Need to take a breath after the cut and thrust of a busy month of reading, reviewing, and blog touring! Started the month with Joanna Briscoe talking about her new book Touched, a quick stop on the blog tour for Graeme Cameron’s quirky crime thriller Normal, an extract from Liz Nugent’s Highsmith inspired debut Unravelling Oliver, a cover reveal for Tim J. Lebbon’s The Hunt, a birthday bash for Lisbeth Salander from Stieg Larsson’s Millennium trilogy, and a guest post by M. J. Carter celebrating the release of The Infidel Stain. All accompanied by a great month’s reading, which has given me an incredibly tricky dilemma for nominating my book of the month. May is sure to be an equally busy month as there are four blog tours on the horizon, my annual outing to the brilliant CrimeFest event in Bristol, and a teetering stack of review copies in need of some serious reading. Can’t wait…
Books read and reviewed:
Thomas Mogford- Sleeping Dogs (www.crimefictionlover.com)
Bernard Aichner- Woman of the Dead
Bill Daly- Double Mortice (www.crimefictionlover.com)
Liz Nugent- Unravelling Oliver
Anna Jaquiery- Death In The Rainy Season
Dolores Redondo-The Invisible Guardian
Raven’s Book(s) of the Month
Even stevens, level pegging and totally impossible to decide between are
Bernhard Aichner’s gritty and spare Woman of the Dead, alongside Anna Jacquiery’s Death In The Rainy Season, an evocative and emotional follow up to her accomplished debut The Lying Down Room. Two very different reading experiences for different reasons, but both completely compelling and thought provoking. European crime fiction at its finest…
Raven Crime Reads 
I think you’re coming round to my way of thinking, Raven, about loving your crime fiction set abroad… (well, internationally, since everywhere is abroad for someone). Great month of reading. I’ll post mine in a couple of days.
Definitely right about the crime in foreign climes! More depth. Looking forward to your round-up…
Wow, what a great amount of reading!
No eating. No sleeping. Just reading… 😉
You have had a busy month! And now I must put Death in the Rainy Season on my list!
It was a very productive month! Glad that Death In The Rainy Season has caught your eye… 🙂