Crime by Irvine Welsh
“Crime” is a departure in other ways as well. Though it might be loosely considered a sequel to the frightening, hilarious “Filth,” Welsh’s 1998 novel about a corrupt Edinburgh polisman, “Crime” is set in Miami — a place as far removed as possible from the sordid, infernal city that Welsh’s fiction has [...]
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Crime by Irvine Welsh - Review
Cold In Hand by John Harvey - Review
Cold in Hand by John Harvey
Between 1989 and 1998, John Harvey published 10 novels about Nottingham Detective Inspector Charlie Resnick. The Resnick series earned acclaim from critics and other novelists and won every prize available to an English crime writer. Harvey put aside the series and began one about another police officer. By then, the [...]
The Slaughter Pavilion by Catherine Sampson & Cliffhanger by T. J. Middleton - Reviews
The Slaughter Pavilion by Catherine Sampson
Sampson strikes just the right note as she shows the nature of a society in which the disclosure of official corruption or incompetence is punishable for bringing shame on the government. This is not only an absorbing mystery, but a fascinating social commentary, and highly recommended.
Crime by Irvine Welsh + Review
Crime: A Novel by Irvine Welsh
In the wake of a nasty child-murder case, Detective Inspector Ray Lennox of the Edinburgh PD has suffered a full-scale breakdown. He’s been placed on leave for mental retuning and takes off for a few days of sun in Miami. From there, Crime becomes an unmistakably Welshian blend of the [...]
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