Echoes From The Dead by Johan Theorin
Published by Black Swan and out now
Echoes From The Dead is one of those books, which grabs you from the opening pages. And then as you get deeper and deeper you think you know what happens only for it to click too late. At least that’s what happened to [...]
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SR09 Review: Echoes From The Dead by Johan Theorin (Black Swan)
Debut Review: The Thirteen Treasures by Michelle Harrison (SIMON AND SCHUSTER)
The Thirteen Treasures by Michelle Harrison
Published by Simon and Schuster and Out Now
It is never a good sign when the novel you are reading feels like it’s dragging and it’s only 326 pages of quite large type. But that’s what happened with The Thirteen Treasures. I’ll admit now that I am not the target audience [...]
Debut Interview: Josh Bazell – Beat the Reaper (William Heineman)
Hi Josh, thank you for answering a few questions. It’s great to see a debut author getting the spotlight. I hope find the questions interesting:
1) Drugs and violence appear in the opening pages – how does this set the tone to Beat the Reaper?
Pretty well, I think.
2) How much did you draw on your own [...]
Debut Review: The Manual of Detection by Jedediah Berry (William Heinemann)
The Manual of Detection by Jedediah Berry
Published by William Heinemann and Out Now
There are some books that are just an episode in someone’s life and you get a sense that the characters have had a life before the story starts and will after it ends. And then there are some stories where the characters only [...]
Debut Review: A Madness of Angels by Kate Griffin (Orbit)
A Madness of Angels by Kate Griffin Published by Orbit on the 2 April 2009. Review Copy
In A Madness of Angels Sorcerer Matthew Swift returns to London after being missing for two years and he wants revenge. Over 496 pages Kate takes us on a tour of the [...]
Review: The Ninth Circle by Alex Bell (Gollancz)
The Ninth Circle by Alex Bell Published in paperback on 9 April 2009 by Gollancz
Waking up with no idea who you are is a standard literary device. And that’s the problem that Gabriel Anteus has in The Ninth Circle. Faced with having no idea who he is and the worry of [...]
Repost Review: The Warded Man by Peter V. Brett (Del Rey)
Title: The Warded Man*Author: Peter V. BrettPublisher: Del ReyPublished: 10 March 2009Review Copy
*The UK release of The Warded Man was called The Painted Man and was released 1 September 2008 by HaperVoyager and my original review was posted here.
In the world of The Warded Man no one goes out in the dark. The [...]
Debut Review: Heart-Shaped Box by Joe Hill (Gollancz)
Title: Heart Shaped-Box
Author: Joe Hill
Publisher: Gollancz
Published: 01 May 2008
Own Copy
Synopsis
If you’re a rockstar who already has a collection of the macabre what is the harm of buying a dead man’s suit, with ghost attached, off the internet? For Jude Coyne it’s going to drag him to hell. Literally.
You’d be forgiven for thinking that [...]
Debut Review: Scar Night by Alan Campbell
Title: Scar Night
Author: Alan Campbell
Publisher: Tor
Published: May 2007
Price: £7.99
Bought It
Before I say anything else Alan Campbell’s debut novel Scar Night is an amazing creation. Not only does he create rounded characters, he creates a believable world for them to live. I enjoyed reading it immensely but it’s not without its problems. Though before I [...]
The Year (so far) in Review
It’s not over yet, but I can’t see any final revelations happening, unless you count Nintendo suddenly releasing a billion or so Wiis. So what I have got to say about the year? I haven’t got a clue but let us see what I can come up with.
Way back in January I wrote a post [...]
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