Feature: Dark Alley Report

Dark Alley Report is a regular column focusing on books and films in the suspense, thriller, crime and mystery genres. The mix of books you're likely to find here is eclectic: the latest and greatest novels as well as forgotten and neglected volumes are considered.

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• Book Review: The Killer of Little Shepherds: A True Crime Story and the Birth of Forensic Science by Douglas Starr

  A look at the birth of forensic science.

  Review by A. Jurek — on Dec 10, 2011

• Book Review: A Shortcut to Paradise by Teresa Solana

  Barcelona twins turn detectives when murder strikes at a literary award ceremony.

  Review by A. Jurek — on Feb 21, 2011

• Book Review: Tokyo Vice: An American Reporter on the Police Beat in Japan by Jake Adelstein

  American gets job in Japan's largest daily newspaper and tangles with the yakuza as he investigates the illicit side of Japan.

  Review by A. Jurek — on Nov 01, 2010

• Book Review: River of Darkness by Rennie Airth

  Serial killer stalks the English country side shortly after World War I in Airth's compelling thriller.

  Review by A. Jurek — on Oct 03, 2010

• Book Review: The Nearest Exit by Olen Steinhauer

  In Steinhauer's latest spy thriller, Milo Weaver faces his toughest assignment yet: kill a 15-year-old Moldovian girl.

  Review by A. Jurek — on Jul 09, 2010

• Book Review: Operation Mincemeat: How a Dead Man and a Bizarre Plan Fooled the Nazis and Assured an Allied Victory by Ben Macintyre

  Thrilling story of one of the great intelligence coups of the Allied war effort during the Second World War.

  Review by A. Jurek — on Jul 05, 2010

• Book Review: The Confession by Olen Steinhauer

  Atmospheric thriller explores life beind the Iron Curtain circa 1959.

  Review by A. Jurek — on Jun 28, 2010