Rating: ** Pages: 284 Self published by Nicky Black in 2015 Have you ever persevered with a book because deep down you know that eventually, even if it is slow at the beginning, something is going to happen, to grip you, to make you want to read more. ‘The Prodigal’…
“Early impressions are hard to eradicate from the mind” (St. Jerome) I first met P.D. Viner at Theakston’s Crime Writing Festival in Harrogate last year and whilst I found the man intriguing, his book, or rather his book cover, did very little to engage me. Perhaps it goes…
Big Little Lies is one of those stories that any serious crime fiction reader glances at, looks at the cover and automatically believes it will be too girly for them. It looks all sweet and innocent with the book jacket giving off more of a girly-girl vibe than a hard-hitting…
Why You Should Read ‘Don’t Turn Around’ If someone had suggested that I read a crime novel with an X-files type twist attached to it, I probably would have nodded politely and ignored them. Sci-Fi and anything abstract normally does not appeal to me – I prefer concrete, tangible…
Star Rating: **** First Published by Harvill Secker in 2014 Pages: 358 (Paperback edition) The Story-Line of ‘Dear Daughter’ We all forget, it’s in our nature but imagine forgetting something important. Something like whether you have killed someone. This is exactly what happened to Jane Jenkins. To make matters worse…
Star Rating: *** Pages: 448 (paperback edition) First published in 2009 by Arrow Books Whilst I know that many see James Patterson no longer as an author but simply as an avenue for newer authors to get published there is something easy-reading about the books with his name on….
Star Rating: *** Pages: 356 (e-reader format) First published by Scribe in 2014 The Story Scamarcio is a talented detective with the Roma flying squad but has a tainted past thanks to his father. Being the son of a Mafia grandiose would be difficult for anyone; following in the footsteps…
Stars: *** Pages: 239 First published in 1973 by Hutchinson “Rendell is a great storyteller who knows how to make sure that the reader has to turn the pages out of a desperate need to find out what is going to happen next” (John Mortimer, Sunday Times) The sleepy town…
This week we interview author Max Boyle, a teacher of English who also has a passion for Eastern Europe. After teaching in the Czech Republic and then travelling through the countryside of Estonia he decided to write about his experiences, penning two books Touching Velvet and The Indrawn Heart.
Star Rating: *** Pages: 383 First published in 2014 by The Book Guild Ltd We never really understand how the lives of others, often those we don’t even know, are so intricately weaved with our own. We pass people every day without knowing their names, making assumptions about who they…