Graham Masterton is one of the most appreciated contemporary horror authors. His Nigth Warriors series are awesome and gory. The fifth Night Warriors novel, The Ninth Nightmare, published in May, 2011, is a big favourite amongst horror fans.
Do you find clowns and haunted castles eerie? If you are a horror fanatic and have read It by Stephen King (and Richard Laymon's Funland), then clowns give you the creeps.
Somewhere in the thirteenth century a monk was caught having an affair with a married lady. The Inquisiton’s punishment was cruel as ever: the monk’s arms and legs were cut off. As a revenge, he arranged a carnival of queer clowns…
Now, several centuries later, a serial killer decides to let the carnival loose again. The Night Warriors stand up against him…
Warning – The Ninth Nightmare contains lots of graphic horror elements. Another warning – it is a good thing, graphic violence is fun when it is made all right (and Masterton does it perfectly).
Friday, September 30, 2011
Thursday, September 29, 2011
James Herbert - The Secret of Crickley Hall, A Great Gothic Horror Fiction
James Herbert is an English gothic horror writer. Beforehand, he was a singer and an art director (authors with a knack for other arts are great ones, just look at Chet Williamson or Stephen King). James Herbert’s latest horror fiction is The Secret of Crickley Hall.
The setting is somewhat Lovecraftian: an eerie, remote house is always a favourite place for horror authors. Crickley Hall, a peculiar mansion, is known for strange phenomena: whispers in the darkness, cellar doors opening on their own accord, eerie figures that can be seen after nightfall. A family, the Caleighs, although they have heard all the rumours in the village about certain terrible past events that occurred in the mansion, decide to stay in Crickley Hall. It was not a wise decision to make. It is likely that it may cost them their lives…
The setting is somewhat Lovecraftian: an eerie, remote house is always a favourite place for horror authors. Crickley Hall, a peculiar mansion, is known for strange phenomena: whispers in the darkness, cellar doors opening on their own accord, eerie figures that can be seen after nightfall. A family, the Caleighs, although they have heard all the rumours in the village about certain terrible past events that occurred in the mansion, decide to stay in Crickley Hall. It was not a wise decision to make. It is likely that it may cost them their lives…
Wednesday, September 28, 2011
Jack Kilborn, J. A. Konrath - Endurance, A Great Horror Suspense Thriller Novel
Jack Kilborn – his more familiar name is J. A. Konrath – is undoubtedly a master of horror genre. I have been his big fan since his horror novel The Origin. Besides, I do respect him for his views on self publishing. His horror thriller novel Endurance is scary enough to grip any horror fans (and non horror fans).
The plot of Endurance looks like the background of a Lovecraft short fiction: there is an eerie, desolate motel in the middle of nowhere, in the hinterlands of West Virginia.
Maria, a contestant of Iron Woman triathlon, is forced to stay at Rushmore Inn. However, her room seems already inhabited: objects change their places, and strange sounds are to be heard from under Maria’s bed. Worst of it, the door is barred, the windows bricked…
Anyone who lures guests to the peculiar motel, has a terrible death for them in store.
One year later four other sportswomen arrive to Rushmore Inn. It is doubtful that any of them will ever leave…
The plot of Endurance looks like the background of a Lovecraft short fiction: there is an eerie, desolate motel in the middle of nowhere, in the hinterlands of West Virginia.
Maria, a contestant of Iron Woman triathlon, is forced to stay at Rushmore Inn. However, her room seems already inhabited: objects change their places, and strange sounds are to be heard from under Maria’s bed. Worst of it, the door is barred, the windows bricked…
Anyone who lures guests to the peculiar motel, has a terrible death for them in store.
One year later four other sportswomen arrive to Rushmore Inn. It is doubtful that any of them will ever leave…
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
F. Paul Wilson - All the Rage, A Repairman Jack Story, A Scary Horror Suspense Novel
F. Paul Wilson, author of Repairman Jack novels, is a great contemporary American horror writer. He has grown up reading – amongst others – Lovecraft; it certainly did good to him: Wilson’s amazing writings give readers the creeps anytime.
