Not Your Average Serial Killer Book By Michael Sears Johan Jack Smith’s new novel, ZOLA, starts off as a classic serial …
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Africa Scene: Oyinkan Braithwaite
A Unique Take on the Serial Killer Formula By Michael Sears Oyinkan Braithwaite’s debut, MY SISTER, THE SERIAL KILLER, i…
Africa Scene: Chris Abani
Lagos Featured in New City Noir Collection By Michael Sears On a recent trip to Botswana I picked up a copy of LAGOS NOI…
Africa Scene: Louisa Treger
Turning Real Life into a Convincing Mystery By Michael Sears Louisa Treger was a classical violinist until she turned to…
Africa Scene: Tony Park
Strong Female Characters Drive Narrative in Park’s 16th Thriller By Michael Sears Tony Park is the acclaimed author of 1…
International Thrills: Ashley Dyer
Exploring Murder as an Artform By Dawn Ius Nearly 200 years ago, Thomas De Quincey published the controversial essay “On…
Up Close: Michael Stanley
Balancing the Line Between Fact and Fiction By Dawn Ius More than a decade has passed since Michael Stanley—pseudonym fo…
Africa Scene: Max Annas
A Cheetah in Book Form By Michael Sears Max Annas is a German journalist who lived for a time in East London, a coastal …
Africa Scene: Peter Church
Nothing as it Seems in Dark and Racy new Thriller By Michael Sears Cape Town author Peter Church’s debut Dark Video was …
International Thrills: Harriet Tyce
Marriage, Murder, and Plenty of Questions at Heart of Thrilling Debut By Dawn Ius Harriet Tyce knew she wanted to create…
The Very Least by Ken Kuhlken
By Basil Sands Ken Kuhlken’s THE VERY LEAST: A HICKEY FAMILY CRIME NOVEL, about a journalist who runs afoul of crime bos…
Africa Scene: Paul Hardisty by Michael Sears
Closing The Book On A Powerful Series By Michael Sears Paul Hardisty has made a name for himself with his powerful issue…
Africa Scene: Stephen Holgate
Exploring an Island of Ghosts By Michael Sears Not many authors start their careers being compared to Graham Greene, Joh…
Africa Scene: Jeff Dawson
No Ordinary Thriller By Michael Sears Jeff Dawson is a well-known journalist and author of non-fiction. He is a long-sta…
Africa Scene: Toni Kan
When Trust Is a Shapeshifter By Michael Sears Toni Kan is a creative writer, biographer, editor, and public relations ex…
Africa Scene: Karin Brynard
Beauty, Violence, and Redemption By Michael Sears Karin Brynard grew up in the Northern Cape and many of her books are s…
Africa Scene: Rupert Smith
Spinning a Thriller From Corruption By Michael Sears Rupert Smith spent 25 years as a successful corporate lawyer in Jo…
International Thrills: Sara Blaedel
By Layton Green During a recent book festival in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, I was chatting to a fellow author on the…
Africa Scene: Paul Mendelson
Engulfed in Turmoil By Michael Sears Paul Mendelson is a man of many talents: writer, interviewer, actor, script-writer …
Africa Scene: Michael Niemann
Where Global Forces Meet Ordinary Lives By Michael Sears For more than 30 years, Michael Niemann has been interested “in…
Africa Scene: Martin Steyn
Fascinated By the Darkness By Michael Sears Martin Steyn got into writing because of Stephen King’s The Dark Half, and t…
International Thrills: Polina Dashkova
Each New Novel Is the First And The Last By Layton Green I’ve never met anyone who loves books and isn’t a fan of Russia…
Africa Scene: Kwei Quartey by Michael Sears
Murder Close to Home By Michael Sears Kwei Quartey is the author of the Darko Dawson series that follows the exploits of…
International Thrills: Britta Bolt
Lonely Funerals in Amsterdam By David Swatling On holiday in the Canary Islands, German lawyer Britta Böhler sat on a ba…