A Savage Hunger by Claire McGowan I won’t spend too much time on this book as it’s not worth it. It’s cac (that’s Gaelic for shit). Claire McGowan is really Eva Woods. She was born in the Occupied Six Counties of Ireland but currently resides in London. I watched a video clip of the author, […]
Rumble Tumble by Joe R. Lansdale Where has this author been hiding from me? And why? It’s rare that I accidentally encounter an established writer who is completely unknown to me yet is fantastic. If Rumble Tumble is typical of Joe R. Lansdale’s standards then I will be reading a lot more of him from […]
Underground by S.L. Grey A virus has hit China, killing many and spreading rapidly to the west coast of the US. A motley assortment of ‘Preppers’ have purchased units in a privately owned former nuclear bunker in remotest Maine, and are confident that they will survive the impending apocalypse, safe underground. They could be wrong. […]
Who is Tom Ditto by Danny Wallace This is a delightful novel. Yes, delightful! I feel that I should be eating cucumber sandwiches and delicately sipping Earl Grey tea when I use such words, but Danny Wallace’s book is, put simply, delightful. Tom, our reluctant hero, is a newsreader with a problem; his girlfriend Hayley […]
The Accidental Wife by Orla McAlinden Orla McAlinden is from Portadown in the Irish Occupied Six Counties (OSC), although she refers to it as Northern Ireland. This is apparently her first book. It shows. McAlinden received something called the Eludia Award, given out ‘for a first book-length unpublished novel or collection of stories by a […]
Wild Justice by Kelley Armstrong Wild Justice is book three in the Nadia Stafford series about the eponymous hired assassin with a conscience. Stafford, known professionally as ‘Dee’ (could be a stripper), is a former cop who has entered the market as a killer for hire, but with the caveat that she will only eliminate […]
The Magus of Hay by Phil Rickman Interesting novel here. Not interesting because I want to tell you of the wonderful book it is. Interesting because it’s a good example of a fine plot ruined by a poor delivery. The Magus of Hay is number 12 in the Merrily Watkins series. The bold Miss Watkins is […]
The Country Girls by Edna O’Brien Edna O’Brien is widely regarded as the doyen of Irish female novelists. She is a writer of some standing in literary circles upon the island. I must confess that this is the first of her novels I have read (it is also her first novel). I don’t intend for […]
Bag of Bones by Stephen King I would not want to live in Stephen’s King’s head. It must surely be one of the most warped places in this universe and any other. If, as some claim, that which we imagine comes into existence somewhere out there, then Stephen King is responsible for more fucked-up parts […]
Mortal Prey by John Sandford John Sandford, real name, John Camp, is a Pulitzer prize-winning journalist. His media skill-set has transformed impressively into fiction (insert fake media joke here) and he is, to put it bluntly, a fucking literary great. Rebel Voice has, at this time, read quite a number of Sandford’s stories, and not one […]
The Soul Collectors by Chris Mooney This book is one in a series – no.4 I think – and so I must caution readers that, as with most sequential tomes, it is preferable to start at the beginning to better appreciate the story. I didn’t do that, as I’m new to Chris Mooney and I’m […]
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, Dawn of the Dreadfuls by Steve Hockensmith The title says it all, a book set in the time of the much lauded Bennet family, but one where vicious zombies (is there any other kind?) have returned to cultured England after a previous war to exterminate them failed. This book is […]
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