Monthly Archives: May 2012
Robert B. Parker’s Lullaby by Ace Atkins
Robert B Parker died in 2010 having written 39 books featuring the popular private investigator Spenser. When I started reading this book, Ace Atkins didn’t read like the Ace Atkins I’m used to, and, although I’ve never read any of … Continue reading
Filed under Atkins, Ace, Book Reviews, Crime, Detective, Series Fiction, Thriller
Death of Kings by Bernard Cornwell
Death of Kings is the 6th book in Bernard Cornwell’s Saxon Stories, so it continues the story of Uhtred of Bebbanburg. The story begins in 898 with the great King Alfred, sick for many years, now on his deathbed. King … Continue reading
Filed under Book Reviews, Cornwell, Bernard, Historical, Series Fiction
Misery Bay by Steve Hamilton
This is the eighth book in Steve Hamilton’s series featuring Alex McKnight (the ninth, ‘Die A Stranger’ is due out later in 2012). Alex is retired from the police force and living in Upper Michigan. And, while he has a … Continue reading
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Master and God by Lindsey Davis
Lindsey Davis brings us the history of Emperor Domitian’s Roman rule (AD 81–96) through the lives of two ordinary Roman citizens. Domitian was the son of Vespasian and brother of Titus (both Emperors before him) and was always considered the … Continue reading
Filed under Book Reviews, Davis, Lindsey, Historical
The Confession of Brother Haluin by Ellis Peters
This is the 15th Cadfael Chronicle and is the third book in the fifth Cadfael Omnibus together with ‘The Rose Rent’ and ‘The Hermit of Eyton Forest’. The story begins in December 1142 when a sudden cold snap leads to … Continue reading
Believing the Lie by Elizabeth George
When Ian Creswell tragically dies in a boating accident, his uncle, Bernard Fairclough goes to see his friend Sir David Hillier to organise for someone to have a closer look at the death. Sir David sends Thomas Linley to Cumbria, … Continue reading
Filed under Book Reviews, Crime, Detective, George, Elizabeth, Series Fiction, Thriller
Eric Van Lustbader Profile and Books
Eric Van Lustbader was born and grew up in New York. Before becoming a full-time writer, he worked as a teacher and in the music industry. Lustbader’s first novel, The Sunset Warrior, was published in 1975 and he now has … Continue reading
Filed under Author Profiles, Lustbader, Eric Van
The Dark Room by Minette Walters
When Jinx Kingsley, daughter of a wealthy business man, wakes up in a hospital room, she can’t remember anything about how she got there, or anything else from the previous two weeks. The last thing that Jinx remembers is saying … Continue reading
Filed under Book Reviews, Crime, Psychological, Thriller, Walters, Minette
The Kill Artist by Daniel Silva
After Gabriel Allon’s wife and child are attacked in Vienna by a car bomb, Gabriel leaves the Israeli Secret Service to work full-time as an art restorer. The attack on Gabriel’s family was a reprisal attack from a terrorist whose … Continue reading
Filed under Book Reviews, Series Fiction, Silva, Daniel, Spy, Terrorist, Thriller
The Crystal Cave by Mary Stewart
The Crystal Cave is the first book of Mary Stewart’s Arthurian Saga which includes the Merlin Trilogy (The Crystal Cave, The Hollow Hills and The Last Enchantment) and The Wicked Day. I have always loved reading Mary Stewart. She seems … Continue reading
Filed under Book Reviews, Fantasy, Stewart, Mary