All the Rage is a Repairman Jack story.
Nadia Razminsky, a scientist, has a new job at GEM Pharmaceuticals – she works with someone whose professional skills she respects the most, Dr Luc Monnet; her payment is larger than life, her chances to get higher are great. However, things change quickly when a Serbian mafioso, Milos Dragovic appears and blackmails Monnet into providing him a new drug, a steroid nicknamed Berzerk, which brings out the patients’ most aggressive sides and sends them into white-hot fury. Jack starts investigating the strange connections. It turns out that Berzerk comes from supernatural sources…
All the Rage is a Repairman Jack story.
Nadia Razminsky, a scientist, has a new job at GEM Pharmaceuticals – she works with someone whose professional skills she respects the most, Dr Luc Monnet; her payment is larger than life, her chances to get higher are great. However, things change quickly when a Serbian mafioso, Milos Dragovic appears and blackmails Monnet into providing him a new drug, a steroid nicknamed Berzerk, which brings out the patients’ most aggressive sides and sends them into white-hot fury. Jack starts investigating the strange connections. It turns out that Berzerk comes from supernatural sources…
Monday, September 26, 2011
Simon Janus - The Scrubs, A Gory Horror Fiction Novel
Simon Wood, a suspense, thriller, and mystery author, lets his dark side loose under the name of Simon Janus – and writes amazing horror fictions. The Scrubs is definitely one of them.
The setting of The Scrubs is a prison of similar name: Woodworm Scrubs, London. James Jeter, an inmate of the Scrubs – beforehands an infamous serial killer – participates an eerie experiment, the North Wing Project. He takes in a hallucinogen, thus he is able to create an own world, the Rift. It is not a happy place: its inhabitants are Jeter's earlier victims. Inmates are offered pardon if they volunteer to discover the Rift. Two men gave it a try, and they never returned. Michael Keeler believes this is a chance for him to leave the Scrubs…
The setting of The Scrubs is a prison of similar name: Woodworm Scrubs, London. James Jeter, an inmate of the Scrubs – beforehands an infamous serial killer – participates an eerie experiment, the North Wing Project. He takes in a hallucinogen, thus he is able to create an own world, the Rift. It is not a happy place: its inhabitants are Jeter's earlier victims. Inmates are offered pardon if they volunteer to discover the Rift. Two men gave it a try, and they never returned. Michael Keeler believes this is a chance for him to leave the Scrubs…
Sunday, September 25, 2011
Lee Child - The Enemy, the eight Jack Reacher Novel, Recall of Early Days
Lee Child – an award-winning New York Times best-selling English author living in NYC, creator of the charismatic Jack Reacher – has written The Enemy in 2009 – it is one of the best instalment of the Reacher series.
Lee Child’s latest Jack Reacher novel, The Affair, will be published in kindle edition on 27th September, 2011.
The story is a recall of Jack Reacher’s days back then in the military. In 1990, the Soviet Union has just collapsed, which changed the political constellation all over the world. A general is found murdered in a motel; Reacher is investigating the case. When he and his partner Summer visit the general’s wife to tell her the sad news, they find her brutally beaten and killed. When a third victim, a gay Delta Force soldier, is murdered, there is evidence against Reacher himself: the Military Policeman has a secret enemy who gets him into trouble…
Lee Child’s latest Jack Reacher novel, The Affair, will be published in kindle edition on 27th September, 2011.
The story is a recall of Jack Reacher’s days back then in the military. In 1990, the Soviet Union has just collapsed, which changed the political constellation all over the world. A general is found murdered in a motel; Reacher is investigating the case. When he and his partner Summer visit the general’s wife to tell her the sad news, they find her brutally beaten and killed. When a third victim, a gay Delta Force soldier, is murdered, there is evidence against Reacher himself: the Military Policeman has a secret enemy who gets him into trouble…
Saturday, September 24, 2011
Brett Battles and Blake Crouch: Sick, A Project Eden Thriller - A Scary Apocalyptic Fiction
Brett Battles is a great writer of horror, thriller, and suspense. Do you remember The Stand by Stephen King? If you like that type of books, you will love Sick.
