Colours of Death: Sergeant Thomas’ Casebook by Robert New Published by Tale Publishing on May 1st 2019 Genres: Detective Pages: 244 Goodreads What colour death would you fear the most? From the author of Movemind and Incite Insight, comes a collection of nine detective stories where colour plays a role in the mystery. Including: Blue […]
Murder On The Menu by Peter Haining on January 1st 1991 Pages: 320 Goodreads What better way to do away with an enemy than at the dinner table? Arsenic in the porridge, cyanide in the cocoa, a sauce laced with strychnine, or the chef with a cleaver in his back – the choices are boundless. […]
First published in 1927 and recommended to me by one of my classmates at uni, Dashiell Hammett is an icon in hard boiled detective novels. When you read his books you get a really good idea of how people must have spoken in those days and places. I won’t say I thoroughly enjoyed this book […]
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium #1) by Stieg Larsson, Reg Keeland Published by Quercus on June 14th 2008 Pages: 539 Goodreads A murder mystery, family saga, love story, and a tale of financial intrigue wrapped into one satisfyingly complex and entertainingly atmospheric novel.Harriet Vanger, scion of one of Sweden’s wealthiest families, disappeared over […]
The Cat Who Turned On and Off (Cat Who…, #3) by Lilian Jackson Braun Published by Headline on 1991 Pages: 192 Goodreads The team of Koko, the brilliant Siamese cat, and Qwilleran, the reporter with the perceptive moustache, is back in action — with an adorable female Siamese, Yum Yum, added to the household.When Qwilleran […]
Famous Detective Stories: True Tales of Australian Crime by Amelia Hartney Published by NLA Publishing Pages: 177 Goodreads From the notorious Louisa Collins in 1880s NSW, who murdered two husbands with rat poison, to a blazing shoot-out featuring prominent underworld figure Antonio Martini at Taronga Zoo in the 1940s, this book features stories of true […]
Lady-Here’s Your Wreath by James Hadley Chase Published by Black Curtain Press on June 14th 2013 Pages: 174 Goodreads Raw, grisly and explosive! Reporter Nick Mason witnesses an execution and gains a clue from the condemned man, sending Nick into a network of crime and murder! This was first published in 1940 using the pseudonym Raymond Marshall, […]
The Monkey’s Raincoat (Elvis Cole, #1) by Robert Crais on January 1st 1970 Goodreads When Ellen Lang’s husband disappears with their son, she hires Elvis Cole to track him down. A quiet and seemingly submissive wife, Ellen can’t even write a check without him. All she wants is to get him and her son back—no […]
The Blue Knight by Joseph Wambaugh Published by Sphere on May 21st 1987 Pages: 272 Goodreads Ex-cop turned #1 New York Times bestselling writer Joseph Wambaugh forged a new kind of literature with his great early police procedurals. Gritty, luminous, and ultimately stunning, this novel is Wambaugh at his besta tale of a street cop […]
by Joan Flanagan Published by Century Hutchinson Australia Pty Ltd The premise of this book is interesting. You’ve got a rather demented host, both he and his family enjoy playing practical jokes on each other and their guests. This has been going on since the year dot and when host Bart decides to host a […]
