"Six short stories inspired by the works of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. What if Sherlock Holmes, with his dry wit and natural predilection for data, deduction and logic, had been born on Teesside and lived in present-day Middlesbrough? This smart-arse Boro lad hides his talents under a bushell of misdirection, self-deprecation and good old Teesside … Continue reading Holmes Volume 1 by Melvyn Small

"A serial killer is targeting hate figures in the Catalan city of Girona – a loan shark, a corrupt priest, four thugs – leaving grisly clues about his next victim. Each corpse is posed in a way whose meaning no one can fathom. Elisenda Domènech, the solitary and haunted head of the city’s newly-formed Serious … Continue reading City of Good Death by Chris Lloyd

"Two young boys. Trapped underground in a bunker. Unable to understand why they are there. Desperate for someone to find them. Slowly realising that no-one will... Five years later, the boys' bodies are found and the most difficult case of DI Marnie Rome's career begins. Her only focus is the boys. She has to find … Continue reading No Other Darkness by Sarah Hilary

"A NEW MILLENNIUM. On 31 December 1999, Australian advertising creative Guy Russell arrives in New York along with his fragile wife and their young son. A painful tragedy has led them to swap Melbourne for Manhattan, and seek a fresh start. A NEW BEGINNING. With a new job secured at a thriving midtown agency, and … Continue reading The Evil Inside by Philip Taffs

"Detective Inspector Helen Grace is no stranger to tragedy. But when a body is found in a Southampton nightclub, the death cuts too close to the bone. Hiding her personal connection to the victim - and a double-life which must remain secret at all costs - Helen becomes a woman possessed, working her team around … Continue reading Little Boy Blue by M J Arlidge

"His crimes - unforgivable. His death - inevitable. His suffering - just beginning. Obadiah Stark aka The Tally Man, is executed at ADX Absolom, his death sentence watched by the world's media, victim relatives and one investigative reporter, Joe O Connell. Penning an account of Stark's personal history and subsequent crimes in the hope of … Continue reading Hellbound: The Tally Man by David McCaffrey

"Tanya DuBois doesn't exist. At least not after an accident leaves her husband dead and makes her Suspect No. 1. She has one choice: Run. Tanya isn't real, and neither is Amelia Keen, Debra Maze, or any of her other aliases. She is Amelia when she meets Blue, another woman with a life she'd rather not … Continue reading The Passenger by Lisa Lutz

"Who can she trust If she can't trust herself? Rachel Teller and her husband David appear happy, prosperous and fulfilled. The big house, the successful business . . . They have everything. However, control, not love, fuels their relationship and David has no idea his wife indulges in drunken indiscretions. When Rachel kills a man … Continue reading The Liar’s Chair by Rebecca Whitney

What a wonderful booky month it's been for me (and my first full month as a fully fledged blogger). I'm already rather addicted to this blogging malarkey and have to keep reminding myself that I can't read ALL the time....can I? I started February by reading Follow Me by Angela Clarke.  A fast paced serial killer … Continue reading My February Reads

"Whoever is born here, is doomed to stay until death. Whoever comes to stay, never leaves. Welcome to Black Spring, the seemingly picturesque Hudson Valley town haunted by the Black Rock Witch, a seventeenth-century woman whose eyes and mouth are sewn shut. Blind and silenced, she walks the streets and enters homes at will. She … Continue reading HEX by Thomas Olde Heuvelt