Monthly Archives: July 2016
The GAMES – James Patterson & Mark Sullivan
The timelines in this enormously exciting thriller are NOW! Right now, as we approach the start of the Rio Olympic Games. It was odd to live through the story, but not seeing it happen on the daily news. What I … Continue reading
THE DEAD HOUSE – Harry Bingham
Excellent, as expected. No. 5 in the Fiona Griffiths series. The body of a beautiful young woman is found respectfully laid out in the bier house of a small Welsh country churchyard, in a white dress surrounded by candles. As … Continue reading
FIFTH COLUMN – Mike Hollow
Based in war torn London during the WWII blitz. The anxiety, the fear, the sirens, the discomfort of the Anderson shelters, the crump of incoming bombs and shaking earth are realistically portrayed. The body of a young woman lies among … Continue reading
ALFREDO’S LUCK – Michael Ludden
THIS CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATED by JIM NESBITT. It’s a fine but rare thing to find a writer who’s capable of spinning out a winning, fast-paced thriller with an intricate plot and a baker’s dozen of well-defined characters without leaving the … Continue reading
FLASH CRASH – Denison Hatch
ONE ALGORITHM: EXECUTED. FOUR TONS OF GOLD: GONE. I was bracing myself for a techno-thriller, but nowhere was this racy narrative flooded with show-off techno detail that detracted from either the flow or tension. It may be a bit misleading to call this … Continue reading
OPEN SEASON -C. J. Box
When , as an author, you are sixteen volumes into a series, you certainly have a stamp of approval. This, the first in the series, was for me a great introduction. When I put it down, I was a C. … Continue reading
SMOOTH OPERATOR – Stewart Woods & Parnell Hall
Teddy Fay, or whatever he is calling himself these days, has just been launched in his own new series. Teddy Fay, ex-CIA, officially long dead, scrubbed his own records clean and has never existed. Prolific thriller novelist Stuart Woods has … Continue reading
BLIND SIGHT -Carol O’Connell
In an oddly stuttering narrative, but very realistic action and thoughts, Carol O’Connell has an original way of putting the picture together. This is Series No. 12, featuring her tough, scary, prickly, female detective, Kathleen Mallory. A blind child, feeling … Continue reading
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