Source: Review copy from the publisher, Influx Press for the Random Things blog tour – thank you. As thrillers go, I’m very fond of gangland novels, and within that crime thriller sub-genre is a sub-sub-genre of ‘hide out’ tales – be it enforced or by going AWOL. I’m thinking of novels like the rather excellent Read More
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Two 5-star Novellas for #ReadIndies – Kerangal and Herrera
Eastbound by Maylis de Kerangal Translated by Jessica Moore Having read two other novels by de Kerangal (Mend the Living and Painting Time) both translated by Jessica Moore, now that I’ve read a third, I can aver that they are indeed a dream team. Moore just totally gets her author’s writing, which often has complex Read More
Dead Man’s Creek by Chris Hammer
A Cross-Generational Australian Thriller Chris Hammer’s first three thrillers featured journalist Martin Scarsden; full of complicated, twisty plots that get tied up in the end. All good reads, if a little long, I reviewed the second one, Silver, here. With his fourth novel, Opal Country, Hammer introduced two new protagonists, police investigators this time. Experienced Read More
