Monthly Archives: October 2016
The PRISONWARDER’s SON – Trace Conger
With his third in the Mr Finn Series, thriller writer Trace Conger cements his place as one of the most exciting and original of gripping crime writers of recent times. This one, all in the first person, again tells … Continue reading
The Mystery of the THREE ORCHIDS – Augusto de Angelis
If you are looking for a quaint whodunit in the Christie fireside style, the father of Italian crime writing, as he is sometimes known, Augusto De Angelis, will be right up your street. The Mystery of the Three Orchids is … Continue reading
The KEPT WOMAN – Karin Slaughter
Will Trent’s wife is dead! Well, she must be… Karin Slaughter’s police thrillers usually centre on the pathologist, Dr Sara Linton, but this pins her boyfriend and his wife to the board under the microscope. Will Trent would like to … Continue reading
DEAD in the WATER -Irna van Zyl
Another worthwhile South African thriller. The translation from Afrikaans is fluid, but foreign readers may balk at all the South Africanisms, despite the flavour that they bring. Detective Storm van der Merwe is a great character; feisty, stocky and sharp. … Continue reading
The GIRL BEFORE – Rena Olsen
This a novel of extraordinary originality, where reality is warped to a new dimension wrapped in a cloak of plausible psychology. Consider: You are married to a strong man you love, have a home filled with children you care for … Continue reading
JAKE NEEDHAM, an interview
BPM: BOOK POSTMORTEM is delighted and intrigued to interview the successful crime novelist, JAKE NEEDHAM, author of nine stories based in Asia. And published there, I might add. As an ex-pat American embedded in Asia for some twenty-five years – … Continue reading
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