Kindred In Death by JD Robb Lieutenant Eve Dallas is a thirty-something detective with the New York police in the year 2060. It’s as strange future of flying cars, auto-chef machines and fashion straight out of The Hunger Games. When a 16-year-old girl is found raped and brutally murdered, Eve is specifically requested to take […]
Exit West by Moshin Hamid Nadia is a young Muslim woman in a Middle Eastern city on the brink of a devastating war. At night-classes she meets Saeed, a relatively liberal young man trying to make a better life for himself. Nadia is a free spirit, a dangerous concept for a female Muslim in certain […]
Mr Murder by Dean Koontz Martin Stillwater is a happily married author of some note. His life is moving along sweetly. He loves his wife, Paige, and is devoted to their two young daughters, Charlotte and Emily. But perhaps all good things must come to an end, and Martin feels that that time has come […]
The Crooked Staircase by Dean Koontz This is the third instalment in the Jane Hawk saga. It picks up from The Whispering Room, as the rogue FBI agent continues her lonely battle against the secret group known as the Techno Arcadians. Jane has succeeded so far in her lone crusade against the dark forces of […]
You’ll Ruin Your Dinner by Damien Corless Rebel Voice wonders how many readers spent a childhood trying to consume as many sweets as possible, even at the risk of incurring a parent’s wrath and the associated dire warnings of life with no teeth. If the Irish experience is in any way standard, then quite a […]
Fried Green Tomatoes At The Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie Flagg Regular visitors to Rebel Voice will likely recognize the title of this novel as that of a wonderful 1991 movie starring Kathy Bates and Jessica Tandy. You may be pleased to read that the book is every bit as great – and even more […]
White Doves At Morning by James Lee Burke Burke’s back, and what a return he makes! James Lee is at his very best in this scintillating chronicle of Louisiana before, during and after the US Civil War. It’s a story of family, friendship, love, loyalty, war and the horrors of a conflicted society rife with […]
The Executioner by Chris Carter Hi! This review is about a book by Chris Carter. You may remember him from such novels as The Crucifix Killer, The Night Stalker or The Death Sculptor. His stories are all much the same and not meant to be read by children or those interested in high literature. Although […]
Dodgers by Bill Beverly This impressive novel has been lauded and applauded by many commentators, including The Financial Times, The Guardian and The Irish Times to name but a few. The praise is strong and well deserved. Dodgers is a very fine read indeed. East is a 15-year-old black gang member from Compton in LA. […]
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Red Dirt by E.M. Reapy Hopper, Fiona and Murph are members of the shameful, coercive migration of Irish young people to Australia after the collapse of the Celtic (Papier Mâché) Tiger. For those of you unfamiliar with said circumstances, I will summarize. A shower of greedy bastards destroyed the economy of…
Cold Service (2005) by Robert B. Parker Spenser is a Boston Private Investigator with a habit of attracting serious trouble. On this occasion, however, it’s his closest friend, Hawk, who finds himself in a whole heap of bother. Hawk has been shot and seriously wounded whilst trying to protect a client who subsequently ends up […]
Blood and Ashes, Blood Tracks, by Matt Hilton For the first time since this site began, Rebel Voice has taken the unprecedented step of providing two reviews from the same author in the one article. The author is Matt Hilton and he has been reviewed previously by this blog. His previous efforts were acceptable. However, […]
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