Skin and Bones, by Tom Bale (Random House, RRP $36.99): Here’s a book that will grab you by the throat from the very first page and keep your attention to the end. It kicks off with a massacre in a…
Category: Mysteries & Thrillers
Gripping sequel
Out at Night, by Susan Arnout Smith (HarperCollins, RRP $34.99): This is the second book in the Grace Descanso series. Unlike so many other sequels, instead of taking place a comfortable month or two down the track, this one opens…
Edge-of-the-seat stuff
Complicit, by Nicci French (Michael Joseph, RRP $37): Now here’s what I like to see: a psychological thriller that keeps you on the edge of your seat in anticipation. Nicci French is actually the pseudonym of Brit husband-and-wife thriller-writing team…
Perfect, epic offering from Stephen King
Under the Dome by Stephen King (Hodder & Stoughton, RRP $39.99): This is the one I’d been not-so-patiently waiting for: an epic offering from the king of epic offerings, Stephen King. It’s a monster of a book, with close to 900…
Compelling reading from Patterson
Alex Cross’s Trial, by James Patterson and Richard DiLallo (Random House, RRP $38.99): James Patterson has produced another page-turner with this latest book in the Alex Cross series. However, don’t be put off if you haven’t read any of the…
Digi-novel fell short of expectations
Level 26: Dark Origins, by Anthony E Zuiker with Duane Swierczynski (Michael Joseph, RRP: $37): I really wanted to love this book but, sadly, it just didn’t do it for me. Promoted as the world’s first digi-novel, Level 26: Dark…
Not great but good enough
Kill for Me, by Karen Rose (Headline, RRP $38.99): This is the latest in the series of thrillers written by Karen Rose and featuring the immensely screwed up family of District Attorney Susannah Vartanian. If you haven’t read the earlier…
Almost addictive writing
Don’t Look Twice, by Andrew Gross (HarperCollins, RRP $36.99): This book kicks straight into the action with a drive-by shooting at a service station happening in the first chapter and right under the nose of main character, Detective Ty Hauck. What…
Story will keep you guessing
Singing to the Dead, by Caro Ramsay (Michael Joseph, RRP $37): Two little boys are abducted from the streets of Glasgow and it seems that’s not all they have in common. They are also both children who have been neglected by…
A little flat after earlier offerings
Blood Runs Cold, by Alex Barclay (HarperCollins, RRP $29.99): The body of a murdered FBI agent is lost in an avalanche at the start of this thriller and the story just gets more and more action-packed from there. While Jean…