THE REVIEW SHOW AUGUST '22

Paul Burke takes a look at the latest crime fiction for August. From a top notch comedy thriller-come-meta-fiction to a slice of southern rural noir, from a dysfunctional family drama to a tense heist, and from the US and Mexico to the UK with brief spells in Crete and Dublin. Books reviewed:Anthony  Horowitz.   A Twist of the Knife                                                     top cosy /comedy Gabino Iglesias   The Devil Takes You Home                                               top noir Jean Hanff Korelitz  The Latecomer                                                                 top dramaJohn Trinian  The Big Grab & The Savage BreastWiley Cash  This Dark Road to MercyRG Adams  The Last HouseAlan Johnson  One of Our Ministers is Missing                                        top beach read  Ace Atkins (Robert B Parker Spenser series)  Bye Bye Baby            laudable swansong  Andrea Mara  Hide an Seek Deborah Masson  From the AshesJohn Vercher  After the Lights Go Out*                                                        top literary noir Produced by Junkyard DogMusic courtesy of Southgate and LeighCrime TimePaul Burke writes for Crime Time, Crime Fiction Lover and the European Literature Network. He is also a CWA Historical Dagger Judge 2022 .Coming in September: Robert Harris, Peter Papathanasiou, Will Dean, Rijula Das, Tim Leach...Produced by Junkyard DogCrime TimeCrime Time FM is the official podcast ofGwyl Crime Cymru Festival 2023 & 2025CrimeFest 2023CWA Daggers 2023 & 2024 & National Crime Reading Month& Newcastle Noir 2023 and 20242024 Slaughterfest,

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