Location: A small town on Catalina island. Lots of descriptions of the area, name dropping of local landmarks and a mass of boating terms. It’s a first novel in a new series. I get it. But to fill the opening chapters with terminology that will be unfamiliar to most readers makes for a very slowContinue reading “Nightshade: Michael Connelly”
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The 4MK Trilogy: J D Barker
I waited until I had listened to all three of the 4MK Killer trilogy before writing a review. What started off in book one, The Four Monkey Killer, as a more-than-average serial killer story morphed into a surreal, fairly muddled storm of death and destruction in book two, The Fifth to Die, before settling intoContinue reading “The 4MK Trilogy: J D Barker”
Fill your Kindle for summer!
To celebrate the onset of summer – and I’m convinced it’s going to be a fantastic one – I have reduced all my ebooks to 99 pence until the end of summer. As I have a grasshopper mind, there’s a selection of genres to choose from – or download them all and just go withContinue reading “Fill your Kindle for summer!”
The Children of Eve: John Connolly
Charlie Parker is a bystander in this tale of kidnapped, mummified children and the hunt by some sort of deity to recover the, There are lots o bad characters on a sort of hierarchy where the most evil are killing off the lesser evil in grotesquely violent ways. Connolly devotes a fair bit of timeContinue reading “The Children of Eve: John Connolly”
A Pair of Kings
Holly by Stephen King. I had already read this book but was quite happy to listen to it again as (1) listening is quite a different experience to reading and (2) Holly Gibney is one of my favourite King characters. Jerome and Barbara are good back-ups for her but they’re just a little too perfect.Continue reading “A Pair of Kings”
Nobody’s Fool: Harlan Coben
Twenty two years ago, Sami Pierce woke up to find his girlfriend, Anna, dead in the bed beside him, her body awash with blood. After he reported this to the police and returned to the scene, the body had disappeared. On his father’s advice, Sami left the country, returned yo America and got on withContinue reading “Nobody’s Fool: Harlan Coben”
Forever Night
I got a nice surprise when I opened my emails this morning to find Forever Night: Circles of Confusion II featured on the KU Recommended List. Ten years ago, Jilly, Tina and Leon committed a terrible crime.They were never brought to justice.Now it’s payback time. Jilly Graham has buried the terrible events of the pastContinue reading “Forever Night”
An Honourable Institution: Laura Lyndhurst
Laura Lyndhurst has taken a massive risk in creating a main character who is not only unlikeable but, frankly, abhorrent. Cressida is wealthy, arrogant, and has the morals of an alley cat. In the first chapters of the book, she doesn’t have a single redeeming feature as she uses her position to abuse and degradeContinue reading “An Honourable Institution: Laura Lyndhurst”
The Cold, Cold Ground: Adrian McKinty
Totally Immersive I read this book some years ago and was instantly hooked on Adrian McKinty;s series set in Northern Ireland and featuring the maverick CID detective, Sean Duffy. As someone fairly new to audiobooks, I welcomed the chance to re-visit the books. A native of Carrickfergus himself, McKinty’s writing is rich with the atmosphereContinue reading “The Cold, Cold Ground: Adrian McKinty”
Yellowface: RF Kuang
I dithered over whether to read this book or not but, swayed by the marketing and the excellent cover, I eventually spent one of my audible credits on it.The plot in a nutshell – white female author steals a manuscript from a friend, a Chinese female author, when said friend chokes on a pancake andContinue reading “Yellowface: RF Kuang”
JJ Grafton 