An Extract from THE DYING SQUAD by Adam Simcox

THE DYING SQUAD Adam Simcox Gollancz (gollancz.co.uk) £16.99 Winter hated Lincolnshire. It sprinkled frost on its fields, squatted on the remains of its abandoned crops and draped everything in a sea of compacted fog, almost as if it were embarrassed by the place. The flatness of its Arctic landscape had always made Joe think of […]

RAZORBLADE TEARS by S. A. Cosby

RAZORBLADE TEARS S. A. Cosby Headline (headline.co.uk) £18.99 Isaac “Ike” Randolph is in mourning following the violent death of his son, Isiah. Ike has much to mourn, given the strained nature of their relationship, caused by Ike’s inability to accept that his son was gay. Now, having been gunned down with his husband, it’s too […]

THE COLOURS OF DEATH by Patricia Marques

THE COLOURS OF DEATH Patricia Marques Hodder & Stoughton (hodder.co.uk) £16.99 A man is dead in a stationary train in Lisbon’s Gare do Oriente, apparently having beaten himself to death on the train’s door. When Inspector Isabel Reis arrives on the scene, witnesses claim that he didn’t kill himself voluntarily. The man is Gil dos […]

KNOCK KNOCK by Anders Roslund

KNOCK KNOCK Anders Roslund (andersroslund.se) Harvill Secker (penguin.co.uk) £12.99 Seventeen years ago Detective Inspector Ewert Grens arrived at a crime scene to discover a birthday party interrupted. A 5-year-old girl dances around her apartment singing happy birthday to herself as the rest of her family lie dead, two bullets in each of their heads in […]

RAGE by Richard Bachman

RAGE Stephen King writing as Richard Bachman (stephenking.com) Currently unavailable Today is the day that Charles Everett Decker is going to “get it on.” Charlie, as he’s known by those around him, arrives at his early-morning algebra class with his father’s pistol and a pocketful of ammunition. After shooting dead his teacher, he takes his […]

THE WHOLE TRUTH by Cara Hunter

THE WHOLE TRUTH Cara Hunter Penguin Books (penguin.co.uk) £7.99 A sexual assault and harassment complaint seems an unusual case to land on Detective Inspector Adam Fawley’s desk, but that’s where it ends up. A university student’s word against a well-respected professor. Except there’s a twist. Strapping rugby player Caleb Morgan claims that the diminutive Marina […]

An Extract From DON’T TURN AROUND by Jessica Barry

DON’T TURN AROUND Jessica Barry Vintage (penguin.co.uk) £7.99 Start from Chapter 1 at A Little Book Problem. Or find Chapter 13 at Shaz’s Book Blog. CHAPTER 14 TWO YEARS EARLIER The cut and scrape of silverware on good china. The tinkling of champagne glasses clinking together in a toast. The murmur of polite conversation, gentle […]

COMPETITION: Win a copy of EMPIRE OF WILD by Cherie Dimaline

EMPIRE OF WILD Cherie Dimaline (cheriedimaline.com) Weidenfeld & Nicolson (weidenfeldandnicolson.co.uk) £14.99 Thanks to the lovely people at Weidenfeld & Nicolson, I have a copy of Cherie Dimaline’s Empire of Wild to give away. Let’s have some fun with it: at its heart, Empire of Wild is a werewolf story, relying on the stories and legends […]

EMPIRE OF WILD by Cherie Dimaline

EMPIRE OF WILD Cherie Dimaline (cheriedimaline.com) Weidenfeld & Nicolson (weidenfeldandnicolson.co.uk) £14.99 Stepping outside to cool off after an argument, Victor disappears into the forest and his wife, Joan, spends eleven months and six days trying to find him. On the seventh day of that fateful twelfth month, a hungover Joan pulls into the parking lot […]

THE FALL OF KOLI by M. R. Carey

THE FALL OF KOLI (The Rampart Trilogy, Book 3) M. R. Carey Orbit Books (orbitbooks.net) £9.99 And so Koli Faceless – who we’ve known by many names over the course of his tale: Woodsmith, Rampart, Witless – and his friends come to the source of the broadcast claiming to be the Sword of Albion. From […]