The Irish Independent took a look at how crime novels reveal truths about our dark age through the works Empire of Lies by Andrew Klavan, Killer Heat by Linda Fairstein, Bait by Nick Brownlee, and The Darker Side by Cody McFadyen, positing that "Arguably the most seductive, and perhaps even compelling, aspect of contemporary crime fiction is its relevance. As with the best journalism, the best crime writing speaks to us of where we are now and how we are coping with the indignities that assault our notions of civilisation."
The Chicago Tribune featured some "One-minute reviews" of Toros and Torsos by Craig McDonald, Immunity by Lori Andrews, 14 by J.T. Ellison, and The Max by Ken Bruen and Jason Starr.
Ed Gorman recently singled out the incredibly prolific author James Reasoner. Although mostly known for his westerns, he's just finished book number 225. Gorman called his recent noir novel Dust Devils as ranking among the best crime novels of the past few years.
The Sacramento Bee interviewed Ann Littlewood, whose debut novel Night Kill, a murder mystery set at a zoo, was recently released. As a former zookeeper herself, when she was asked how she felt about the anti-zoo campaigns, she replied, "Well, zoos keep getting better and the wild keeps getting more dangerous. It's one of our better tools to educate people, and it's a way to preserve a gene pool."
Oline Cogdill reviewed Mo Hayder's "chillingly brilliant" Ritual.
The Tampa Tribune said of True Crime: An American Anthology, edited by Harold Schechter, that this "collection of ghastly American crimes from Puritan times down to our own day is evidence of the gruesome possibilities that truth can get up to when it comes to one human being dispatching another - or, usually, many others."
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