by FOOL | Feb 1, 2026 | Adventure, Cosy Crime, Crime Fiction, Detective Fiction, Espionage, Fiction, Historical, Thriller
In January we tried to include at least one historical mystery in our reading for the month, so you’ll find these scattered through this list of recommendations. Our choices range from swashbuckling adventures to espionage and cosy crime, and there are several...
by FOOL | Jan 25, 2026 | Crime Fiction, Detective Fiction, Fiction
I listened to The Island as an e-audiobook on BorrowBox, not realising it was Book 2 of Ragnar Jónasson’s Hidden Iceland trilogy, featuring Reykjavik Detective Inspector Hulda Hermannsdóttir. Having said that, it still worked as a standalone novel, and because it was...
by FOOL | Jan 17, 2026 | Action Thriller, Crime Fiction, Fiction, Thriller
I don’t normally like a long series of books featuring the same detective or protagonist, but this author was recommended to me by a couple of friends in Oundle Crime who love the ‘Spider’ Shepherd thrillers, so I decided to give one a try. So far Stephen Leather has...
by FOOL | Jan 11, 2026 | Cosy Crime, Crime Fiction, Fiction, Humour
I was drawn to this by the cover blurb, which proclaimed it to be “a delightful mix of classic crime fiction and Robert Galbraith”. The author, Oskar Jensen, has three degrees in History from Oxford University and writes crime, literary, historical and children’s...
by FOOL | Jan 2, 2026 | Cosy Crime, Crime Fiction, Detective Fiction, Espionage, Historical
During a cold snap in November, we chose ‘Winter’ as our reading theme for December, agreeing this could encompass anything from Scandi crime to a book that was set in winter, or just had a wintery-sounding title. And at our meeting just before Christmas,...
by FOOL | Dec 21, 2025 | Crime Fiction, Psychological Thriller
An idyllic marriage? Maybe!Wives think their husbands will change, but they don’t. Husbands think their wives won’t change, but they do. The author Alice Feeney is known for her twisty, unpredictable thrillers and Beautiful Ugly, which was published in 2024, is no...
