Back of Beyond by C.J. Box Rebel Voice has reviewed a number of C.J. Box’s novels in the Joe Pickett series and found them all of a high standard. Back of Beyond is not of the same story-line nor level of writing. Detective Cody Hoyt is an alcoholic (is there any other type of cop?) […]
To the Bright and Shining Sun by Jame Lee Burke In Rebel Voice‘s previous book review of Rain Gods, the author, James Lee Burke, stated his belief that it was his best novel. Rebel Voice, however, is of the opinion that To the Bright and Shining Sun is better, and is perhaps his very best […]
Rain Gods by James Lee Burke In his afterword to this book, James Lee Burke states, ‘I think this is my best novel…’ Strong words indeed from an author who has a back-catalogue that is the envy of writers everywhere. Published in 2009, Rain Gods centres upon the aged figure of Hackberry Holland, a sheriff […]
Red Moon by Benjamin Percy Patrick Gamble is a fairly regular young man in a world where the lycan problem is growing. The werewolves are unhappy about the continual erosion of their civil rights, and Patrick finds himself swept up in an epic tale of terror, heroism, loss and hope. Of course it doesn’t help […]
Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy This novel, set in both Mexico and the US in the mid-eighteenth century, has been lauded quite a bit since its publication in 1985. It centres around the life of the Kid, a fourteen year old boy born in 1833, in Tennessee, who leaves a motherless home in search of […]
Rough Country by John Sandford The tagline for this novel is A land without law. A Killer without mercy. It all sounds very severe. But then again, this is a Virgil Flowers story, so really, how harsh can it be? Virgil Flowers must be one of the most likeable characters in modern fiction. He is […]
A Morning For Flamingos by James Lee Burke Burke’s back! The purveyor of tales from New Iberia, New Orleans and southern Louisiana has returned to the pages of Rebel Voice, complete with yet another Dave Robicheaux thriller. This is book 4 in the popular series and dates right back to 1992. I won’t tell you […]
Folk’d Up by Laurence Donaghy Part 2 of the wacky Irish trilogy is every bit as good (and wacky) as Part 1. The one-liners are as sharp, the pace frenetic, the plot an education. Danny Morrigan is in search of his missing girlfriend, Ellie, and their baby, Luke, snatched by the Faeries. But these are […]
Folk’d by Laurence Donaghy This was an unexpected but pleasant surprize that fell into Rebel Voice‘s lap. Set in Belfast, it tells the tale of Danny Morrigan, his life, loves and reaction to the disappearance of his girlfriend, Ellie, and their baby boy, Luke. Danny is disillusioned with his lot. His father ran out on […]
A Game of Ghosts by John Connolly This is the latest (2017) in the popular Charlie Parker series, and continues Parker’s battles against the forces of darkness. Charlie Parker is a former cop turned private eye who lost both his wife and young daughter to a serial killer known as the Travelling Man. As Connolly […]
It Devours! by Joseph Fink and Jeffrey Cranor It’s difficult to know how to accurately describe this novel, but allow me to try. It’s a lot of ridiculous, off-the-wall, acid-tripping nonsense. There. How’s that? Want some more? O.K. It’s so weird as to make the worst excesses of Monty Python’s Flying Circus look like a […]
Open Season by C.J. Box This is the first book in the Joe Pickett series. It was published way back in 2001 when Joe was but a young man starting out with Wyoming Game and Fish. In Open Season, we find our favorite game warden investigating the death of a man who is found alongside […]
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