Sick is an awesome apocalyptic horror story. Daniel Ash wakes up in the middle of the night when he hears his daughter screaming. He gets up to comfort her – however, he finds her ill, perhaps dying. His wife and son seem already dead. When he calls for help, men in biohazard suits burst into his house, and they did not come to save them: they want to separate them and lock them into a government facility. Realisation dawns upon Daniel: a secret group, with government support, tries to extirpate the whole human race. A virus spreads all over the world. Daniel Ash is determined to save humankind – and to find the ones who are responsible for the things that happened to his family.
Sick is an awesome apocalyptic horror story. Daniel Ash wakes up in the middle of the night when he hears his daughter screaming. He gets up to comfort her – however, he finds her ill, perhaps dying. His wife and son seem already dead. When he calls for help, men in biohazard suits burst into his house, and they did not come to save them: they want to separate them and lock them into a government facility. Realisation dawns upon Daniel: a secret group, with government support, tries to extirpate the whole human race. A virus spreads all over the world. Daniel Ash is determined to save humankind – and to find the ones who are responsible for the things that happened to his family.
Friday, September 23, 2011
Jack Drew - The Takeover, A Great Horror Story With Heaps of Graphic Violence
Jack Drew is compared to Bentley Little by many – do you need some more introduction? Drew is great in depicting gory violence and horror: his book The Takeover is highly recommended.
The Takeover is a suspense horror story whose plot starts with a similar turn like Andrew Neiderman’s novel The Devil’s Advocate (the movie adaptation with Al Pacino and Keanu Reaves might sound more familiar). Chance Fordham is offered an amazing new job – not only he is able to pay his debts but he can move into a luxurious new dwelling, along with his wife. However, unsurprisingly, there is something about his new co-workers… You were warned: The Takeover contains descriptions of graphic violence.
The Takeover is a suspense horror story whose plot starts with a similar turn like Andrew Neiderman’s novel The Devil’s Advocate (the movie adaptation with Al Pacino and Keanu Reaves might sound more familiar). Chance Fordham is offered an amazing new job – not only he is able to pay his debts but he can move into a luxurious new dwelling, along with his wife. However, unsurprisingly, there is something about his new co-workers… You were warned: The Takeover contains descriptions of graphic violence.
Thursday, September 22, 2011
T. P. Boje - One, Two... He Is Coming For You, An Awesome Dark Nordic Crime Story
T. P. Boje is a Danish fantasy – suspense – thriller author who currently lives in Florida. Her scary crime novel One, Two… He Is Coming For You is highly recommended anyone who loves dark fantasy and tension – and Scandinavian crime stories. The title is a hint of Nightmare On Elm Street (how I loved that film! I could not sleep afterwards).
The setting of One, Two… He Is Coming For You is a small town in Denmark, the hometown of journalist Rebekka Franck. She, escaping her ex-husband with her small child, returns to the town. Soon an eerie murder occurs: a rich man is killed in his mansion. Rebekka, along with her punk photographer Sune, covers the story – and in no time she has another one: the victim is another wealthy man. It turns out that the murdered men were not quite decent persons…
The setting of One, Two… He Is Coming For You is a small town in Denmark, the hometown of journalist Rebekka Franck. She, escaping her ex-husband with her small child, returns to the town. Soon an eerie murder occurs: a rich man is killed in his mansion. Rebekka, along with her punk photographer Sune, covers the story – and in no time she has another one: the victim is another wealthy man. It turns out that the murdered men were not quite decent persons…
Wednesday, September 21, 2011
Jan Costin Wagner - The Winter of the Lions, An Atmospheric Crime Mystery Novel
Jan Costin Wagner is a German crime author, yet the setting of his thriller novel series is Finland. The first instalment of the series is Ice Moon (2006), followed by Silence, then, in 2011, the third and newest part, a great and atmospheric read, The Winter of the Lions.
