42) The House at Sea’s End by Elly Griffiths I’ve been back on the police procedural / thriller front of late, and this is a series I stumbled across reading a review of a different book. It features Ruth Galloway who is a forensic archaeologist meets pathologist, and she’s a great character: flawed, struggling to… Continue reading Year 2 / Book 42: The House at Sea’s End
Category: police procedural
Year 2 / Book 37: A Dark Redemption
37) A Dark Redemption by Stav Sherez I’ve been running behind on reviews, as work has been a bit busy, but am catching up gradually on books I’ve read. This is a really good police procedural by Stav Sherez, a British crime writer I hadn’t heard of until stumbling across on the Guardian books pages… Continue reading Year 2 / Book 37: A Dark Redemption
Year 2 / Book 35: The Thirst
35) The Thirst by Jo Nesbo I'm mid-way through a book on the Booker longlist and a business book based on scientific research...but there are times when you just have to reach for some Scandinavian crime: pure, instant escapism. Jo Nesbo is the publisher-acclaimed Scandi noir king, and a massive bestseller with his series of… Continue reading Year 2 / Book 35: The Thirst
Year 2 / Book 33: Missing, Presumed
33) Missing, Presumed by Susie Steiner This came highly recommended, although I think it was last year's thriller / police procedural of choice (there's now a follow-up on the market as well). For obvious reasons, I won't go too much into the plot, but it starts with a young woman disappearing, and that is the… Continue reading Year 2 / Book 33: Missing, Presumed
Year 2 / Book 28: Dead at Daybreak
28) Dead At Daybreak by Deon Meyer Deon Meyer is a great South African thriller writer: one of those who consistently rises above the 'genre' of police procedural and standard crime thriller to create memorable, involving characters, complex plots and insight to the country they are based in. In this instance, Dead At Daybreak doesn't feature… Continue reading Year 2 / Book 28: Dead at Daybreak
Year 2 / Book 25: Hostage
25) Hostage by Kristina Ohlsson I've read the first three novels by Kristina Ohlsson, and they've all been pretty gripping - with a nice central double act of Alex & Fredrika as the grizzled / talented detectives solving a variety of grisly crimes. In this novel, Ohlsson moves beyond the bleak Scandinavian tundra into a… Continue reading Year 2 / Book 25: Hostage
Year 2 / Book 24: Rupture
24) Rupture by Ragnar Jonasson It continues to feel like a time to escape from the reality, to turn the rolling news and speculation off and pick up a book you can lose yourself in. So that's what I've been doing, continuing on the thriller treadmill with some authors I know and trust. In this instance,… Continue reading Year 2 / Book 24: Rupture
Year 2 / Book 22: Cold Earth
22) Cold Earth by Ann Cleeves I've never been to Shetland, so most of my knowledge about it has been gleaned from Ann Cleeves' series of police procedurals set on the island. They all feature Jimmy Perez, and this is the seventh in the series (apparently there is one more to come) - and I… Continue reading Year 2 / Book 22: Cold Earth
Year 2 / Book 15: The Dry
15) The Dry by Jane Harper I heartily recommend reading Laura Wilson's monthly crime/thrillers round up in the Guardian: a great route to finding authors and books you might otherwise not run across. I regularly read through, pick ones that sound interesting, add them to a Wish List for future reference, and then buy one… Continue reading Year 2 / Book 15: The Dry
Year 2 / Book 13: A Thousand Cuts
13) A Thousand Cuts by Thomas Mogford This is the fourth (or possibly fifth) Spike Sanguinetti mystery by Thomas Mogford, and I think this is one of the best. What raises them above the average or the norm for me is the setting on Gibraltar, which is a place I don't know at all (apart from… Continue reading Year 2 / Book 13: A Thousand Cuts
Dog-eared Man: a book a week 