Thrillers – review roundup: John O’Connell on: “Petite Mort” by Beatrice Hitchman, “Gone Again” by Doug Johnstone, “The Quickening” by Julie Myerson, “We Are Here” by Michael Marshall and “The Catch” by Tom Bale.
Schlagwort-Archive: Doug Johnstone
Rezension: Frank Bill: “Donnybrook”
Beginning with an armed robbery and going on to include a vast amount of shootings, attempted rape, torture and beatings, “Donnybrook” is as subtle as a 12-gauge shotgun blast to the face.
Rezensionen: Aykol, King, McKinty, Jones u.a.
Reviews of Aykol’s “Baksheesh”, Doug Johnstone’s “Gone Again”, Laurie R. King’s “Garment of Shadows”, McKinty’s “I Hear the Sirens in the Street”, Chris Nickson’s “At the Dying of the Year”, Shepherd’s “The Poisoned Island”, and Vargas’s “The Ghost Riders of Ordebec.”
Rezension: Don Winslow: “The Kings of Cool”
With the adaptation of Don Winslow’s 2010 novel “Savages” hitting the big screen next month, this is a perfect time to publish “The Kings of Cool” – a brilliant, hypnotic novel which is so much more than a mere backstory.
Rezension: Gillian Flynn: “Gone Girl”
Pat Benatar once famously sang about love being a battlefield, but it can scarcely ever have been such a twisted, dangerous and bloody war zone as depicted in this wonderfully crafted but excruciating thriller.
Artikel: Irvine Welsh: We’re all Trainspotters now
The Scottish author Irvine Welsh – and the young writers he influenced – assess the legacy of his debut. “Trainspotting” was seen as the benchmark for young novelists to aspire to, 13 years after its publication in 1993.
Service: Forthcoming books to look forward to from Faber & Faber
Es werden vorgestellt: Peter Leonard’s »Voices Of The Dead«, »Hit & Run« von Doug Johnstone, »Death in the Sun« von Adam Creed, »A Dark Redemption« von Stav Sherez, »Siberian Red« von Sam Eastland, »Fear in the Sunlight« von Nicola Upson u. v. m.