Monthly Archives: July 2017
NIGHTHAWK – Clive Cussler & Graham Brown.
As true to the Cussler tradition of high adventure as any of his best. Another one from the NUMA Files; a gripping ride from one dire situation to the next. An American space craft is high-jacked just after re-entry and … Continue reading
DEAD LETTERS – Caite Dolan-Leach
A fairly satisfying mystery, but by no means a thriller, following an electronic and real paper chase amongst a series of multi-hued herrings awash with wine and pills. Summoned home to the news that a fire has destroyed the barn … Continue reading
The EMPEROR’S REVENGE – Clive Cussler & Boyd Morrison
As is usual Cussler, history, treasure and world-threatening events intertwine to give us another exciting read from a master of adventure. Napoleon Bonaparte, imprisoned on the island of St Helena, dies of arsenic poisoning, as we all know. Well, of … Continue reading
The THIRST – Harry Hole 11 – Jo Nesbo
Harry Hole has embedded himself solidly into the top of the ranks of detectives; and this offering is no exception. Heart-stoppingly tense, Nesbo not only gives a tight story, his characters are so real, so deep and so subtle that … Continue reading
THE SLEEPWALKER LEGACY – Christopher Hepworth.
An exciting thriller steeped in historical background starting two hundred years ago on a US battleground where British scientist George Napier witnesses a drug-driven massacre and vows to eradicate the drug called Berserker, but his drug company is taken over … Continue reading
PROTOCOL ONE – Nathan Goodman
This is our introduction, and that of the FBI, to Jana Baker, a determined young woman who gets the internship of her dreams as PA to Petrolsoft’s billionaire CEO, Runa Dima. Petrolsoft is a software company with fingers in the … Continue reading
The WORDSMITH – Alan Ayer
A horror story really, which, if you have not read the blurb, takes you by surprise. I started off, innocently, liking Walt the author, even though it was clear from the outset that he was a fraud. There was sure … Continue reading
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