Detective Kimmo Joentaa usually spends Christmas time alone since his wife has died. However, this year his habit seems to change: a complainant – a young lady furthermore, supposedly a prostitute, appears in his home unexpectedly, and they decorate a tree together. In the meanwhile, two men get murdered, one of them, a forensic pathologist, was Joentaa’s old friend. He starts investigating the cases. It turns out that both men appeared in a known talk show not much before they died.
Detective Kimmo Joentaa usually spends Christmas time alone since his wife has died. However, this year his habit seems to change: a complainant – a young lady furthermore, supposedly a prostitute, appears in his home unexpectedly, and they decorate a tree together. In the meanwhile, two men get murdered, one of them, a forensic pathologist, was Joentaa’s old friend. He starts investigating the cases. It turns out that both men appeared in a known talk show not much before they died.
Tuesday, September 20, 2011
Geoff Cooper and Brian Keene: Shades, An Awesome Horror Thriller Novel
Brian Keene (author of Urban Gothic) has a reputation of being a master of horror. Geoff Cooper is another writer who scares readers out of their wits. Their novel Shades, written ink 2007, was published in 2011 as a kindle edition.
The setting of Shades is Brackard’s Point (a familiar place for Brian Keene’s fans); the time is the nineteen-eighties. An eleven years old boy, having a poor background and being in need of money, skips school and searches for crabs to sell them in a local shop. He finds heaps of crabs in the shallow water – and when he approaches them, he sees what they are doing: feeding on a human corpse. The died man wears orange inmate uniform – he must be an escaped prisoner; now the boy remembers that he heard rumours at school about the brother of a teacher, fresh out from Sing Sing.
Somebody catches him right after he found the body: a strange old Russian man, nicknamed Gustav. According to Gustav, the boy did not find the corpse but the corpse found him…
The setting of Shades is Brackard’s Point (a familiar place for Brian Keene’s fans); the time is the nineteen-eighties. An eleven years old boy, having a poor background and being in need of money, skips school and searches for crabs to sell them in a local shop. He finds heaps of crabs in the shallow water – and when he approaches them, he sees what they are doing: feeding on a human corpse. The died man wears orange inmate uniform – he must be an escaped prisoner; now the boy remembers that he heard rumours at school about the brother of a teacher, fresh out from Sing Sing.
Somebody catches him right after he found the body: a strange old Russian man, nicknamed Gustav. According to Gustav, the boy did not find the corpse but the corpse found him…
Monday, September 19, 2011
Joe Haldeman, John Scalzi - The Forever War, A Great Science Fiction Modern Fantasy Classic Reloaded
Joe Haldeman has published the original version of his Nebula Award and Hugo Award-winning debut novel, The Forever War. It was first published somewhere in the 1970’s (certainly not by chance, as Vietnam war and its allegories were frequent subjects of novels back then), with several changes of the original story. This time, at last, Haldeman has published The Forever War the way he had always wanted it.
The Forever War takes place in the distant future. Humankind has conquered outer space and has sent collapsars – super quick spaceships – all over the solar system. Soon they have found a hostile race of aliens, Taurans, who have intended to destroy mankind. Now they are back. A physics student, William Mandella, was drafted – however, in the collapser (and in outer space) time goes by slowly: after one year of war, Mandella returns, to learn that twenty-seven years went by while he was away. He reenlists…
The Forever War takes place in the distant future. Humankind has conquered outer space and has sent collapsars – super quick spaceships – all over the solar system. Soon they have found a hostile race of aliens, Taurans, who have intended to destroy mankind. Now they are back. A physics student, William Mandella, was drafted – however, in the collapser (and in outer space) time goes by slowly: after one year of war, Mandella returns, to learn that twenty-seven years went by while he was away. He reenlists…
Sunday, September 18, 2011
Richard Paul Evans: Michael Vey: The Prisoner of Cell 25, A Best-Selling Fantasy Thriller for Young Adults
Richard Paul Evans, a New York Times best-selling and award-winning thriller author, has written another great fantasy – suspense fiction, Michael Vey: The Prisoner of Cell 25.
