REVIEW: ‘The Vanishing Season’ by Joanna Schaffhausen

Ellery Hathaway knows a thing or two about serial killers. Not because she’s a police officer in a sleepy American town, where most offences are so minor they’re barely worth ticketing, but because she survived being kidnapped by one in her teens. Now an adult, Ellery fiercely guards her past secrets, but she also knows […]

January 21, 2025 Book Reviews, Crime Read More →

REVIEW: ‘Blood Symmetry’ by Kate Rhodes

Forensics and psychological profiling are probably my favourite crime fiction elements. Kate Rhodes uses both effectively to create a fast paced and rather gruesome tale in ‘Blood Symmetry’, her fifth novel in her popular Alice Quentin series. What’s it about? Clare Riordan is out running with her son, Mikey, one morning when they are both […]

May 5, 2019 Book Reviews, Crime, Fiction Read More →