.
Hunkeler’s Secret by Hansjörg Schneider

1 month ago | crimefictionlover.com | Vicki Weisfeld

Translated by Astrid Freuler — We’ve been reviewing Hansjörg Schneider’s entertaining stories about the frustrations of Peter Hunkeler, an aging and cynical detective (now retired) of the police force of Basel, Switzerland, ever since The Basel Killings was translated into English in 2021. Basel is located so close to Germany and France that Hunkeler has a second home in Alsace, and the area is almost another character in the stories.
The Railway Conspiracy by John Shen Yen Nee and SJ Rozan

1 month ago | crimefictionlover.com | Vicki Weisfeld

Second in this talented team’s genre mashup, The Railway Conspiracy builds on the characters so expertly introduced in last year’s The Murder of Mr Ma. Set in London in the mid-1920s, the series’ main character is Judge Dee Ren Jie, inspired by not only on a real-life Tang Dynasty jurist but also on the traditions of Sherlock Holmes.You’ll also meet Lao She, a university professor who plays Watson to Dee’s Holmes; Sergeant Hoong, owner of a shop selling Chinese goods and a handy presence when...
A Pact With the Devil by Anna Legat

1 month ago | crimefictionlover.com | Paul Burke

Real figures from the past are always an intriguing part of historical fiction. The bonus for crime writers is being able to mix them up in murder mysteries and Legat has chosen the Polish physicist Nicolaus Copernicus to be her protagonist and amateur detective in A Pact With the Devil. The mathematician and astrologer appeared in John Banville’s Dr Copernicus in 1976 – a fictional portrait of the man who challenged the Church’s teaching that the earth was at the centre of the universe.
Falls to Pieces by Douglas Corleone

2 months ago | crimefictionlover.com | Vicki Weisfeld

If you’re a fan of stories set in an earthly paradise, you might enjoy Douglas Corleone’s new thriller, Falls to Pieces, about a woman and her teenage daughter living off the grid in Hawai`i. Kati Dawes (her new name) fled from New England with her daughter Zoe (ditto) to the island of Maui two years before the story starts. She fled not only to escape her abusive husband, Jeremy, but also because she had reason to fear she’d be a suspect in the death of her wealthy and tyrannical mother-in-law.
Down and Out in the River City by Wm Stage

2 months ago | crimefictionlover.com | Vicki Weisfeld

This third crime thriller by Wm Stage is a refreshing change of pace in both setting and characters, with a strong feel of gritty reality. Contemporary society’s schisms and Americans’ careless assumptions and prejudices are on full display in this well-paced thriller, which puts St Louis special process server Francis Lenihan in the precarious position of having to break the law if he wants a devious serial killer to get justice.
Son by Johana Gustawsson and Thomas Enger

2 months ago | crimefictionlover.com | Paul Burke

French author Johana Gustawsson and her Norwegian counterpart Thomas Enger are each formidable and successful in their own right. Now they’ve joined forces for a brand new crime fiction series set in Norway. It features a psychologist with specialist skills working for the Oslo police department on a brutal murder investigation, all the while coping with the fact that her own son went missing seven years ago.