Tree of Hands is a psychological thriller about three people, each with their own stories, but there is a small connection between them that results in an unpredictable ending. The main story is about a child kidnapping, an act by … Continue reading →
The Silkworm is a British detective story in the Cormorant Strike series, written by Robert Galbraith which is the pen name for J.K. Rowling. The first book of the series was The Cuckoo is Calling where we are introduced … Continue reading →
The Children of Men by P.D. James is a dystopian novel set in recent times, in a world in which human fertility has failed and no more children have been born for 25 years. The spirit of the people has … Continue reading →
All the Pretty Horses is a novel set in southern Texas and Mexico in the 1950s. It is the story of John Grady, a 16 year old who has become disconnected from his ranch home and family. He was raised … Continue reading →
Billy Summers is a thriller-crime-noir story about a hit man who is asked to one final job, then he plans to retire. Billy is a sniper who will only shoot “bad men”, but this leads to many moral dilemmas since … Continue reading →
Age of Iron is a historical action-adventure novel set in the Britain before the arrival of the Romans. We are introduced to Dug Sealskinner, an aging mercenary who is battle-scarred, roaming and fleeing from the death of his family. He … Continue reading →
It is hard to fit Another Kind of Eden into a genre or to compare it to other novels. It best fits into other works by James Lee Burke. He has written over 40 novels, many of them Detective stories … Continue reading →
All the Sinners Bleed is a crime-thriller novel that uses a police procedural point of view. The setting is in small rural town in the Southern states. The protagonist (Titus Crown) is a black sheriff in a community where the … Continue reading →
Walt Longmire is one of the best characters in crime fiction. Craig Johnson has published 21 Longmire books, all set in Wyoming. Land of Wolves follows a murder and a wolf sighting nearby. Walt ventures out into sheep herding country … Continue reading →
The Return of the Dancing Master is a Swedish-noir novel by Henning Mankell, published in the year 2000. It has been translated from Swedish into English in 2003. Mankell is best know for his Kurt Wallender stories, a … Continue reading →
