A tale of revenge and redemption from the screenwriter of Amores Perros It is 1960s Mexico City. The parents of … More
Tag: literary thriller
Book review: My Father’s House by Joseph O’Connor
My Father’s House is a novel based on a true story (very loosely based, O’Connor emphasises in an author’s note). … More
Book review: Instructions for the Working Day by Joanna Campbell
Neil Fischer is shy, socially awkward and repressed – an English archetype. His late father, though, was from East Germany. … More
Book review: Kingdomtide by Rye Curtis
Kingdomtide tells the story of two women, one who is lost in wilderness following a plane crash, the other a … More
Book review: Where the Edge Is by Gráinne Murphy
In Where the Edge Is, disaster befalls a small town in Cork when a bus falls into a sinkhole in … More
Book review: Who Is Vera Kelly by Rosalie Knecht (Vera Kelly #1)
Vera Kelly is posing as a Canadian student in Buenos Aires in 1966, but she is actually working for the … More
Crime Fiction with Character giveaway – discover your next great read
I don’t often take part in group giveaways. Sometimes I feel overwhelmed by a wall of books with very little in … More
Book review: The Sandpit by Nicholas Shakespeare
There was a happy time when I was naive enough to think that a story of wealth, power and corruption … More
Book review: The Crossed Out Notebook by Nicolás Giacobone, translated by Megan McDowell
Writers often lament the fact that they are beset by distractions. Some will go to great lengths to isolate themselves, … More
Guest post: author Q&A with Anthony Good
If you’ve read my review of Anthony Good’s novel, Kill [redacted], you’ll know how much I enjoyed it, so I … More