Melvin Mars sits in a cell, awaiting execution for the brutal murder of his parents two decades. However, just hours before he is scheduled to die, he is granted an unexpected reprieve when someone else confesses to the crime. In this second “Memory Man” book to feature Amos Decker, he is now the latest member […]
■ REVIEW: The Last Mile
Intriguing from start to finish Read Post »
DI Logan McRae has a lot on his plate. His girlfriend is lying in hospital, he is living in a caravan park because his flat has blown up, a local criminal godfather type is wanting his help and, to top it all off, there seems to be a psycho murderer on the loose. A bestselling
■ REVIEW: Close to the Bone
Offbeat mix of styles but a sound read Read Post »
When Ruth Sutton receives a text from her daughter Lizzie asking her to babysit the following weekend, she takes a moment to reflect on the happiness she finds in being a grandmother, before agreeing to look after her beloved granddaughter Florence. Then, just a few short hours later her son-in-law calls to say something awful
■ REVIEW: Letters to my Daughter's Killer
Murder mystery unravels in letters Read Post »
Addison Goodheart lives below the city, out of sight of people whose first impulse if they see his face is to try to commit violence. Addison reads, and lives quietly, and goes up into the city at night, when the world is quiet. He’s in the library one night – reading being a pleasure he
■ REVIEW: Innocence
A bit saggy but still a good read Read Post »
With the mystery and intrigue kicking off from the very first page, we meet the book’s main character Sean as he is on the run, but with no indication of why or from whom. He is driving in something of a panic, a bit battered and bruised and in a car that is about to
■ REVIEW: Stone Bruises
Beckett thriller hits the ground running Read Post »
With the short but not-so- sweet blurb on the back of this book telling us that Hannah Reilly had a perfectly happy life until the day her husband failed to come home, it comes as absolutely no surprise that her husband fails to come home in the very first chapter. Unfortunately, that isn’t the end
■ REVIEW: Before We Met
No surprises policy not so good in book Read Post »
Here’s another decent read from the prolific James Patterson, this time in a standalone novel with David Ellis. Ben Casper sees his best friend fall to her death from the balcony of her apartment and realises his life is about to change. And not for the better. Diana – who worked for the CIA –
■ REVIEW: Mistress
Another goodie from Patterson Read Post »
Scottish author Stuart MacBride has delivered yet another gritty, gruesome and somewhat uncomfortable murder mystery in A Song for the Dying. Detective Inspector Ash Henderson was on the trail of a brutal killer dubbed “the Inside Man”, who abducted and killed four women, and left a further three in critical condition with their stomachs slit
■ REVIEW: A Song for the Dying
Gory, dark but compelling Read Post »
Three women have been murdered in their own homes, all have been strangled with no sign of a break-in. For Detective Constable Maeve Kerrigan, it looks like the victims must have let their killer in because they knew him. And worst of all, it also looks like the sadistic killer could be someone she knows:
■ REVIEW: The Stranger You Know
Mystery that will keep you guessing Read Post »
For years the “Kentucky Killer” managed to elude the FBI, leaving a trail of victims with terrible injuries that haunted the agents looking for him. With a method of highly specialised method of torture secretly developed during the Vietnam War, the Kentucky Killer had an easily recognised signature when it came to killing. And the
■ REVIEW: Bad Blood
Thriller with the good, the bad and the ugly Read Post »
