Here's a Friday roundup of reviews and profiles making the rounds:
The Chronicle Herald provided micro-reviews of books by John Le Carre, John Macken, Linda Barnes, and Linwood Barclay, concluding that "Le Carre, as usual, masterfully dabs strokes of humour, sarcasm and satire in just the right places" and Trial By Blood by Macken is "an exciting novel which has been smartly structured."
The Telegraph looked at new crime novels from Magdalen Nabb and Matti Joensuu. Reviewer Jake Kerridge finds Joensuu's book To Steal Her Love "absolutely haunting," and appreciates Nabb's posthumous novel Vita Nuova as a "classic crime puzzle with touching flashes of insight into human nature."
David L. Beck of the St. Petersburg Times wasn't particularly thrilled with Stephen J. Cannell's latest "lightweight" book On the Grind, at the same time Beck revealed a preference for hard-boiled and noir books.
The Boston Globe Online found Jan Brogan's Teaser to be satisfying and fast-paced, enjoying the complex, fully realized character of its protagonist, reporter Hallie Ahern.
Allen Barra was impressed by a new Edgar Allan Poe biography, appropriately titled Poe by Peter Ackroyd, adding "One of the few biographers with equal standing as a critic, Ackroyd is the first writer in decades to bring Poe's life and work into sharp focus and impress urgency on an appreciation of his oeuvre."
The Toronto Star believes there are some things the Brits do very well, revealing how top-notch British crime writers Mark Billingham and Kate Atkinson "demonstrate why their yarns are so consistently entertaining despite certain flaws."
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