Monthly Archives: July 2018
The Sea of Monsters by Rick Riordan
THE SEA OF MONSTERS is the 2nd book in Rick Riordan’s Percy Jackson series. When Percy’s school gymnasium is attacked by monsters, Percy realises that it is time to return to the only safe place for those who are half … Continue reading
Filed under Book Reviews, Fantasy, Riordan, Rick, Series Fiction, Young Adult
Bloodline by Mark Billingham
BLOODLINE is the 8th Tom Thorne novel by Mark Billingham. Thorne didn’t have to take this latest case, but he and his girlfriend Louise have suffered a tragedy and Thorne feels more comfortable working than facing his own life. A … Continue reading
Filed under Billingham, Mark, Book Reviews, Crime, Detective, Series Fiction, Thriller
Pandora’s Boy by Lindsey Davis
PANDORA’S BOY is the 6th novel in the Flavia Albia series by Lindsey Davis. Flavia Albia is the daughter of Marcus Didius Falco and like her father is a private investigator in ancient Rome. Albia’s new husband Tiberius is still … Continue reading
Filed under Book Reviews, Crime, Davis, Lindsey, Detective, Historical, Series Fiction
Little Deaths by Emma Flint
LITTLE DEATHS is a crime thriller set in 1965 and is inspired by a true story. It is Emma Flint’s debut novel. Ruth Malone is a single mother of two children living in a working class Queens neighbourhood. She works … Continue reading
Filed under Book Reviews, Crime, Flint, Emma, Historical, Thriller
Jock Serong Profile and Books
Jock Serong is an Australian writer. He fell into being a lawyer. It sounded like a good profession and he had the marks to get into the University course. But he found it was not where he really wanted to … Continue reading
Filed under Australian Author, Author Profiles, Serong, Jock
Death Message by Mark Billingham
DEATH MESSAGE is the 7th novel in the Tom Thorne series by Mark Billingham and one of the best in the series that I’ve read. Thorne is used to investigating murderers, but in this case the murderer is getting personal. … Continue reading
Filed under Billingham, Mark, Book Reviews, Crime, Detective, Series Fiction, Thriller
Snap by Belinda Bauer
SNAP is the latest novel by Belinda Bauer. This is a standalone novel, however, the character DCI Marvel also appeared in Bauer’s earlier novels DARKSIDE and THE SHUT EYE. One summer day, Eileen is travelling with her 3 children in … Continue reading
Filed under Bauer, Belinda, Book Reviews, Crime, Detective, Thriller
Here and Gone by Haylen Beck (Stuart Neville)
HERE AND GONE is a suspense thriller by Stuart Neville writing under the name Haylen Beck. Neville is best known for his Irish detective novels while this novel is a suspense thriller set in Arizona. Audra Kinney has finally broken … Continue reading
Filed under Beck, Haylen, Book Reviews, Neville, Stuart, Thriller
The Burning Chambers by Kate Mosse
THE BURNING CHAMBERS is set in Carcassonne at the time of the French religious wars. The Catholic church, long dominant in France, is intent on driving the Protestant Huguenots out of the country. This has echoes of the attacks against … Continue reading
Filed under Book Reviews, Historical, Mosse, Kate
Buried by Mark Billingham
BURIED is the 6th novel in Mark Billingham’s Tom Thorne series. When Luke Mullen, the 16 year old son of a former DCI is kidnapped, Tom Thorne is lent to the kidnapping unit. Here he works with DI Louise Porter … Continue reading
Filed under Billingham, Mark, Book Reviews, Crime, Detective, Series Fiction, Thriller