Literary reviews feature new crime and true crime releases

Recent literary reviews highlight new releases in the crime and true crime genres.

Oskar Degard has debuted with the police novel ‘Hämndoffer’ (published by Modernista). The story spans two timelines: 1984 in Newport, USA, and forty years later in the Swedish coastal town of Kallhamn. The plot follows police officers Henry Hawley and Tora Fager as they investigate serial murders that appear to be linked across decades and continents. While the reviewer noted some loose threads, the work was described as a decent debut.

In the non-fiction sector, Patrick Radden Keefe has released ‘Oligarkens son’ (The Oligarch's Son). The book explores the criminal underworld of London, centered on a teenager who falsely claimed to be the son of a Russian oligarch. The work is noted for Keefe's mastery of the true crime genre and his documentary storytelling style.