Reviews 

A new genre to me – ‘outback noir’; The Dry might fall into this category. An apparent murder in a grim town in the Australian outback,...

Never heard of the author; one of a series set in London during the blitz. Unclear why the central detective has to be an aristocrat...

Very good and very well written – good prose. An old fashioned detective novel with a contemporary setting. The two sleuths are a couple...

The first Laidlaw novel, completed by Rankin following McIvanney’s death in 2015. I found it very hard work and with few characters of...

A Skandi–noir novel, I guess. Well plotted especially toward the end, but I found the central characters totalling un-interesting. Hanna,...

Bought four books in Waterstones with a token Dan gave me for Xmas. I had never heard of this or the author who turns out to be the wife...

Another Rebus. I never used to enjoy these, but no.128 rekindled my interest. Rebus is sent to London to help investigate a serial...