An indefinable connection grows between a reluctant bodyguard and a yakuza’s daughter in Akira Otani’s novel "The Night of Baba Yaga". Shindo’s life is far from perfect,... Read More

A mother meant to be in mourning chases her daughter’s shadow to Guatemala, determined to uncover the truth, in Andromeda Romano-Lax’s electrifying thriller "The Deepest... Read More

In Camilla Trinchieri’s intriguing mystery novel "The Road to Murder", a former homicide detective helps the local police solve a murder. In this latest installment of the... Read More

A father’s suicide shakes loose family secrets, reigniting interest in a cold case, in Kate Brody’s engrossing thriller "Rabbit Hole". A decade past her older... Read More

A night market food stall owner becomes involved in a double homicide in Ed Lin’s novel Death Doesn’t Forget. Jing-nan just wants his food stall to be successful. If he... Read More

Mick Herron’s satirical thriller "Bad Actors" follows a singular band of British intelligence agents as they investigate the disappearance of a Russian spy. As a Russian... Read More

“Turn the page, and you may give up your entire life” begins "My Annihilation", Fuminori Nakamura’s jigsaw puzzle of a novel exploring themes of connection and consequence... Read More

In Chris McKinney’s futuristic thriller "Midnight, Water City", a detective uncovers a conspiracy that makes him question his life’s work. Akira, the most brilliant... Read More

“She’d said the wrong thing. She knew that immediately. Salimovic’s thin lips twisted into a smile and Jade realized with a sinking heart that the trafficker had realized... Read More

You wont find more exotic characters and setting, or a more complex (and powerful) political theme, than Eliot Pattison serves up in "The Lord of Death" (Soho Crime,... Read More

“On Saturday she watched Robert have sex with four women.” With this startling opening sentence, the reader follows one jolting image after another in a tale of distorted... Read More