Lachlan Smith

An award winning author, the American writer Lachlan Smith is well known for his intricate and intelligent mystery thrillers combining both suspense and high drama, as he keeps the reader on a knife’s edge, never letting up with the tension, as he allows the story to build and build, all the way until its final thrilling conclusion, whereby he provides all the answers that the readers have come to crave as the story progresses. Along with this he is known for his finely tuned characters as well, all of whom manage to engage their audience on a very intimate and basic down-to-earth level. This has lead to him becoming a highly successful author, winning various awards, whilst also gaining critical acclaim from both his peers and contemporaries alike, whilst also achieving a substantial amount of commercial success as well. Setting many of his novels in the courtroom, he’s also known for taking the hardboiled detective novels from the days of pulp, and really making them work for a far more modern contemporary audience. These include elements such as PIs and tough gritty detectives, factors which he uses knowingly, whilst also not becoming too self-conscious so as not to have any fun with the format. Moving the template is something that he clearly excels at, as he manages to bring the reader in to the action, allowing them to really feel as if they’re well and truly a part of it all, something which goes some way towards explaining how he has come to have the success that he currently has to this day. Learning law as well, partly with the intention of becoming far more adept at writing legal thrillers, he would create highly realistic thrillers set in the world of law and order, as they’d adhere to a sense of accuracy and realism unlike any other.