Book reviews
Noir fiction
Juan Gómez-Jurado
Red Queen by Juan Gómez-Jurado: Antonia Scott sees everything except a reason to leave her apartment
Torcuato Luca de Tena
God's Crooked Lines by Torcuato Luca de Tena: who gets to decide who is sane?
Carmen Mola
The Orphans by Carmen Mola: abandoned children grow into crime bosses. What a hell of a career path
Arturo Pérez-Reverte
The Flanders Panel by Arturo Pérez-Reverte: a painting, a chess game and far too many suspects
Carmen Mola
The Purple Network by Carmen Mola: Elena Blanco is looking for her son while people sell horror as entertainment
Carmen Mola
The Beast: a sick city that prefers a monster to answers
Eva García Sáenz de Urturi
The Silence of the White City: a city that thought the case was closed
Carmen Mola
Hell: love in the middle of a revolution, and nobody gets a soft landing
Mario Mendoza
The Hour of the Wolves: the city bites you, then asks why you're bleeding
Mario Mendoza
Satan: Bogotá doesn't need a devil to show what it's capable of
Camilla Läckberg and Henrik Fexeus
The Mentalist: the trick is not the only thing under suspicion
Stephen King
End of Watch: Bill Hodges cannot solve his way out of being human
Sarah Waters
Fingersmith: a rescue with a price tag
Camilla Läckberg
The Cuckoo: Fjällbacka remembers what it prefers to forget
Fiona Barton
The Widow: “I didn’t know” is not a complete answer
Carmen Mola
The Mothers: Elena Blanco investigates a horror in a white coat
Romy Hausmann
Dear Child: leaving the cabin does not end the captivity
Lucy Foley
The Guest List: a wedding with enough secrets to need a seating chart
Juan Gómez-Jurado
Everything Burns: three women with no patience left for playing nice
Harlan Coben
I Will Find You: a father, a photograph, and hope with terrible timing
Jo Nesbø
The Snowman: Harry Hole finds a pattern the snow cannot hide
Miyuki Miyabe
Puppet Master: the killer wanted an audience
Javier Castillo
The Crystal Cuckoo: the heart saved Cora; the town promised nothing
Aitor Marín
All About Money: the detective follows the rules while the rich ask what they cost
Santiago Díaz
The Master: ownership is a criminal fantasy
Pedro Martí
The Bad Daughter: family loyalty has a body count
Carmen Mola
The Gypsy Bride: Elena hunts the killer and still can't stop searching for her son
Tess Gerritsen
The Surgeon: Catherine survived, and she still has to prove she deserves a quiet life
J. D. Barker
The Fourth Monkey: the killer left a diary and still wants to steer the conversation