5) Brothers in Blood by Amer Anwar This is a fast-paced thriller in which we are introduced to Zaq Khan (and later his friend Jags), who is plunged into the middle of a family feud which escalates rapidly into a tale that is darker, more violent and more complex than it first appeared. I struggled… Continue reading Year 4 / Book 5: Brothers in Blood
Category: thriller
Year 4 / Book 2: Force of Nature
2) Force of Nature by Jane Harper I very much enjoyed Jane Harper's runaway bestseller The Dry (see my review of that from Year 2) with its tale of small-town murder in a parched, drought-ridden Australia. This follow-up, Force of Nature, finds the same policeman (Aaron Falk) working in the finance department, tracking down money… Continue reading Year 4 / Book 2: Force of Nature
Year 3 / Book 52: The Defenceless
52) The Defenceless by Kati Hiekkapelto Holidaying in Helsinki, and for my final book of Year 3 of Dogeared Man, I wanted to read a Finnish novel and remembered I had downloaded this many moons ago on to the Kindle. It’s the second novel by Hiekkapelto to feature Anna Fekete, a policewoman whose origins lie… Continue reading Year 3 / Book 52: The Defenceless
Year 3 / Book 51: The Midnight Line
51) The Midnight Line by Lee Child It wouldn’t be a year of reading if I didn’t slip in a cheeky Lee Child along the way. This was the latest that I’ve read (I know there are others already released) and I would place it firmly in the upper middle of the Jack Reacher canon… Continue reading Year 3 / Book 51: The Midnight Line
Year 3 / Book 49: East of Hounslow
49) East of Hounslow by Khurrum Rahman If there’s one word I wasn’t expecting to use to describe a “drug-dealer turned spy to infiltrate terrorist cell” story, and that word is *fun*. But this book by Khurrum Rahman is enormous fun - indeed, one could even use the word rollicking. It rattles along at a… Continue reading Year 3 / Book 49: East of Hounslow
Year 3 / Book 46: A Climate of Fear
46) A Climate of Fear by Fred Vargas I love the Commissaire Adamsberg books by Fred Vargas: they are amongst the most engaging, intriguing, bizarre and unusual crime series out there, and this is another great addition (number 8) to the collection. This one manages to combine a mystery involving a historical association (linked to… Continue reading Year 3 / Book 46: A Climate of Fear
Year 3 / Book 43: Thirteen
43) Thirteen by Steve Cavanagh If there is a finer strapline on the front of a book this year than "The serial killer's not on trial....he's on the jury", then I will be surprised. And that pulled me in to read this page-turner from Steve Cavanagh which doesn't disappoint. Well, it disappoints if you are… Continue reading Year 3 / Book 43: Thirteen
Year 3 / Book 41: Snap
41) Snap by Belinda Bauer I've been a Belinda Bauer fan for a while, having read Blacklands, Finders Keepers, and Rubbernecker, all of which I found to be a cut above the normal crime fiction - primarily because of truly gripping plots and a darkness combined with believability which other authors can't achieve. So I… Continue reading Year 3 / Book 41: Snap
Year 3 / Book 40: You Were Never Really Here
40) You Were Never Really Here by Jonathan Ames Sometimes life seems to set you up to read a particular book, regardless of whether it had been on your mind to or not. Such is the case with this short hard-boiled crime novel from Jonathan Ames - I'd picked it up from the bookshare outside… Continue reading Year 3 / Book 40: You Were Never Really Here
Year 3 / Book 35: The Intrusions
35) The Intrusions by Stav Sherez Towards the end of last year, I discovered Stav Sherez's Carrigan and Miller series, and ended up reading the first two in the series, A Dark Redemption and Eleven Days which I thoroughly enjoyed. I've been saving up the third instalment, The Intrusions as a summer holiday treat, and I'm delighted… Continue reading Year 3 / Book 35: The Intrusions
