An excellently crafted tale of the murder, intrigue, and betrayal… Set against the picturesque background of Cape May with its quaint streets lined with ornate Victorian homes, Conklin’s debut police procedural, featuring the mellow and down-to-earth Porter Benjamin, the town’s… Read More ›
Police Procedural
Dick Hartmann Series by Richard V Rupp
A sophisticated and strikingly fresh crime thriller series… The excellent first two installments in Rupp’s crime series featuring the seasoned FBI agent Dick Hartmann, who heads up San Francisco’s Violent Crime Squad, finds him dealing with cunning killers who… Read More ›
The Boy (Broussard and Fourcade #2) by Tami Hoag
A finely-constructed police procedural… Nick Fourcade, a detective with the Bayou Breaux, La., police department, is called to a crime scene to investigate the brutal murder of seven-year-old KJ Gauthier. His 27-year-old mother, Genevieve, who managed to escape the brutal… Read More ›
Ripped Away (Uncommon Senses #2) by S.D. Christopher
An ingenious blend of hard-boiled crime and science fiction, Christopher’s gripping drama is both superbly executed and deeply absorbing… Christopher’s original concept and engrossing storytelling strengthens this novel, the second installment in the Uncommon Senses series, where ordinary people… Read More ›
Hidden on the Fens by Joy Ellis
Thoroughly compelling… A cold case becomes interwoven with a recent crime in the eleventh entry in the DI Nikki Galena and DS Joseph Easter series in Ellis’s police procedural novels. A couple living on a local farm are being… Read More ›
The Truth About Murder by Chris Collett
An intricate, engrossing police procedural… Fans of character-based, intricate British police procedurals will find plenty to like in Collett’s standalone crime drama featuring paralegal Stefan Greaves and rookie policeman Mick Fraser. Rita Todd, a pediatric nurse at a local… Read More ›
Hi Five (An IQ Novel: Book 4) by Joe Ide
A thrilling read… Ide returns with this brilliant fourth installment in his IQ Novel series, featuring detective Isaiah Quintabe. Angus Byrne, a ruthless white supremacist and a major arms dealer, hires Isaiah to investigate the shooting murder of one… Read More ›
A Woman to Blame by Vincent Panettiere
A brilliant, highly engrossing police procedural… Veteran police detective Mike Hegan investigates a murder-suicide as he struggles to come to terms with a personal loss in Panettiere’s latest well-crafted police procedural. When a champion thoroughbred racehorse collapses and dies… Read More ›