Righteous – Novel By Joe Ide

Chinese Triads, LA gangbangers, a youthful black detective, Vegas gamblers, violent moneylenders, one-legged Rwandan fraudsters and obscene giants. This book has it all, nicely wrapped in a Holmesian story-line. Gotta at least give it a go!

Dodgers – Novel By Bill Beverly

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. […]

The Blade Artist

Book Review The Blade Artist   by Irvine Welsh Begbie’s back! Fans of Trainspotting will be all too familiar with the psychopathic Scotsman who starred in both book and movie of the same name. The Blade Artist is Franco Begbie’s story. James Francis Begbie has moved from Edinburgh to California, where he has reinvented himself […]

Nemesis

Nemesis   by Misha Glenny This factual story caught me by surprize as I didn’t expect it to be quite as good as it was. Antonio Francisco Bonfirm Lopes was born into poverty and hardship in Rio de Janeiro. Events conspired to drive him into the world of organised crime where he quickly rose to […]