Sherlock Holmes, The Red Tower by Mark A Latham Dr Watson is still recovering from the death of his beloved wife, Mary. He is considering Holmes’ offer of a return to his quarters on Baker Street when an old friend, and aristocrat, James Crain, gets in touch to invite him to spend some time at […]
Kingdom Of Lies, Unnerving Adventures In The World Of Cybercrime by Kate Fazzini This book is supposed to be an exposé on what exactly takes place on the keyboards of the world. As the globe is connected, even to remote corners, via the internet (scary how quickly that happened), the potential for crimes committed via […]
The Book of Science & Antiquities by Thomas Keneally In the Australian Outback, remains are found which are those of a 42,000 year old Aboriginal man. The find becomes a cause celebré as historians, archaeologists and human rights campaigners hold Learned Man up as a statement of how the indigenous people of Australia have been […]
Without Fail by Lee Child (2002) Jack Reacher has caught a lift to Atlantic City with a couple of ageing blues performers. Winter is a cold time of year in New Jersey and Reacher ponders the wisdom of leaving California, but he’s taken a shine to the old couple and hangs around to ensure that […]
Djinn Patrol On The Purple Line by Deepa Anappara (2020) Jai is a nine-year-old boy living in a slum in India. His city is chaotic, as is his life. He goes to school with his best friends Pari and Faiz, and his older sister Runu, where he struggles to maintain an interest in his studies. […]
Jack Reacher is quite a guy. He stands 6 feet 5 inches without his high heels on. He farts and small nations crumble. When his stomach rumbles the stock markets tremble and shares drop. He’s that kinda fella.
At last! The long awaited release by controversial Irish author, Antán Ó Dála an Rí is here, and Rebel Voice feels it’s a whopper. In Loughshore Lingo, Ó Dála an Rí has provided a thorough look at the language and stories of the region bordering the western shores of Lough Neagh in his native Ireland. […]
North Korea Journal by Michael Palin (2019) Michael Palin is (at time of writing) 76 years of age. His career as a comedian, actor and adventurer of sorts has taken him across Africa, to both Poles, through the Himalayas, Latin America and now into The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK). This book is his […]
The Andromeda Evolution by Daniel H Wilson. It’s 50 years since the alien virus known as The Andromeda Strain almost wiped out humanity when it emerged in a remote US town. Although the particular type of virus was believed destroyed at the time, a mutation escaped into the atmosphere. This variant upon the original is […]
The Boy On The Bridge by M.R. Carey (2017) The Girl With All The Gifts was published in 2014 to critical acclaim. It dealt with the incidence of a pandemic that sprang from a fungus that turns infected people into zombie-type creatures similar to those to be found in the movie 28 Days Later. Unusually, […]
The House On Paradise Street by Sofka Zinovieff Antigone Perifanis lives in Russia in 2008. She’s Greek by birth but was forced to leave her home many decades previous due to her strong Communist beliefs. She was forced to leave her only child behind, a son whom she named, Nikitas. Now, some 60 years later, […]
The Rule Of The Land by Garrett Carr There is much talk today of the Irish border. Brexit has brought this issue to the fore and demanded we pay greater attention. But there is no Irish border, not really. The border being referred to is British, or English if you really want to nail it […]
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