The Son, by Jo Nesbo (Random House, RRP $38): Set in sunny summertime Oslo, a prison-cell confession to a fellow inmate reveals a hidden secret about his father and spirals Sonny Lofthaus’ life out of control. For years Sonny had…
Category: Mysteries & Thrillers
Latest Roy Grace book a good read
You are Dead, by Peter James (Macmillan Publishers, RRP $34.99): Best-selling author Peter James is back with the 11th book in his Roy Grace crime series. Nick Walton’s fiance Logan has just driven into the underground car park of the…
Patterson provides good holiday reading
Gone, by James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge (Century, RRP $37): James Patterson is always a good option for holiday reading and the sixth novel in the best-selling Michael Bennett crime thriller series is – as always – easy to read…
Fresh insights into what makes Reacher tick
Personal, by Lee Child (Bantam Press, RRP $38): There’s nothing quite like getting your hands on a new Jack Reacher adventure and this one’s a cracker. Action hero Reacher, the ex-military cop who is now something of a one-man army, is…
Misogyny distracts from juicy plot
Cop Town, by Karin Slaughter (Century, RRP $37): Set during the 1970s, this book came across as trying to be as much of a history lesson as it was a murder mystery, telling the story of the women who carved…
Huge disappointment for dedicated fan
Vicious Circle, by Wilbur Smith (Macmillian, RRP $55): My brother, an avid reader, introduced me to Wilbur Smith when I was still in my teens and I’ve enjoyed his novels ever since. Smith is easily my favorite author and I love…
Quirky thriller is a little off-balance
Dog Will Have His Day, by Fred Vargas (Harvill Secker, RRP $37): Former special investigator Louis Kehlweiler has to find new ways to fill in his days now that he no longer works for the Parisian police force. Kehlweiler gathers…
Plenty of smooth action in Aussie thriller
Marble Bar by Robert Schofield (Allen & Unwin, RRP $37): Gareth Ford is working long hours in the iron ore industry in Western Australia. He is a solo parent with plans for improving his future. But then his past starts…
Cracking good read
The Gods of Guilt, by Michael Connelly (Allen & Unwin, RRP $37): This was my first encounter with the very popular “legal-thriller” genre and so I had no reference point against which to compare it. After reading The Gods of…
King and Maxwell more enjoyable in right order
King and Maxwell, by David Baldacci (Macmillan, RRP $38): In what at first appears to be a straightforward story, a teenage boy is told his father – a soldier – has been killed in action in Afghanistan but then something…