Michael Vey is a fourteen years old schoolboy, suffering from Tourette syndrome. Except for his nearest and dearest, nobody suspects that he has electric powers (which sounds like a Carrie recall from the beginning of Stephen King’s career). He thinks he is the only one with this ability – then he learns that a popular girl also has it. However, a group of malignant grown-ups also know about their special talents, and they want to use it for their own interests. If they succeed, the two kids – and the whole world – will be in danger…
Michael Vey is a fourteen years old schoolboy, suffering from Tourette syndrome. Except for his nearest and dearest, nobody suspects that he has electric powers (which sounds like a Carrie recall from the beginning of Stephen King’s career). He thinks he is the only one with this ability – then he learns that a popular girl also has it. However, a group of malignant grown-ups also know about their special talents, and they want to use it for their own interests. If they succeed, the two kids – and the whole world – will be in danger…
Saturday, September 17, 2011
Douglas E. Richards - Wired, A Great Science Fiction Suspense Thriller Book
Douglas E. Richards is an awesome science fiction – thriller – suspense writer. His latest novel, Wired, is already a best-selling novel.
The idea upon which the story is based reminds me of a Robin Cook novel, Mutation: a scientist manipulates human genetic structure to create extremely intelligent persons – whilst he does succeed, the super-intelligent breed will lack conscience and good sense. This is the main idea of Wired: exceedingly high IQ and no conscience are a dangerous combination.
Kira Miller makes a great discovery in genetics – then disappears. David Desh, an Iran veteran whose team was savagely murdered in action, is about to leave the army; however, first he wants to solve Kira’s case. Is she a cunning and cruel person or a victim of an evil conspiration?
The idea upon which the story is based reminds me of a Robin Cook novel, Mutation: a scientist manipulates human genetic structure to create extremely intelligent persons – whilst he does succeed, the super-intelligent breed will lack conscience and good sense. This is the main idea of Wired: exceedingly high IQ and no conscience are a dangerous combination.
Kira Miller makes a great discovery in genetics – then disappears. David Desh, an Iran veteran whose team was savagely murdered in action, is about to leave the army; however, first he wants to solve Kira’s case. Is she a cunning and cruel person or a victim of an evil conspiration?
Friday, September 16, 2011
Neal Stephenson: Reamde, A Novel - A Magnificent Science Fiction Crime Story
In 2011, Neal Stephenson, a great American science fiction – fantasy – post-punk author, has come up with a new amazing techno-thriller, Reamde – A Novel.
An online virus is spreading all over the Internet. A strange group gathers to stop it – including a Hungarian programmer, a Russian villain, an amazing African lady, and a duo of fantasy authors. Will they succeed?
An online virus is spreading all over the Internet. A strange group gathers to stop it – including a Hungarian programmer, a Russian villain, an amazing African lady, and a duo of fantasy authors. Will they succeed?
Thursday, September 15, 2011
Brent Weeks - The Way of Shadows, A Night Angel Trilogy Novel, New York Times Best-Seller
Brent Weeks is an American fantasy fiction writer; his debut novel, The Way of Shadows, is the first part of his Night Angel Trilogy; all of the books were published in 2008. Each instalment was on the New York Times best-seller list.
Azoth is a young boy, grown up in a slum of Cenaria City and well acquainted with the hard and cold side of life – in the Warrens where he lives, child abuse, violence, and sexual perversions are everyday matters. He decides to join Durzo Blint, a known wetboy – an assassin who has magical skills. Azoth creates a new identity for himself – Kylar Stern is his new name – and tries his best to please the cruel yet charismatic murderer and turn into a real survivor.
