New crime novels and thrillers to read this June, featuring Karin Slaughter and Michael Robotham

Reviewed this month: The Shame Archive by Oliver Harris; The Mercy Chair by MW Craven; This is Why We Lied by Karin Slaughter; and Storm Child by Michael Robotham

Clockwise from left: MW Craven, Michael Robotham, Karin Slaughter and Oliver Harris

Myles McWeeney

Our thriller and crime critic Myles McWeeney on his essential reading this month.

Abacus Books, 336 pages, hardcover €21.25, e-book €11.49, out June 4