This is the story of two sisters who on the surface are polar opposites but have one thing in common: they would do whatever it took to help their children. So what do you do if you find yourself divorced and broke, with a teenage daughter to support? And what if you have a crippling […]
■ REVIEW: Hanging Hill
Untidy but compelling characters Read Post »
Jay Handler has what appears to be a perfect life, with a beautiful wife and children and a successful career. During a romantic dinner with his wife to mark their anniversary, a phone call comes that changes everything: “Something terrible has happened”. That something terrible is the suicide of his nephew Evan, a troubled young
■ REVIEW: Killing Hour
‘Something terrible has happened’ Read Post »
If you could go back in time, would you? If you could change history, fixing what appears to be an incredible wrong, would you? More to the point, should you? English teacher Jake Epping, from the little town of Lisbon Falls, is – like so many of King’s main characters – a decent but complicated
■ REVIEW: 11.22.63
Time-travel romance burrows in Read Post »
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 aren’t safe anywhere. Not even in their own home.
■ REVIEW: You're Next
Thriller blends engrossing with unsettling Read Post »
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. Dr Hunter is asked by police to attend an exhumation on Dartmoor. The
■ REVIEW: The Calling of the Grave
Weakest in the series but still a good read Read Post »
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). Nina Bloom is a successful lawyer and loving mother who has built a happy
■ REVIEW: Now You See Her
Another winner from prolific Patterson Read Post »
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 and on television and, when they work, they are great.
■ REVIEW: Taboo
First book a little too formulaic Read Post »
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 to protect the athletes and with the opening ceremony just hours away,
■ REVIEW: Private Games
Full throttle until the very end Read Post »
Swedish author Liza Marklund delivers, once again, a fast-paced thriller that will have you on the edge of your seat from start to finish in The Bomber. Just days before Christmas, a phonecall in the wee small hours wakes newly promoted Stockholm-based crime editor Annika Bengtzon with the news that there has been a fatal
■ REVIEW: The Bomber
Another real thriller by the ‘new Stieg Larsson’ Read Post »
It will probably be no surprise to anyone out there when I say this latest Alex Cross book is a cracker: James Patterson has an impressive track record and I’m not shy about proclaiming myself a fan. In Kill Alex Cross, the eponymous detective is first on the scene of a kidnapping. However, this is
■ REVIEW: Kill Alex Cross
Nothing ordinary here Read Post »
