BOOK REVIEWS

The book reviews below feature some of my favourite authors. In the process of reviewing, I have tried to analyse and be critical of other authors so that we might see how their work has been transferred from mind to page.

Bloodthirsty - Marshall Karp

The Art Of Cunning Lingers - Kaz Jordyn

Blood From A Stone - Frances Fyfield

Ritual - Mo Hayder

Shatter - Michael Robotham

Exodus 1947: The Ship That Launched A Nation - Ruth Gruber

What Was Lost - Catherine O'Flynnn

7th Heaven - James Patterson

Falling - John Connor

Dexter In The Dark

The Tin Roof Blowdown

Here We Go Gathering Cups In May

Death Message - Mark Billingham

Power Play - Joseph Finder

Savage Moon - Chris Simms

I See You - Gregg Hurwitz

Salvage - Gee Williams

One Good Turn - Kate Atkinson

Beneath The Bleeding - Val McDermid

Gone Without Trace - C.J. Carver

Punishment - Anne Holt

My Perfect Silence - Penelope Evans

In Search Of Adam - Caroline Smailes

Wannabe A Writer - Jane Wenham-Jones

Buried - Mark Billingham

How To Kill - Kris Hollington

Red Cat - Peter Spiegelman

Donkey Punch - Ray Banks

The 50/50 Killer - Steve Mosby

Until Wishes Are Fulfilled - Michael Alexander

Gargoyles: Skylights and Roofscapes - Colin Campbell

Fear - Jeff Abbott

Broken Angels - Richard Montanari

The Rabbit Factory - Marshall Karp

The Watchman - Robert Crais

The Arsenic Labrinth - Martin Edwards

Saturnalia - Lindsey Davis

Salmon Fishing In The Yemen - Paul Torday

The Mephisto Club - Tess Gerritsen

Hollywood Station - Joseph Wambaugh

Sharp Objects - Gillian Flynn

God's Elephants - Michael Tod

Couples Who Kill - Carol Anne Davis

Vrolok - Nolene-Patricia Dougan

Lisey's Story - Stephen King

Mr. Clarinet - Nick Stone

Footfall - Christine Poulson

The Fastest Way To Write Your Book - Dave Haslett

The Meaning Of Night - Michael Cox

The Night Gardener - George Pelecanos

Gagged And Bound - Natasha Cooper

Criminal Wirral - Daniel K. Longman

The Fire Thief - Terry Deary

Flight Of The Fire Thief - Terry Deary

Brown Boys In Chocolate - Paul Southern

The Skin Gods - Richard Montanari

Blood Rites - Jimmy Lee Shreeve

Saturday's Child - Ray Banks

The Ballad Of The One Legged Man - Colin Campbell

No Peace For The Wicked - Adrian Magson

Shifting Skin - Chris Simms

Fresh Kills - Reggie Nadelson

Piece Of My Heart - Peter Robinson

The Last Days Of Newgate - Andrew Pepper

Promise Me - Harlan Coben

Rilke On Black - Ken Bruen

Through The Ruins Of Midnight - Colin Campbell

One Glass Is Never Enough - Jane Wenham-Jones

Darkness And Light - John Harvey

Gone - Lisa Gardner

The Lincoln Lawyer - Michael Connelly

Road Kill - Zoë Sharp

Pig Island - Mo Hayder

A Thousand Lies - Laura Wilson

Red Sky Lament - Edward Wright

Redemption - Richard Burke

Priest - Ken Bruen

Sleepy Head - Mark Billingham

Does Anything Eat Wasps? - New Scientist

The Cipher Garden - Martin Edwards

See Delphi and Die - Lindsey Davis

White Skin Man - John Baker

Hit & Run - Cath Staincliffe

The Business of Dying - Simon Kernick

The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Nighttime

Point Blanc - Anthony Horowitz

The Hundredth Man - Jack Kerley

Perception of Death - Louise Anderson

Killing The Beasts - Chris Simms

Haunted - James Herbert

The Coffin Trail - Martin Edwards

On Younghusband's Path - Tom Broadbent

The Dispossessed - Margaret Murphy

Bodies - Jed Mercurio

Millions - Frank Cottrell Boyce

Val McDermid - The Wire In The Blood

Mo Hayder - Tokyo
Bantam Books (Paperback) 2004

Margaret Murphy - 'Weaving Shadows'

The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon- Stephen King
New English Library. 1999

STORM - Boris Starling, Harper Collins, 2001.

'The Woman Who Walked Into Doors'- Roddy Doyle, Minerva Press, 1996

Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier

Misery by Stephen King