This being a crime novel – and one by Crouch, who we know has a penchant for darkness and menace – you can guess that when Peg, the protagonist of “Tarnished”, starts to look into the family background, her life doesn’t stay simple and straight-forward for long.
Schlagwort-Archive: Terry Ramsey
Kurzrezension: Matthew Klein: “No Way Back”
“No Way Back” is a deliciously written book, full of slick phrases, great characters and dark comedy, coupled with a plot that keeps driving forward relentlessly – yet when Terry Ramsey finished it he wanted to throw the book across the room.
Rezension: Frank Lentricchia: “The Accidental Pallbearer”
Set in the down-at-heel city of Utica in New York State, it features equally down-at-heel private detective Eliot Conte, whose personal life is a shambles, whose health is collapsing and whose work is erratic (but, nevertheless, he can still pull attractive women, of course)
Rezension: Elly Griffiths: “A Dying Fall”
It’s a rare crime story that can bring together neo-Nazis, New Age hippies, Blackpool Pleasure Beach and the archaeology of early Britain. But Griffiths’s fifth novel in her Ruth Galloway series pulls it off with aplomb.
Rezension: Barbara Nadel: “Deadline”
Barbara Nadel’s new detective novel “Deadline” captures the atmosphere of Istanbul. Inspector Cetin Ikmen is one of detective fiction’s most likeable investigators, despite his grumpy and unsociable character. Or perhaps because of it.
Rezension: Michael Kardos: “The Three Day Affair”
“The Three Day Affair” by Michael Kardos is a nicely paced, elegantly written crime story. Kardos can certainly write. However, unfortunately, the twist at the end of the story is a tad too obvious from the start.