Nyctophobia by Christopher Fowler Callie is a twenty-six-year-old English architect with some problems. She’s lost her job and her mother is an evil and vindictive banana. But it appears as if all has changed for the better when Callie meets Spanish businessman, Mateo. Although considerably older, and divorced with a nine-year-old daughter, the Andalusian gentleman […]
The Irish fled Ireland for many reasons. Some were dispossessed by rampant colonialism. Some ran from religious persecution. Others saw no chance of a prosperous future at home and so looked at far away fields as being greener. Paisanos is an entertaining journey into the lives of some of those adventurers.
Spandex And The City by Jenny T. Colgan As the name might suggest, this is not a serious book. If you’re after a story about existential issues presented in grey monotones by an austere matron lamenting her lack of sexual conquest in Victorian times as her fleabag cat takes yet another piss on a threadbare […]
When a principled Montana rancher takes on an unscrupulous corporation, Louisiana native, Iry Paret – just released from the state penitentiary – is caught up in the war.
The Dead Zone by Stephen King This classic, by the master horror writer, was first published in 1977 but has aged remarkably well. It’s strange to think that some readers of such fiction today were not even a glint in their sexed-up father’s eye when King penned The Dead Zone. In fact, there may be […]
Daughter Of Eden by Chris Beckett This is book 3 in the renowned Sci-Fi trilogy by the English author, Chris Beckett, and was first published in 2016. Rebel Voice has already reviewed the first instalment, Dark Eden, but sadly didn’t get a chance to enjoy book 2, Mother of Eden, yet. However, Daughter of Eden […]
In The Moon Of The Red Ponies by James Lee Burke Yes, yes, OK, you’re correct. Rebel Voice didn’t stay away from James Lee for long. It’s an addiction and Rebel Voice is currently attending a clinic for Burke junkies. We sit around and discuss who’s best, Robicheaux or Holland. In this novel, we get […]
Sleep Like A Baby by Charlaine Harris Aurora Teagarden is a librarian in a small place called Lawrenceton, just outside Atlanta, Georgia. She is a small woman with a big personality and a penchant for finding trouble. In Sleep Like A Baby (2017), Aurora has just given birth to her first child, Sophie, and is […]
Persuader by Lee Child Jack Reacher makes Desperate Dan look like Olive Oil. When Reacher farts, the skies rumble. When Reacher laughs (if ever), hippos and crocs rush to the water. When Reacher brings a woman to orgasm, it registers on the Richter scale and tall buildings tremble. Beady beady, Buck, what a guy! In […]
Savage Run by C.J. Box This is book 2 in the very popular Joe Pickett series about the likeable Wyoming Game Warden, and was first published in 2002. Pickett lives on a federal-owned homestead in the shadow of the Bighorn Mountains with his wife, Mary-Beth and three young daughters. It’s from there that he takes […]
The Unquiet Dead by Ausma Zehanet Khan Detective Esa Khattak is the Muslim head of Toronto’s Community Policing Unit. When a colleague calls him to investigate the death of Christopher Drayton, Esa discovers that the recent immigrant’s fall from a cliff just might be the catalyst that opens a really ugly and very nasty can […]
Gwendy’s Button Box by Stephen King and Richard Chizmar It’s the August 22nd, 1974, and Gwendy Peterson is a chubby twelve-year-old determined to lose weight before changing schools. She goes daily to the metal stairs that lead up the rock face to Castle View, and climbs as fast as she can to burn off all […]
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