The Saltmarsh Muders by Gladys Mitchell Out now in paperback from Vintage The Saltmarsh Murders is one of six books reprinted (so far) in the Mrs Bradley Mysteries series by Gladys Mitchell. I’m not sure what made Vintage decide to do it but I’m glad they did. These books have been the inspiration for a [...]
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Green Review: Have Mercy on Us All by Fred Vargas (Vintage)
Have Mercy on Us All by Fred Vargas Out Now in Paperback from Vintage Firstly I have to say I’m ashamed of myself. No, I really am. When do you think I read the last book in this series? JUNE 2009! Let me say that another way. It’s been over 14 months. I know time [...]
Green Review: Pandora's Star by Peter F. Hamilton (Pan)
Pandora’s Star by Peter F. Hamilton Out Now in Paperback from Pan Macmillan (cover from the Sept ’10 reissue) There is only one place to start when talking about Pandora’s Star. It’s size. At 1152 pages of big. But it’s not only the time that you invest reading a big book it’s the mental capacity you [...]
Green Review: The Stone-Cutter by Camilla Läckberg (Harper)
Title: The Stone-Cutter Author: Camilla Läckberg Pages: 480 Genre: Euro Crime Standalone/Series: Series (Book 3) Release: Out now in Hardback Publisher: HarperCollins Synopsis The remote resort of Fjallbacka has seen its share of tragedy, though perhaps none worse than that of the little girl found in a fisherman’s net. But the post-mortem reveals that this [...]
Green Review: The Preacher by Camilla Läckberg (Harper)
Title: The Preacher Author: Camilla Läckberg Pages: 419 Genre: Euro Crime (Sweden) Standalone/Series: Series Release: Out Now in PB Publisher: Harper Synopsis In the fishing community of Fjallbacka, life is remote, peaceful — and for some, tragically short. Foul play was always suspected in the disappearance twenty years ago of two young holidaymakers [...]
Green Review: The Ice-Princess by Camilla Läckberg (Harper)
Title: The Ice Princess Author: Camilla Läckberg Pages: 393 plus The Preacher extract Genre: Euro Crime (Sweden) Standalone/Series: Series Release: Out Now in PB Publisher: Harper Synopsis Returning to her hometown after the funeral of her parents, writer Erica Falck finds a community on the brink of tragedy. The death of her childhood friend, [...]
Green Review: Kraken by China Miéville (Macmillan)
Title: Kraken Author: China Miéville Pages: 400 Genre: Urban Fantasy (sort of) Standalone/Series: Standalone Release: 7 May in Hardback Publisher: Macmillan Synopsis Deep in the research wing of the Natural History Museum is a prize specimen, something that comes along much less often than once in a lifetime: a perfect, and perfectly preserved, giant [...]
Not a BSFA Best Novel 2010 Nominee: Flood by Stephen Baxter (Gollancz)
Title: Flood Author: Stephen Baxter Pages: 480 Genre: Science Fiction Standalone/Series: Series Release: Out Now in Paperback Publisher: Gollancz Synopsis Next year. Sea levels begin to rise. The change is far more rapid than any climate change predictions; metres a year. Within two years London, only 15 metres above the sea, is drowned. New York [...]
BSFA Best Novel 2010 Nominee: Yellow Blue Tibia by Adam Roberts (Gollancz)
Title: Yellow Blue Tibia Author: Adam Roberts Pages: 336 Genre: Science Fiction Standalone/Series: Standalone Release: Hardback out now / MMPB out 13 May Publisher: Gollancz Synopsis Russia, 1946, the Nazis recently defeated. Stalin gathers half a dozen of the top Soviet science fiction authors in a dacha in the countryside somewhere. Convinced that the defeat [...]
BSFA Best Novel 2010 Nominee: Lavinia by Ursula Le Guin (Gollancz)
Title: Lavinia Author: Ursula Le Guin Pages: 304 Genre: Historical Fantasy Standalone/Series: Standalone Release: Out now in Hardback Publisher: Gollancz Synopsis ‘Like Spartan Helen, I caused a war. She caused hers by letting men who wanted her take her. I caused mine because I wouldn’t be given, wouldn’t be taken, but chose my man and [...]
