by FOOL | Jun 12, 2026 | Historical, Non-fiction
I know that on these pages we mostly talk about crime fiction. The book reviews are, after all, mostly written by the Oundle Crime Book Group. But on and off I like to tell you about something else I have read. This time it is a piece of astonishing non-fiction called...
by FOOL | Jun 7, 2026 | Crime Fiction, Detective Fiction, Fiction
Before picking up Other People’s Houses, I’d never read anything by British author Clare Mackintosh, but it turns out this is her eighth novel, and the third to feature DC Ffion Morgan. This mystery was a mix of different police investigations tangling...
by FOOL | May 30, 2026 | Action Thriller, Classic Crime, Crime Fiction, Detective Fiction, Fiction, Psychological Thriller
The Year of Reading theme was ‘Movie May’, so we tried to find books that had been turned into films or TV series. Some of us were more successful than others, and there’s a smattering of ordinary crime fiction books for you to browse as well. As always,...
by FOOL | May 24, 2026 | Action Thriller, Adventure, Crime Fiction, Thriller
John Sutherland, author of The Castle, was an experienced and high-ranking police officer and hostage and crisis negotiator, who is now retired. He’s written several books (fiction and non-fiction) of which this is the latest. And in this, like his other thrillers, he...
by FOOL | May 15, 2026 | Classic Crime, Cosy Crime, Crime Fiction, Fiction
I’m not normally a fan of books by Martin Edwards, but Miss Winter in the Library with a Knife had such a cheerful cover that I was seduced into trying it. And actually, I thought it was pretty good. Written in the tradition of Golden Age crime fiction, it’s full of...
