SHAKEDOWN by Charlie Stella

Pegasus Books, June 2006, ISBN 1933648058 The days of the Godfather are long gone, if they ever really existed. The modern mob is even more...

GO TO HELENA HANDBASKET by Donna Moore

Point Blank Press, 2006, 0809557363 Donna Moore's ludicrously screwball send up of just about every crime book you've ever read is, ...

SATURDAY'S CHILD by Ray Banks

Polygon, May 2006, ISBN: 1904598781, £8.99 We have to say it up front. Not to spoil the surprise or anything, but Saturday's Child is on...

THE SECRET SUPPER by Javier Sierra

Simon and Schuster, March 2006, ISBN: 0743276299, £12.99 In this post Da-Vinci code world, we can expect a lot of publishers and a lot of b...

KING OF THE ROAD by Charlie Williams

Serpents Tail, February 2006, ISBN 1852429062, £7.99 Royston Blake is back. After spending some time in Parpham Asylum, Mangel's premier...

OPEN AND CLOSED by Mat Coward

Five Star Books, November 2005, ISBN: 1594142742, $25.95 The body in the library may be one of the oldest cosy cliches in the book, but in ...

SMOKED, By Patrick Quinlan

Review Books, March 2006, £10.00, 075328256 Smoke Duggan doesn't just have a cool name. He's a cool guy. In a very cool book. Every ...