Ellen Walsh seems like the kind of woman who has it all, or – at the very least – is on the verge of attaining it. Married to the doting Adam, she’s the mother of beautiful teenage Orla and twin toddler sons Kian and Max. Their family lives in a charming suburban town called Thames…
The mark of a well-written story is one that immerses the reader and transports them into the writing. That’s exactly what Caz Frear accomplishes in Shed No Tears, the third iteration of the Cat Kinsella detective thrillers. Shed No Tears intricately marries a strong heroine, her dark past, a grisly crime, and the inner workings…
Stone Cold Heart by Caz Frear is the sequel to the internationally bestselling Sweet Little Lies and the second novel featuring DC Cat Kinsella—an investigator “on par with Susie Steiner’s and Tana French’s female detectives” (Kirkus, starred review). In Stone Cold Heart, the sequel to Sweet Little Lies by Caz Frear, Cat Kinsella has returned…
Hey there, reader! I’m absolutely thrilled to be collaborating with Criminal Element on this brand-new “Best of the Month” series. When I’m not reading crime fiction or writing about crime fiction as Crime by the Book, I can often be found perusing Criminal Element’s fantastic selection of crime book reviews and features—so I couldn’t be…
Sweet Little Lies by Caz Frear is a gripping debut procedural where a young London policewoman must probe dark secrets buried deep in her own family’s past to solve a murder and a long-ago disappearance. I have a love/hate relationship with debut novels. On one hand, there’s the chance I’ll discover a wonderful new author who…
Every Wednesday, we here at Criminal Element will put together a list of Staff Picks of the books that published the day before—sharing the ones that we are looking forward to reading the most! This week, Allison Brennan’s fifth Max Revere thriller combines with Lisa Scottoline’s sixth Rosato & DiNunzio novel to highlight a great week of books!…
