In Kate Atkinson’s “Life After Life”, Ursula Todd is born in the British countryside in 1910 — and dies almost immediately, umbilical cord wrapped around her neck, “a helpless little heart beating wildly. Stopped suddenly like a bird dropped from the sky.”
Schlagwort-Archive: Connie Ogle
Rezension: Deborah Crombie: “The Sound of Broken Glass”
Crombie never falters. Her novels are a delight, and with “The Sound of Broken Glass“, she keeps her impressive creative streak intact. Her novels often examine how the past influences the present, which dovetails with her depiction of London.
Rezension: Lee Child: “A Wanted Man”
The 17th novel in Child’s feverishly thrilling series reminds us that whatever happens on the screen can’t affect the pure giddy rush we get reading undiluted Reacher, straight from Child’s fertile imagination.
Rezension: James Lee Burke: “Creole Belle”
If all crime novelists were as thoughtful and nuanced as James Lee Burke, we could finally put to rest those groundless prejudices against genre fiction. The marks of the thriller are always present in Burke’s stellar Dave Robicheaux series.
Interview: Iris and Roy Johansen
There are other, obvious things that unite them such as being mother and son, no small bond but what brought Iris and Roy Johansen together as writers was submarines. It was a hard time for both to write a book together.
Porträt: Daniel Silva
Given that he has written 15 novels of espionage and suspense, one might suspect that Daniel Silva is a stoic guy. All that saving the world, you assume, tends to harden a man. But even Silva gets attached, and killing off the characters he likes can reduce him to tears.
Rezension: Dan Chaon: »Stay Awake«
Dan Chaon’s stories are restless nightmares. They’re the soft prickle at the back of your neck, the insistent fears that pull you from sleep, the full-blown horror that might greet you when you wake.
Rezension: James Lee Burke: »Feast Day Of Fools«
The novel opens when the town drunk, a Native American given to visions, witnesses a man tortured to death, and Sheriff Holland and his deputy Pam Tibbs set out to investigate. But »Feast Day of Fools« contains myriad acts of evil.