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…
Month: April 2012
Weakest in the series but still a good read
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…
Another winner from prolific Patterson
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…
First book a little too formulaic
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…
Perfect mix of drama and warmth
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,…
Full throttle until the very end
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…
Tracking our rail history
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…