Tag: detective

  • Broken Harbour by Tana French

    If you like crime fiction with literary ambitions, this is a must-read. I have now read every Tana French book (in the order I found them in used bookshops, not at all in sequence). I was beginning to worry that the one I read first —The Trespasser, which is one of favourite crime novels of…

  • Farewell, My Lovely by Raymond Chandler

    There are so many quotable lines in this book. It’s no wonder that Chandler’s writing helped set the template for an entire genre: I was sitting on the side of my bed in my pyjamas, thinking about getting up, but not yet committed. I didn’t feel very well, but I didn’t feel as sick as…