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Jay Caspian Kang, The Dead Do…
In The Dead Do Not Improve, author Jay Caspian Kang describes the travail… more »
John le Carré , …
A classic of Cold War spy fiction Don’t be surprised if you need to… more »
George Pelecanos, The Cut…
A post-modern detective novels set in D.C.’s tumultuous underworld … more »
Donna Tartt, The Little Frien…
Twelve-year-old Harriet Dufresnes is about to have an intense summer. Obs… more »
Ruth Rendell, Some Lie and So…
It’s hard to decide what’s more fun in Some Lie and Some Die,… more »
Tana French, The Likeness…
Dublin is one of the great literary cities, so it is surprising that rela… more »
Henning Mankell, The Troubled…
For those of us who have followed Kurt Wallander, Sweden’s most mor… more »
Alexander McCall Smith, The N…
McCall Smith’s novels have become something of a cottage industry (… more »
John Burdett, Bangkok 8…
The first volume in Burdett’s quartet about municipal detective Son… more »
Jo Nesbo, The Snowman…
Oslo’s most tortured detective solves a gruesome crime The Snowman … more »
Lois Duncan, Down a Dark Hall…
The book that forged the teen suspense genre Though Duncan has written mu… more »
Kate Atkinson, Started Early,…
Much to love in the fourth installment of the Jackson Brodie series Devot… more »
David Vann, Caribou Island…
A terrifying noir tale of love and wilderness If you happen to like tales… more »
Patricia Highsmith, Patricia …
Patricia Highsmith reveals the troubled minds behind heinous crimes Patri… more »
Jed Rubenfeld, The Death Inst…
A galvanizing chase through the Roaring 20s Jed Rubenfeld begins his late… more »
Dennis Lehane, Moonlight Mile…
A rock-solid character piece Detective fiction is where 20th — and … more »
John le Carre, Our Kind of Tr…
A master of Cold War spy fiction finds plenty of intrigues in the 21st ce… more »
Laura Lippman, I’d Know…
Trading Greek-tragedy potential in favor of emotional credibility “… more »
Tana French, Faithful Place…
The best yet from an up-and-coming literary crime writer Imagine: for 22 … more »
Adam Ross, Mr. Peanut…
The strangest murder mystery you’ll read this year For most novels,… more »
Stieg Larsson, The Girl Who K…
The final installment of the thrilling Millennium series A common rule in… more »
Scott Turow, Innocent…
Presumed Innocent sequel finds Rusty Sabich on trial for murder — a… more »
Henning Mankell, The Man from…
A creepy Swedish whodunit that explores globalism, the results of youthfu… more »
Dan Brown, The Lost Symbol…
Dan Brown’s most Byzantine tale yet, set in its most sinister locat… more »
