Blackwood
Michael Farris Smith, Blackwood (2020) Review by Lee Horsley Blackwood, Michael Farris Smith’s fifth novel, is Southern gothic noir at its
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My Sister, The Serial Killer
Oyinkan Braithwaite, My Sister, the Serial Killer (2018) Review by Lee Horsley Oyinkan Braithwaite’s widely acclaimed debut novel, My Sister, the Serial
The Chain
Adrian McKinty, The Chain (2020) Review by Lee Horsley Adrain McKinty’s The Chain is tense, wonderfully written and relentlessly paced. It
Heaven, My Home
Attica Locke, Heaven, My Home (2020) Review by Lee Horsley Deeply felt, suspenseful and compellingly written, Attica Locke’s Heaven, My Home
The Border
Don Winslow, The Border (2020) Review by Lee Horsley In The Border, the extraordinary final novel of his cartel trilogy, Don Winslow
Blacktop Wasteland
S. A. Cosby, Blacktop Wasteland (2020) Review by Lee Horsley Blacktop Wasteland, S. A. Cosby’s wonderful debut novel, is in
Murder Ballads & A Lush and Seething Hell
John Hornor Jacobs, Murder Ballads and Other Horrific Tales (2020) Review by Kate Horsley “Tin-roofed and directly across the highway
The Dry
Jane Harper, The Dry (2016) Review by Lee Horsley Jane Harper’s debut novel, The Dry (2016), is an unusually taut and engrossing
Jason Pinter
Jason Pinter, The Castle (2017) Review by Lee Horsley Jason Pinter’s The Castle is a tense, fast-moving thriller, a nightmare
Missing person novels
So many different ways of disappearing: five of the best missing person novels Reviewed by Lee Horsley When someone goes