The synopsis of Girl Death immediately captured my attention, making this book one I had to read right away after it arrived on my shelf. Tessa Cartwright, known as Tessie, is kidnapped just before her 17th birthday and soon discovered buried halfway in a Texas field...

The Dead of North Ganson Street was kindly provided to me as a review copy by Suhrkamp Verlag. Even the cover makes it clear that this thriller isn't your typical thriller. After an extremely unpleasant incident at his previous police station in warm Arizona, Jules Bettinger...

The Guilt of Past Days is set in Australia – a country about which I know relatively little, and this lack of knowledge was what drew me to give this book a try. In the middle of the night, Mac Faraday is awakened by a phone call. Lew, the teenage grandson of his...

The Zodiac Files was kindly offered to me as a review copy by Edel Elements publishing house. When presented with this offer, I felt like someone waving a piece of chocolate in front of a chocolate addict – who could possibly say no? A double murder of a young couple...

After hearing so much about I Am the Night by Ethan Cross, I decided to take advantage of the free audiobook version available on Spotify. You do have to tolerate occasional ads with the free version, but I don't find it too bothersome. Marcus Williams...

Various Facebook groups focused on crime and thriller topics are going to drive me to bankruptcy! Among other discoveries, these groups led me to Chris Carter, and since I always prefer to start series with the first book, The Crucifix Killer quickly landed on my desk...

The Raven promises on its back cover an exciting spy novel with plenty of action, advanced technology, and an unusual setting. Siberia has been far too underrepresented in my reading choices until now. Through various channels, a cryptic distress call from Russian biologist Rogatschow reaches its recipient...

I've read quite a number of crime novels and thrillers, so I'm always on the lookout for that one somewhat different thriller – and look at that, I found it! The Berlin-Brandenburg Chemistry Corporation is an internationally operating conglomerate. A nighttime meeting is nothing unusual...

As part of the 2025 Motto Challenge, I finally tackled a very, very long audiobook. It's amazing how much housework you can accomplish while listening, even though I'm not typically a fan of Scandinavian crime novels. On a sports field near Stockholm, a family is found brutally...

I know, I'm very late to The Bone Collector! But I've read several other books from the Lincoln Rhyme series and now I finally want to properly start from the beginning. On her last day as a patrol officer, Amelia Sachs is sent to respond to an emergency call...