Like a Charm

Scottish crime writer and playwright

John Connolly is an Irish writer, born in Dublin on 31 May 1968. He studied English at Trinity College Dublin and journalism at Dublin City University, and worked as a freelance journalist for The Irish Times before turning to fiction. He is best known for the Charlie Parker series of supernatural-tinged crime novels, which began with Every Dead Thing (1999). His other books include the standalone fantasy The Book of Lost Things (2006), the Samuel Johnson young-adult trilogy, the Chronicles of t...

Karin Slaughter (born January 6, 1971, in Covington, Georgia) is an American crime and thriller novelist based in Atlanta. She is best known for the Grant County series and the Will Trent series, as well as standalone thrillers including Pretty Girls, Cop Town, The Good Daughter, and Pieces of Her. Her novels have been translated into dozens of languages and adapted for television, including Netflix's Pieces of Her and the Will Trent series. She founded Save the Libraries, a nonprofit supporting...

Mark Billingham writes gripping crime thrillers, best known for his Detective Tom Thorne series. Fans will recognize titles like Sleepyhead and Like a Charm, alongside standalones such as Inherit the Dead and Wrong Hands. His books deliver suspense and dark twists.

Val McDermid is a master of crime fiction, and her work on the iconic Miss Marple series is a testament to that. She's a writer who knows how to craft a compelling mystery that keeps you guessing until the very end.