Azoth is a young boy, grown up in a slum of Cenaria City and well acquainted with the hard and cold side of life – in the Warrens where he lives, child abuse, violence, and sexual perversions are everyday matters. He decides to join Durzo Blint, a known wetboy – an assassin who has magical skills. Azoth creates a new identity for himself – Kylar Stern is his new name – and tries his best to please the cruel yet charismatic murderer and turn into a real survivor.
Wednesday, September 14, 2011
Peter James - Dead Like You, An Awesome Roy Grace Crime Novel
Dead Like You is one of the latest mystery novels of Peter James, an awesome British thriller, suspense, and crime fiction author. Gory thriller fiction queen Karin Slaughter has praised James and his writings, which says enough.
In Hotel Metropol, Brighton, a woman is savagely beaten and raped; the perpetrator takes her shoes when he leaves. Soon another repulsive case happens. Detective Roy Grace remembers an ugly series of crimes which occurred ten years ago; the fifth victim, the lost one, got murdered. Back then, the culprit, named „the Shoe Man” was never found. Now he returned… or somebody copies his outrageous crimes, which is not better. It seems that the perp is the very same person…
In Hotel Metropol, Brighton, a woman is savagely beaten and raped; the perpetrator takes her shoes when he leaves. Soon another repulsive case happens. Detective Roy Grace remembers an ugly series of crimes which occurred ten years ago; the fifth victim, the lost one, got murdered. Back then, the culprit, named „the Shoe Man” was never found. Now he returned… or somebody copies his outrageous crimes, which is not better. It seems that the perp is the very same person…
Tuesday, September 13, 2011
Orson Scott Card - Ender's Game, A Great Science Fiction Novel For Teens
Orson Scott Card is an awesome science fiction and adventure book writer. One of his best novels is Ender’s Game.
In a grim future, aliens – nicknamed Buggers – has attacked the Earth twice, thus far they failed to occupy it; humankind is ready to do anything to defend the survivors. The world government intends to breed talented and strong youngsters and establishes a Battle School where they can learn fighting skills. One of them is special: Ender Wiggin is the one who should save the world…
In a grim future, aliens – nicknamed Buggers – has attacked the Earth twice, thus far they failed to occupy it; humankind is ready to do anything to defend the survivors. The world government intends to breed talented and strong youngsters and establishes a Battle School where they can learn fighting skills. One of them is special: Ender Wiggin is the one who should save the world…
Monday, September 12, 2011
Anita Clenney - Awaken the Highland Warrior, An Awesome New Suspense Fantasy Fiction
Anita Clenney’s suspense fantasy book, Awaken the Highland Warrior, is a nice debut novel – notwithstanding the fact that it contains a tad too much of romance for my taste. It is the first instalment of a planned trilogy.
Bree Kirkland, a historician who is passionate about her job, finds an antediluvian vault in her garden and opens it. She expects to find treasure inside; instead, she wakes up a hulky warrior named Faelan who has been there for 150 years. The man, a demon hunter, suspects that the lady who woke him from dead is actually a demon and, if this is the case, he needs to extirpate her – on the other hand, according to an old diary, Faelan himself might be easily a demon…
Bree Kirkland, a historician who is passionate about her job, finds an antediluvian vault in her garden and opens it. She expects to find treasure inside; instead, she wakes up a hulky warrior named Faelan who has been there for 150 years. The man, a demon hunter, suspects that the lady who woke him from dead is actually a demon and, if this is the case, he needs to extirpate her – on the other hand, according to an old diary, Faelan himself might be easily a demon…
Sunday, September 11, 2011
Michael Prescott - Blind Pursuit, A Gripping Crime Novel
Michael Prescott, a great American author, has written a riveting crime fiction, Blind Pursuit.
