17 top crime novels set in Scotland - Dead Good
WEBJul 29, 2024 · Five by Five by Claire Wilson. Five by Five by Claire Wilson. A gritty crime thriller from a major new talent in Scottish crime fiction, Five by Five is a hard-hitting debut that doesn’t pull any punches in depicting life behind bars. It follows Kennedy Allardyce, an intelligence analyst in a Scottish prison, and offers readers a vivid insight into the goings-on behind organized crime and ...
Gregg Hurwitz's Orphan X Books in Order | Series List - Dead Good
WEBJun 30, 2021 · 5. Into the Fire (2020) Evan Smoak lives by his own code. As a boy he was taken from a foster home to be raised and trained as an off-the-books government assassin codenamed Orphan X. Then he broke free to live in the shadows as the Nowhere Man, using his unique skills to help those in desperate need.
100 best crime books of all time, as chosen by our readers
WEBOct 16, 2020 · The Black Dahlia by James Ellroy. Los Angeles, 1947. The tortured body of a beautiful young woman is found; the newspapers call her ‘The Black Dahlia’. For two cops, what begins as an investigation becomes a hellish journey that takes them to the core of the dead girl’s twisted life.
Recap: Broadchurch series 1 - Dead Good
WEBDec 30, 2014 · Broadchurch series 1 opened with the shocking discovery of the body of eleven year-old Danny Latimer at the base of the cliffs in Broadchurch, with the initial episode unfurling in a kaleidoscopic display of grief and emotion as the close knit community react to the tragic news. We were introduced to …
25 of the best historical mysteries - Dead Good
WEBAug 12, 2024 · The Silver Pigs by Lindsey Davis. The Silver Pigs by Lindsey Davis. In Rome in AD 70, laid-back informer and imperial agent Marcus Didius Falco is on the hunt for the killer. Travelling to Britain, he catapults himself into a dangerous game involving stolen imperial ingots, a dark political plot and a senator’s daughter connected to the traitors Falco has sworn to uncover.
16 authors pick the best crime novels of 2021 - Dead Good
WEBDec 3, 2021 · The best crime novels of 2021: Amy McCulloch, author of Breathless: In a year packed with brilliant thrilling and chilling reads (particularly in wintry settings – my favourite!), my top crime-thriller of 2021 had to be The Sanatorium by Sarah Pearse. Dark, claustrophobic and intense, The Sanatorium took me straight to the heart of the Swiss ...
Irvine Welsh's Crime review I episode-by-episode recaps - Dead …
WEBAug 4, 2023 · Crime. episode 1 review. Scotland has played host to some of modern TV’s best and most watched crime dramas: Rebus, Taggart, Shetland, Guilt and In Plain Sight, to name a few. The latest drama to follow this trend is Irvine Welsh’s Crime. Few readers consider Irvine Welsh to be a ‘crime writer’ as such, yet it’s a title that ...
A Confession review | episode-by-episode recap - Dead Good
WEBOct 8, 2019 · A Confession. episode 1 review. By Steve Charnock on. October 8, 2019. A crime drama revolving around the murders of young women is hardly new territory for ITV. Missing girls, pale bodies on slabs, crying mothers, dogged detectives and endless line-ups of shifty suspects are all rather familiar sights in the 9-10pm slot over on the third channel.
Frederick Forsyth Books in Order | Full List of 15+ Novels - Dead …
WEBOct 30, 2020 · The Odessa File by Frederick Forsyth. 2. The Odessa File (1972) It’s 1963 and a young German reporter has been assigned the suicide of a holocaust survivor. The news story seems straighforward, this is a tragic insight into one man’s suffering. But a long hidden secret is discovered in the pages of the dead man’s diary.
19 top crime novels set in England - Dead Good
WEBJul 29, 2019 · The Brighton Mermaid by Dorothy Koomson – Brighton. Brighton Beach, 1993. Teenagers Nell and Jude find the body of a young woman and when no one comes to claim her, she becomes known as the Brighton Mermaid. Nell is still struggling to move on when, three weeks later, Jude disappears.
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