The Dark Half by Stephen King George Stark. Not a very nice guy. This is the tagline for King’s 1989 classic horror tale about a novelist and his uber-violent alter-ego. We can only hope that the premise of The Dark Half is not entirely auto-biographical. It begins with headaches suffered by 11 years old Thad […]
The Neon Rain by James Lee Burke This is book 1 in the Dave Robicheaux series and was first published way back in 1987 when mullets were the rage everywhere but in the hallowed halls of Rebel Voice. In The Neon Rain, we, the dedicated followers of the southern Louisiana police detective, get to meet our […]
The Whispering Room by Dean Koontz This is the second in the Jane Hawk series and is a gripping thriller centered around the misuse of technology in our modern world. The first book was reviewed on Rebel Voice here: The Silent Corner Episode one introduced us to a dastardly plot hatched by a shady group […]
America City by Chris Beckett This novel was published in 2017 and, given the contents, Rebel Voice is curious as to whether or not Trump’s election campaign played a part in its construct. Set one hundred years in the future, global warming has caused major upheaval across the planet. In the US, severe drought in […]
Sleeping Beauties by Stephen King and Owen King This is the latest from one of the master storytellers of our time, and his son. Sleeping Beauties is an epic along the lines of his previous offering, The Dome. It is also one that will grip you tightly and drag you willingly as its mate into […]
Heaven’s Prisoners by James Lee Burke Regular readers of these book reviews would be forgiven for thinking that Rebel Voice is the love-child of James Lee, such is the proliferation of his novels and the strong praise for them. I would like to assure all readers that this site has no connections to the US […]
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?) […]
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 […]
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 […]
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