by FOOL | Jul 3, 2026 | Cosy Crime, Crime Fiction, Detective Fiction, Fiction, Historical, Psychological Thriller, Thriller
Each year the Crime Writers’ Association (CWA) runs a Crime Reading Month in June, and this year, as part of the National Year of Reading, it was also Jury June. Fair to say June was a month tailor-made for our book group! Oundle Library made the most of things with a...
by FOOL | Jun 28, 2026 | Crime Fiction, Fiction, Psychological Thriller, Thriller
Lucy Foley is an interesting author. The Midnight Feast is her seventh standalone novel, and her three previous novels have all been nominated or shortlisted for awards in the UK and overseas. I’ve read several of her books and enjoyed them, and I found this one to be...
by FOOL | Jun 19, 2026 | Crime Fiction, Detective Fiction, Fiction
I don’t think I’ve read a book by the British author, Nick Louth that I haven’t thought excellent. And The Last Ride, which was published in 2024, is no exception. I was immersed in the story from the first few pages – so much so, that putting the book down was a real...
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...
