Tara Cheesman

Tara Cheesman is a freelance book critic, National Book Critics Circle member, and 2018–19 Best Translated Book Award Fiction judge. Her work has appeared in the Los Angeles Review of Books, CrimeReads, Guernica, Vol. 1 Brooklyn, The Rumpus, and other online publications. She received her bachelor's of fine arts from the School of Visual Arts in New York City. You can follow her on Twitter @booksexyreview and Instagram @taracheesman.

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Articles

An Honorable Man in an Elaborate Maze
Tara Cheesman reviews Keigo Higashino’s “The Final Curtain,” the final book in his Kyoichiro Kaga series.
Tara CheesmanJul 30, 2024
- Noir
- Fiction
Messy World, Missing Woman: On Kwei Quartey’s “Last Seen in Lapaz”
Tara Cheesman reviews Kwei Quartey’s “Last Seen in Lapaz,” a sprawling mystery set in Accra’s underworld.
Tara CheesmanMar 21, 2023
- Noir
Meet Melchor: On Javier Cercas’s “Even the Darkest Night”
Tara Cheesman reviews Javier Cercas’s “Even the Darkest Night,” translated by Anne McLean, in which the Spanish author introduces readers to detective Melchor Marín.
Tara CheesmanAug 24, 2022
A Labyrinth of Disillusion: On David Peace’s “Tokyo Redux”
Tara Cheesman reviews “Tokyo Redux,” the final installment of David Peace’s Tokyo Trilogy.
Tara CheesmanOct 9, 2021
- Noir
Riku Onda and the Shin Honkaku Mystery
Tara Cheesman investigates “The Aosawa Murders,” written by Riku Onda and translated by Alison Watts.
Tara CheesmanMar 25, 2020
- Around the World
- Noir
Antihero City
Tara Cheesman reviews “The Night of Rome” by Carlo Bonini and Giancarlo De Cataldo.
Tara CheesmanOct 10, 2019
- Around the World
- Noir
Anthony Horowitz Investigates
Tara Cheesman reviews “The Sentence Is Death” by Anthony Horowitz.
Tara CheesmanAug 14, 2019
- Noir
Tilting at Windmills
Tara Cheesman reviews “Seventeen” by Hideo Yokoyama.
Tara CheesmanDec 24, 2018
- Around the World
- Noir

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