Emma, Disappeared; The House of Mirrors; The Noh Mask Murder; Dark Road Home; and The Trial show the various crime subgenres are very much alive and kicking
Jo Spain: The Trial shows there is no subgenre she can’t turn her hand to and it establishes her as the queen of the Irish thriller. Photograph: Alan Betson
James’ day job is a nod to Hughes’ prior offerings, the acclaimed historical crime mysteries The Convictions of John Delahunt and The Coroner’s Daughter. But Emma, Disappeared is a contemporary novel that showcases an inventive manipulation of social media as James – publicly an austere, patrician civil servant – privately thrashes about in his desperate attempts to evade discovery.
“The best way to hide blood is with more blood,” declares an unnamed narrator in the prologue to Erin Kelly’s, and just like that we’re off on another of Kelly’s deliciously gothic tales that revolve around crumbling old piles. New crime fiction: A Stranger in the Family, The Rumor Game, How to Kill a Guy in Ten Ways, Day One, and What Happened to Nina?
Bracing herself for a traumatic reunion, Leah’s plans are obliterated when her homecoming coincides with the murder of Eamon Lonergan, once the love of Leah’s life and latterly the husband of Coco, the teenage best friend with whom Leah had an intense love-hate relationship. Devastated by the news, Leah is thrown into further turmoil when Frank is accused of Eamon’s murder.
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