Martin Edwards's Blog, page 298

Raven Black

I first read Raven Black, by Ann Cleeves, when it was published, and much enjoyed it. What I didn't quite foresee – since, as regular readers of this blog know, I'd been a fan of her writing for years and had loved, for instance, earlier but nowadays much less renowned novels such as The Healers and Murder in My Back Yard – was that this particular book would transform her career. Her publishers really got behind it, reviewers were extremely positive, and it went on to win the CWA Gold...

Therapy: review

Therapy, described as an 'international bestseller', was written by a leading figure in the German media, Sebastian Fitzek. It was first published in 2006 and appeared in the UK a couple of years later, though I have only just got round to reading it (a sad comment on my TBR pile, but believe me, I have some good books which have been in my possession for a lot longer which I still haven't tackled – oh dear!)

The set-up is intriguing, and there are aspects of it which almost reminded me of...