Showing posts with label thriller. Show all posts
Showing posts with label thriller. Show all posts
Sunday, January 1, 2012

A Sri Lanka Pursuit - The Far Spent day by Nihal de Silva

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The Far Spent Day by Nihal de Silva promises much. The fact that it does not deliver all it attempts should not deter anyone from exploring ...
Wednesday, October 26, 2011

The Dead Heart by Douglas Kennedy

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We first meet Nick Hawthorne in a Darwin bar. As a stripper offers contorted perspectives on what Australia has to offer, our hero from Main...
Monday, July 26, 2010

Dan Leno And The Limehouse Golem by Peter Ackroyd

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Dan Leno And The Limehouse Golem is quite simply a masterpiece. Every aspect of the novel is remarkable. It’s a whodunit, though it suggests...
Saturday, November 22, 2008

Pain Wears No Mask by Nik Morton

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Pain Wears No Mask by Nik Morton is no ordinary thriller. It has an extra dimension that constantly encourages the reader to take an interes...
Wednesday, April 2, 2008

Stamboul Train by Graham Greene

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Stamboul Train was the novel that made Graham Greene’s name. Published in 1932, it catalogues a train journey that, a few years later, would...
Saturday, March 29, 2008

A Gun For Sale by Graham Greene

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On the face of it, A Gun For Sale by Graham Greene is a genre thriller, featuring a crime committed by a confessed and declared villain, fol...
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Thursday, January 3, 2008

A review of The Statement by Brian Moore

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The Statement by Brian Moore is a little more than a pursuit thriller. I stress a little more because it genuinely transcends the “who’s goi...
Saturday, September 15, 2007

A Million Would Be Nice by Ken Scott

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I don’t read many books that claim membership of a genre. In my humble opinion, a work of fiction should aspire to create its own world, des...
Friday, July 13, 2007

Restless by William Boyd - A review by Philip Spires

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In offering a review of a novel by William Boyd I could certainly be accused of bias. I would proudly plead guilty, since I regard him as on...