Cari Mora by Thomas Harris (2019) Cari Mora is a former FARC guerrilla who has fled to the USA to find a better life. She’s a young woman, very determined, with dreams. Cari has a number of jobs, one of which is as caretaker of a mansion on the Miami beach waterfront. The massive house […]
The History Of Bees by Maja Lunde (2015) There are some spoilers in this review It’s Hertfordshire, England, 1852, and biologist William Savage is faced with a crisis. He has neglected his research for family life, much to the displeasure of his mentor, Rahm. Trying to fight his way out of depression, William finds inspiration […]
State of Fear by Michael Crichton (2004) Peter Evans is a lawyer for a prestigious LA firm. He handles the account of billionaire philanthropist, George Morton, a man committed to tackling environmental issues, most especially climate change. But Morton has been having second thoughts about the issues he has been campaigning for. After meeting with […]
The Ways Of The Wolfe by James Carlos Blake (2017) Axel Prince Wolfe, pampered rich boy and heir to a successful family law business in Texas, decided to help a friend out by robbing a jewellery store. Axel was not entirely altruistic in his reasoning, as he yearned for some excitement in what he considered […]
Portnoy’s Complaint by Philip Roth (1969) Alexander (Alex) Portnoy is a middle age Jewish male of undetermined mental stability. He has suffered like no other person alive due to the upbringing he received in New Jersey at the hands of his overbearing parents, especially his mother. This childhood ‘trauma’ is, he believes, directly responsible for […]
Dragon Teeth by Michael Crichton (2017) William Johnson is a spoiled college student in 1876 Philadelphia. His life is easy and free. His family are very wealthy and tend to over-indulge their wayward son his excesses. But great pride is still there in the uber-rich, perhaps even more so, and it’s this weakness that corrals […]
Stephen King is something of a Renaissance Man. He can write. We all know that, and is a firm favourite of Rebel Voice. His books are reviewed here regularly. He can also play guitar although to what degree of proficiency, we can’t answer that, yet. But he can also act. To be fair, he’s not […]
The Hangman’s Sonnet by Reed Farrel Coleman (Robert B Parker series) Jesse Stone is Chief of police in the Massachusetts coastal town of Paradise. It should be a relatively simple job but isn’t. Paradise lies close to Boston where crime is a way of life for too many. But in addition to imported troubles, Paradise […]
Sea Change by Robert B. Parker (2006) Jesse Stone is the Chief of Police for the small Massachusetts town of Paradise. Although you would expect such a place to be relatively quiet, you would be mistaken. Paradise is a hot bed of death, drugs and intrigue and Chief Stone is a very busy man. In this […]
Neon Prey by John Sandford (2019) US Marshal Lucas Davenport is back in the latest blockbuster from the pen of John Sandford (John Roswell Camp). This time the maverick lawman is on the trail of a serial killer cannibal responsible for many grisly murders, some of which were undertaken during his employment as a hit […]
The Pharaoh Key by Preston & Child (2018) Having recently finished another Preston & Child story titled ‘Beyond the Ice Limit‘, Rebel Voice decided to give the pair another chance to redeem themselves. Big mistake. The Pharaoh Key is more of the same, only even more cliched. Gideon Crew is into the last few months […]
Fool Me Twice by Robert B. Parker (Michael Brandman) Robert B. Parker died in 2010. This novel was released in 2013. It is not Parker’s own work, of course (unless a seance was employed), but that of Michael Brandman, approved by the Parker estate. It’s understandable why Brandman has been chosen. He writes like Parker […]
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