Late in the night Erin Reilly, a psychologist, is kidnapped from the door of her home. Her abductor is a serial killer who burns women alive. He wants Erin to heal his morbid obsession. Annie, the sister of Erin, tries to track the abductor down – however, if Erin cannot cure the killer, she will be burnt to death. Thus she tries to submerge into the mind of the killer…
Late in the night Erin Reilly, a psychologist, is kidnapped from the door of her home. Her abductor is a serial killer who burns women alive. He wants Erin to heal his morbid obsession. Annie, the sister of Erin, tries to track the abductor down – however, if Erin cannot cure the killer, she will be burnt to death. Thus she tries to submerge into the mind of the killer…
Saturday, September 10, 2011
Lev Grossman - The Magicians, A Great Modern Fantasy Novel for Teens
Lev Grossman, an American fantasy author, has written another magnificent modern fantasy novel for young adults, The Magicians, a New York Times best-selling book.
Quentin Coldwater is an ordinary teen from New York City, he often feels isolated and unhappy. One day he notices that he has special abilities in magic. Soon he also discovers that the fictional world of Fillory about which he reads in his favourite books is not fictional. He is accepted to a college of magic, he could do so many awesome things – however, Quentin still feels dissatisfied…
Quentin Coldwater is an ordinary teen from New York City, he often feels isolated and unhappy. One day he notices that he has special abilities in magic. Soon he also discovers that the fictional world of Fillory about which he reads in his favourite books is not fictional. He is accepted to a college of magic, he could do so many awesome things – however, Quentin still feels dissatisfied…
Friday, September 9, 2011
Horror Fiction, Bloody and Gory, by a Lovecraft Fan: Edward Lee: Creekers
Edward Lee has written several gory scary stories; Creekers is amongst his best novels. From this book (and all the other books written by Lee) it is easy to find out that the author is a H. P. Lovecraft aficionado – which makes me admire him even more.
Philip Straker, a city cop, has accidentally shot a kid; as a result, he was forced to leave his place. As he has nothing better to do, he returns to his hometown, Crick City, a small town in the middle of nowhere. A couple of gory murders occur in the town, and Straker suspects who are responsible for them: the Creekers, inbreed, queer persons who live in the woods surrounding the town. Straker decides to find out more about the bloody murders…
Philip Straker, a city cop, has accidentally shot a kid; as a result, he was forced to leave his place. As he has nothing better to do, he returns to his hometown, Crick City, a small town in the middle of nowhere. A couple of gory murders occur in the town, and Straker suspects who are responsible for them: the Creekers, inbreed, queer persons who live in the woods surrounding the town. Straker decides to find out more about the bloody murders…
Thursday, September 8, 2011
Clive Cussler - Skeleton Coast, The Oregon Files, A Great Adventure Novel
Clive Cussler and his co-author Jack B. Du Brul had risen to fame due to the awesome suspense/adventure series The Oregon Files. Skeleton Coast is the fourth instalment of the series.
Right after escaping a close call in Congo River, Juan Cabrillo’s crew gets into trouble again. This time they save a boat under fire – the vessel’s passenger is a beautiful lady who searches for certain lost diamonds. The crew also find out that a rich American businessman got kidnapped and is held captive in a remote prison, and, hoping some reward, Juan decides to save him. In the meanwhile, a millionaire eco-terrorist plans to cause an ecological catastrophe, only to prove that environmentalism makes sense…
Right after escaping a close call in Congo River, Juan Cabrillo’s crew gets into trouble again. This time they save a boat under fire – the vessel’s passenger is a beautiful lady who searches for certain lost diamonds. The crew also find out that a rich American businessman got kidnapped and is held captive in a remote prison, and, hoping some reward, Juan decides to save him. In the meanwhile, a millionaire eco-terrorist plans to cause an ecological catastrophe, only to prove that environmentalism makes sense…
Wednesday, September 7, 2011
Deon Meyer: Thirteen Hours, A Riveting Benny Griesel Crime Suspense Novel
The magnificent African author Deon Meyer has come up with a great crime novel, Thirteen Hours.
