The Spy and the Snake

by | Oct 17, 2026 | Cosy Crime, Crime Fiction, Espionage, Fiction

Last year, Oundle Crime read a novel called Mrs Spy by M.J. Robotham – a light hearted spy story, set in 1960s London. It got the thumbs up from our group and we hoped there would be more books in the pipeline. Now there’s a sequel called The Spy and the Snake which,...

The Drowning Place

by | Oct 9, 2026 | Crime Fiction, Detective Fiction, Fiction

It took a while for me to decide to borrow The Drowning Place by Sarah Hilary from Oundle Library, because the cover blurb made it sound a bit predictable. There’s a detective carrying childhood trauma fighting his way through a complex murder case while learning to...

Gabriel’s Moon

by | Sep 11, 2026 | Crime Fiction, Espionage, Fiction

Gabriel’s Moon by William Boyd was a book I saw recommended in a newspaper’s Best Books for Summer Reading list and it took me by surprise. It is – as you’d expect – beautifully written and completely gripping. Yet afterwards, when telling a friend about it, I...

Last One Out

by | Sep 4, 2026 | Crime Fiction, Fiction

This is the latest book by the Australian author, Jane Harper, who wrote the award-winning novel The Lost Man. I found her last two books less riveting than that, but it seems to me she’s back on top form with this one. Last One Out is excellent! So good, in fact,...