I’m a long-time crime fiction reader; I know the good from the bad and I know what I’m looking for. Joe Thomas’ Gringa (2018), set in modern day São Paulo, got me, it’s fresh, stylish, dark and layered. I went back to the first book in the series, Paradise City (2016), and then onto Playboy, ...

It’s Christmastime, 1947, in the City of London’s square mile of high finance. A seeming vice killing spooks a City councillor into hiring Newman, an expatriate American shamus, to keep his name out of a murder. Newman’s private inquiries split two different ways. One takes him to the rackets, to the police murder investigation, and to ...

Leye Adenle is a rising star in the world of crime writing; his two Lagos-set novels put him at the forefront of Naija noir’s breakthrough into the world market. This is no flash in the pan, Adenle’s novels can be compared to the best of contemporary European and American crime. I caught up with him ...

British historical crime fiction is growing in popularity. Readers have always been fascinated by the Tudors but I can’t think of a more engrossing period than the Commonwealth and the brief protectorate of Oliver Cromwell. SG MacLean’s Seeker novels are set during this period; The Seeker opens in 1654. Protagonist Damien Seeker is tasked with ...

Europe United follows Matt Walker’s unprecedented challenge to experience top-division football in all 55 UEFA countries in a single season. In June 2017, Matt said farewell to his job, surrendered his Fulham FC season ticket and set off for Georgia, the first stop on his mission. He would end his adventure eleven months later in ...