Category Archives: #yeahnoir

The Good Father is a complex and disturbing mystery centred on a nightmare scenario – a child going missing, along with the awful speculation of what might have happened, or be happening, to him. At the beginning of the book, … Continue reading →

The Book of Guilt is an alternate history of a dystopian Britain, and the bildungsroman of a boy called Vincent. It is a mystery to solve, and a #YeahNoir thriller. It is a cautionary tale of how we accept the … Continue reading →

Hana Westerman’s life as an ex-cop in Tātā Bay, working with her dad on a driver training scheme for the local youth, is about to be shattered in many ways: Illness in the family, an impending wedding, a possible new … Continue reading →

The Royal Free depicts the fracturing of a stable reality – personal, institutional, and societal. James Ballard is a grieving widower with a six-month-old daughter, Fiona. He is a copy editor at the Royal London Journal of Medicine, the: “third-oldest … Continue reading →

Detective Sam Shephard is back at work after six months maternity leave, now mum to baby Amelia. She is immediately given a cold case from 25 years ago: an “attack against a man of God on the steps of a … Continue reading →

Kataraina is breathtaking, swirling around a repeating incident, given form by the collective memories of members of the Te Au family. Stretching from the distant past, through colonisation, to their uneasy present: “How did the world become so devoid of … Continue reading →

“… attempted murder, do you find the defendant guilty or not guilty?” Home Truths takes the reader back in time to follow the falling dominoes that have led to Livia Denby standing in a dock waiting to hear her fate. … Continue reading →