I haven’t been out hunting down criminals but something rather more restful – choosing a few crime books I have enjoyed, and I feel might help you through the autumnal evenings.

 

 

A Good Month for Murder by Del Quentin Wilber

 

This is a real life cop book, praised as writers like Lee Child, and he should know. Peter James also joined the gang, and called it a stunner. Well, is it? Yep, I thought so. It’s a moment in time in a homicide unit, full of detail, some – well a lot of darkness as the team of detectives carry out their almost impossible job, one that demands not only their expertise, but their duty to the dead. Thought provoking. I don’t know how they do it and remain humane.

 

A Good Month for Murder. Pub. Pan Macmillan hb. £16.99

 

Are You Watching Me   by Sinead Crowley

 

This is a creepy, but cracking novel which was short listed for Crime novel of the year at the 2015 Irish Book Awards. Liz Cafferty has been rescued from her past by the owner of a drop-in centre for older men and she soon finds herself as the face of the charity, and the less than willing darling of the Dublin media. A murder occurs, Liz receives notes… Sergeant Claire Boyle is stumped. With no leads how can she protect Liz?

 

Read and find out.

 

Are You Watching Me pub. Quercus pb £7.99

 

Keep you Close by Lucie Whitehouse – author of Richard and Judy Summer Bookclub pick Before We Meet

 

Marianne Glass falls to her death, accidentally, or so everyone thinks. But not her closest friend, Rowan, who has connections with the family, or once had. This is another creepie, and cleverly plotted psychological thriller.

 

I liked this. It kept me turning the pages. Clever, with a great ending.

 

Keep you Close by Lucie Whitehouse. Pub Bloomsbury HB £12.99 ebook £10.99