You’re Next, by Gregg Hurwitz (Sphere, RRP $30): Mike Wingate and his family are thrown into mortal danger when a crippled stranger approaches him at a party and utters the words: “I know you, don’t I?” Those five simple words become threats, which then become attacks that make it clear Mike and his family...
The Calling of the Grave, by Simon Beckett (Bantam Press, RRP $39.99): The fourth novel to feature the haunted and brilliant forensic anthropologist, David Hunter, features a prologue set in the past, when his wife and child were still alive but unfortunately, The Calling of the Grave is probably the weakest of the series....
Now You See Her, by James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge (Century, RRP $40): I don’t know how James Patterson does it but here he goes with yet another book: one of two published on the same day (the other being Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life, a book for his younger fans)....
Taboo, by Casey Hill (Simon & Schuster, RRP $40): Husband and wife authors Kevin and Melissa Hill have teamed up to produce what is the first in an expected series of thrillers featuring CSI investigator Reilly Steel. There seems to be a real taste for these forensic thrillers among murder-mystery fans in both books...
22 Britannia Road, by Amanda Hodgkinson (Fig Tree/Penguin, RRP $40): This story starts, as so many do, with a young couple meeting and falling in love. However, in 1937 Poland no love story could be straight forward. As war approaches, Janusz enlists, leaving his wife Silvana and young son Aurek back in Warsaw. As...
Private Games, by James Patterson and Mark Sullivan (Century, RRP $38): In this latest novel to feature Private International – the world’s most exclusive detective agency – the firm has been hired to provide security for the biggest sporting event of 2012: the Olympic Games in London. Hundreds of Private’s agents are in London...
Last Train To Paradise, by Graham Hutchins (Exisle Publishing, RRP $50): This celebratory account of a time when train travel was the most accepted way of getting around New Zealand looks at the halcyon days of New Zealand rail, at a time when lines existed between most provincial towns and famous visitors such as...
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