In South Africa, Cape Town, a young lady, Rachel, flees for her life. She just witnessed that someone has sliced the throat of her friend and traveling companion, Erin. Benny Griesel (once an alcohol abuser, recently stone sober) investigates the case. Soon a music industry tycoon is also slain, and Griesel finds the main suspect: the boring, elderly wife of the murdered man…
In South Africa, Cape Town, a young lady, Rachel, flees for her life. She just witnessed that someone has sliced the throat of her friend and traveling companion, Erin. Benny Griesel (once an alcohol abuser, recently stone sober) investigates the case. Soon a music industry tycoon is also slain, and Griesel finds the main suspect: the boring, elderly wife of the murdered man…
Tuesday, September 6, 2011
Harlan Coben - Shelter, A Riveting Mickey Bolitar Crime Story
Harlan Coben is an Edgar Award and Anthony Award winning American author; many of his suspense novels has been on the top of the New York Times Best-seller List. Shelter is a Mickey Bolitar novel.
Mickey Bolitar, once a happy and energetic teen boy, feels miserable after witnessing his father’s death – besides, his mother became a drug addicted person; when she needs to go to a rehab, Mickey is forced to stay with his uncle, Myron, whom he is not fond of. He also has to change high schools. However, he quickly find friends and a lovely new girlfriend, Ashley. One day the girl disappears without saying a word to anyone – Mickey wants to find her. It turns out that Ashley was not the person she first seemed (fortunately, let me tell you, since I find bad girls far more interesting than shy final girls). While Mickey investigates, he learns that perhaps his father is not dead at all…
Mickey Bolitar, once a happy and energetic teen boy, feels miserable after witnessing his father’s death – besides, his mother became a drug addicted person; when she needs to go to a rehab, Mickey is forced to stay with his uncle, Myron, whom he is not fond of. He also has to change high schools. However, he quickly find friends and a lovely new girlfriend, Ashley. One day the girl disappears without saying a word to anyone – Mickey wants to find her. It turns out that Ashley was not the person she first seemed (fortunately, let me tell you, since I find bad girls far more interesting than shy final girls). While Mickey investigates, he learns that perhaps his father is not dead at all…
Monday, September 5, 2011
Michael Connelly - The Reversal, A Riveting Harry Bosch and Mickey Haller Novel
Michael Connelly has introduced Harry Bosch in 1992 in his debut novel, Black Echo. Since then, Bosch, a Vietnam veteran, is a top favourite detective amongst crime fiction readers. Connelly’s latest published Harry Bosch novel is The Reversal (the following instalment, The Drop will be released in November, 2011).
In 1986 somebody murdered a twelve years old girl, Melissa Landy; the corpse of the strangled little girl was found in a few hours. Her sister, Sarah Gleason, hiding in their garden, witnessed the abduction of Melissa. DNA evidence shows that Melissa’s stepfather could be a suspect – however, policemen identify the kidnapper whom Sarah recognises: Jason Jessup, a truck driver, he is already condemned and spent years behind bars. Other evidence proves that Jessup did have to do something with Melissa’s death. Harry Bosch and his half-brother, defense attorney Mickey Haller are convinced that Jessup is not innocent. On the other hand, defense undermines Sarah’s credibility because of her history of drug abuse and prostitution…
In 1986 somebody murdered a twelve years old girl, Melissa Landy; the corpse of the strangled little girl was found in a few hours. Her sister, Sarah Gleason, hiding in their garden, witnessed the abduction of Melissa. DNA evidence shows that Melissa’s stepfather could be a suspect – however, policemen identify the kidnapper whom Sarah recognises: Jason Jessup, a truck driver, he is already condemned and spent years behind bars. Other evidence proves that Jessup did have to do something with Melissa’s death. Harry Bosch and his half-brother, defense attorney Mickey Haller are convinced that Jessup is not innocent. On the other hand, defense undermines Sarah’s credibility because of her history of drug abuse and prostitution…
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