Archive - The Armchair

But who are you really?

Dating apps and murder in a fun New York mystery

Oct 1, 2024 •

May 2024

Reflections on mass killing and dispossession, by way of a Polish mystery

May 1, 2024 •

January 2024

The Winter of Our Discount Tents

In which I am just a ridiculous fan of an Australian TV series

Jan 4, 2024 •

October 2023

An Australian Novel about Boston Makes Me Homesick

Oct 25, 2023 •

August 2023

Achingly Present

A queer nun plays with fire in a debut mystery set in New Orleans

Aug 15, 2023 •

June 2023

No time for nonsense

An unsentimental thriller about grief, trauma, and difference

Jun 6, 2023 •

February 2023

Outside it’s America

A hard-boiled Japanese noir takes on US imperialism

Feb 3, 2023 •

January 2023

Leningrad dreaming

Suspicion, art, and secrets fuel this historical novel

Jan 17, 2023 •

The polyvalent goddess of French crime fiction

The edges of the self blur in my ultimate pleasure read

Jan 3, 2023 •

November 2022

Losing both looks like carelessness

An unforgettable heroine rethinks family and community in this New Zealand novel

Nov 14, 2022 •

October 2022

A novel from Hong Kong rewrites the rules of detective fiction

Oct 25, 2022 •

Welcome to the Armchair

This is The Armchair, a newsletter about my favourite crime novels, for armchair travellers & armchair detectives.

Oct 18, 2022 •

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