Come Sundown

Come Sundown   by Nora Roberts Let me start by stating that I am a fan, in general, of Nora Roberts. I will contain my appreciation for her work to those times when she writes as J.D. Robb and Rebel Voice has already covered such tomes in the Book Review section. Come Sundown is not one […]

No Middle Name

Book Review No Middle Name   by Lee Child I went and did it again. I read another Child book. This, despite the reservations that I had about the Jack Reacher series of which No Middle Name is one part – see Rebel Voice Book Review for Night School. This is a short story collection […]

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 […]

Honk Tonk Samurai

Honky Tonk Samurai  by Joe R. Lansdale Hap and Leonard are two of the most interesting characters in literature today. They are described on the book blurb thus: Hap, a former 60s activist and self-proclaimed white trash rebel, and Leonard, a tough black, gay Vietnam vet… How can you not want to know more? Honky […]

Devil Red

Devil Red   by Joe R Lansdale Well, I did tell you that I was going to read other Lansdale books in quick succession. I have two more to go after Devil Red. This novel is one in the very popular Hap and Leonard series, about two good friends, and tough guys, who can’t seem to […]

I, RIPPER

‘I,RIPPER‘ by Stephen Hunter It’s Victorian London and poverty grips the city. But the bleak urban expanse is also in the grip of fear as a number of prostitutes turn up horrifically murdered. The authorities are clueless in their pursuit of the heinous perpetrator, and so it falls to Irish journalist, ‘Jeb’, to investigate as […]