Buried Under Books

Category: Crime


REVIEW: ‘Spinning into the Dark’ by Heather Peck

‘A shadow moved between her and the sun, and a pang of relief went through her. Help was on the way.’ Murder can be brutal. It can be banal. But in DCI Geldard’s Norfolk, a ten year old murder is top of Greg’s priority list, until a rash of unsolved disappearances becomes something more sinister. […]

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REVIEW: ‘A Talent for Murder’ by Peter Swanson

Would you know if you had married a serial killer? Of course you would, you think, by which you mean you would never have married him. But before you scoff too vigorously, you should know that Sonia Sutcliffe had no idea. One day, when her husband returns from a weekend away, Martha watches him put […]

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REVIEW: ‘Where the Truth Lies’ by M. J. Lee

Welcome to the world of DI Ridpath. After a serious brush with melanoma that forced him to take nine months off work, he’s ready to return to his post – but his boss has decided to sweep him into the long grass. His crime? Being ill on the job. Shunted into a new role as […]

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REVIEW: ‘Facets of Death’ by Michael Stanley

This was my introduction to ‘Sunshine Noir’, which is apparently similar to Nordic Noir but set in brighter, sunnier climes, specifically, in ‘Facets of Death’, in Botswana. I am late to the party, both to the subgenre and to the world of Detective Kubu, but I’m glad to have finally investigated this treasure. Speaking of […]

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REVIEW: ‘Bad Day at the Vulture Club’ by Vaseem Khan

Vultures and elephants, murder and corruption. What more could a book need? Ok, it’s only one elephant, but a very clever one. Meet Ganesha, a young and ingenious companion for (former) Inspector Chopra, sent to him by his missing uncle, for reasons unknown. Chopra owns a detective agency and this was my first introduction to […]

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REVIEW: ‘Mummy’s Little Secret’ by M. A. Hunter

“She’s not my mum…” When Jess hears these four words, whispered by a young girl in her local park, it sets her mind into overdrive. Why would Daisy lie? What might her mother, Morag, be hiding? Jess is determined to find out… What’s it about? Secrets. Suspicions. Trauma. From early on, in chapters subtitled ‘Before’, […]

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REVIEW: ‘The Fury’ by Alex Michaelides

It begins with a phone call…and it ends with a murder. TLDR: I loved this book. If you’re a fan of crime thrillers, you should probably read it. Oh how I do love an unreliable narrator and a narrative unwrapped in gradual layers until what you thought you knew lies in tatters. What’s it about? […]

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REVIEW: ‘Zodiac’ by Anamaria Ionescu

Four victims. Four different locations. One strange mark on the bodies and one geographical link: all were born in Voineasa. In this slim Romanian noir novel, trained killer Sergiu Manta and police inspector Marius Stanescu are forced to work together to find out how these four disparate deaths are connected. Sergiu has his orders and […]

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REVIEW: ‘I Looked Away’ by Jane Corry

You made a mistake. But they’re saying it’s murder. As taglines go, this one is definitely an eye-catcher, even an eyebrow-raiser. But does it keep its implicit promises, of drama, tension and thrills? I’m pleased to report that it certainly does. What’s it about? I’m going to pinch the blurb for this one: Every Monday, […]

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REVIEW: ‘Buried in the Past’ by Heather Peck

‘It was that point in the evening which the poetic might call crepuscular.’ Welcome to Heather Peck’s Norfolk, a world where hare coursers and arsonists are causing trouble, and two young children have been missing for three long months. Norfolk and Suffolk police are low on manpower and hampered by Covid protocols, but crime has […]

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