A grim case becomes ever more complicated — and dangerous
Forensic specialist David Hunter is led into a quagmire of malign human behaviour
Final entry in Nazi-era detective series makes for a bittersweet experience
The crime writer shows she is the heir to Patricia Highsmith in her anatomy of human motives
This crime story includes a quirkily conflicted protagonist and a narrative that keeps tension and incident satisfyingly to the fore
A dexterously written thriller and a cogent examination of the nature of guilt and innocence
The final novel of a trilogy about the war on drugs is every inch as pungent and involving as its predecessors
Two detectives are on the bloody trail of a relentless murderer with a dark mission
A well-heeled mother’s perfect family life is torn apart when her daughter is kidnapped
This debut novel by a young British writer has set the bar high for historical crime fiction in 2019
Two cops investigate the disappearance of a young woman in the secluded Spanish town that bears her name
The author cannily subverts the clichés of the legal genre in his all-too-topical narrative
Barry Forshaw selects his must-read titles
An enigmatic anti-heroine investigates a series of macabre killings in 1930s London
Two private investigators are persuaded by a disturbed young man to look into a crime he thinks he saw as a child
An authoritative psychological thriller embellished with the author’s characteristic narrative twists
Borrowing its title from a Mick Jagger song, Memo from Turner is every bit as viscerally violent as that 1970 film
A sophisticated examination of western society’s attitudes to the collision of fundamentalist Islam and terrorism
Barry Forshaw selects his mid-year reads
An undercover policeman risks revealing his identity when a runaway teenager steals his wallet
A rich cast of characters and tense situations are marshalled with panache
A Mumbai detective and his baby elephant sidekick investigate the death of a wealthy American
A couple’s clandestine erotic strategy leads to disastrous consequences for both
A combustible cocktail of the erotic and the malign
An efficient exercise in Nordic noir
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