[books 2016] More generic crime fiction
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inulro38. Heartbreaker by Tania Carver
Tania Carver is actually a large man from the North East of England who also writes as Martin Waites. I was unaware of his/their work until he did a reading from one of the Tania books at BristolCon recently. I was intrigued (he described the Tania books as occupying the same space in British publishing as Karin Slaughter does in the US, and I do like Karin Slaughter).
This is a recent book in the series, which follows the exploits of a husband and wife team - he's a police detective, she's a psychologist. In this one their marriage is falling apart and he makes a lot of bad decisions. She works out a lot.
It's pretty generic violent-crime stuff (but it's not as graphic or even pornographic about violence as Karin Slaughter at all). Which is to say that I still read it in a very short period of time - nothing particularly to write home about, but very much delivers what it sets out to. It was above averagely plotted, though - I was pretty sure who the killer was early on, but enough red herrings are thrown into the mix to keep you doubting right till the end.
Tania Carver is actually a large man from the North East of England who also writes as Martin Waites. I was unaware of his/their work until he did a reading from one of the Tania books at BristolCon recently. I was intrigued (he described the Tania books as occupying the same space in British publishing as Karin Slaughter does in the US, and I do like Karin Slaughter).
This is a recent book in the series, which follows the exploits of a husband and wife team - he's a police detective, she's a psychologist. In this one their marriage is falling apart and he makes a lot of bad decisions. She works out a lot.
It's pretty generic violent-crime stuff (but it's not as graphic or even pornographic about violence as Karin Slaughter at all). Which is to say that I still read it in a very short period of time - nothing particularly to write home about, but very much delivers what it sets out to. It was above averagely plotted, though - I was pretty sure who the killer was early on, but enough red herrings are thrown into the mix to keep you doubting right till the end.
