Paul Burke takes a look at the latest crime fiction for August. From a top notch comedy thriller-come-meta-fiction to a slice of southern rural noir, from a dysfunctional family drama to a tense heist, and from the US and Mexico to the UK with brief spells in Crete and Dublin.
Books reviewed:
Anthony Horowitz. A Twist of the Knife top cosy /comedy
Gabino Iglesias The Devil Takes You Home top noir
Jean Hanff Korelitz The Latecomer top drama
John Trinian The Big Grab & The Savage Breast
Wiley Cash This Dark Road to Mercy
RG Adams The Last House
Alan Johnson One of Our Ministers is Missing top beach read
Ace Atkins (Robert B Parker Spenser series) Bye Bye Baby laudable swansong
Andrea Mara Hide an Seek
Deborah Masson From the Ashes
John Vercher After the Lights Go Out* top literary noir
Produced by Junkyard Dog
Music courtesy of Southgate and Leigh
Crime Time
Paul Burke writes for Crime Time, Crime Fiction Lover and the European Literature Network. He is also a CWA Historical Dagger Judge 2022 .
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