by Kristopher | May 26, 2025 | Review
Tori Eldridge infuses her writing with spirit and specificity, finding a personal connection to every story, whether it’s through the unparalleled morality of a character like Lily Wong (the heroine of her popular Ninja series), or the epic and ancestral scope of a...
by Kristopher | May 22, 2025 | Review
Linwood Barclay has been writing exceptional crime fiction for just about two decades at this point. Readers know to trust his name. Those books—often tales of the “every man” who gets caught up in extreme circumstances—feature strong plotting and relatable...
by Kristopher | May 19, 2025 | Review
Summerhouse is a queer noir gem written by Yiğit Karaahmet in Turkish and translated to English by Nicholas Glastonbury. It is the perfect summer read—ready to be packed into your suitcase for the next visit to any sandy beach destination. Summerhouse is set on...
by Kristopher | May 16, 2025 | Review
With The Girl in Cell A—his first standalone crime novel and his first book set in the United States—Vaseem Khan leaves a mark on psychological suspense that even veterans of the subgenre can only dream of. By carefully controlling the narrative, and in particular,...
by Kristopher | May 6, 2025 | Review
Freida McFadden continues her string of incredibly addictive, fast-paced thrillers with the release of The Tenant. McFadden is so skilled at taking tried and true tropes—in this case, the roommate from hell—and turning them into delightfully twisted tales that feel...
by Kristopher | May 1, 2025 | Review
For a nation with very little violent crime of its own, Iceland continues to produce some of crime fiction’s rising superstars. New to the genre—although hardly an unknown entity—Eliza Reid is dropping her debut novel in early May. For those who don’t follow Icelandic...
