by Louise Jensen A Review 'Pain slices through my skull as I sit up. I raise my hand gingerly to the side of my head. A lump ..... nausea crashes over me in sickening waves and I have the sensation of falling. Quickly lowering my hands to steady myself, I see it. The blood.' Alison …
Category: Thrillers
Serious Money
The King of Torts by John Grisham I enjoy going back to Grisham from time to time. You can always rely on him to produce a fast-paced thriller. Likewise - so it seems to me - you can rely on him trashing the American legal system and demonising a large percentage of its lawyers as …
We always get what we deserve?
The Surrogate by Louise Jensen Lisa's words are imprinted on Kat's mind : 'We always get what we deserve.' But do we? Do the not so nice things we do sometimes come back and bite us in another form? Whilst not precisely a theme of The Surrogate, there is a hint throughout the story that …
It's That Girl Again!
The Girl Who Takes An Eye For An Eye by David Lagercrantz (trans. George Goulding) 'A wave of hatred rippled through the cell and Benito lunged towards Salander, knife raised. Faria never understood what happened next. A punch was thrown, an elbow jabbed, and it was as if Benito had run into a wall …
In Wine Is Truth
The Critic by Peter May A Review I had previously read two of this author's books, one a detective story set on a Hebridean Island, the other a mystery coming of age story set in Glasgow and London. I enjoyed both. 'With great apprehension she leaned over to smell the fermenting juice and felt her …
How to Love a Vampire
Let the Right One In by John Ajvide Lindqvist (trans. by Ebba Sederberg) 'Hakan lay down in the leaves, close to the dead man, pressed his forehead against the ice-cold stone. Why? Why do this ... with the head? The risk of infection. You could not allow it to reach the nervous system. The body …
The Politics of Hate
The Unknown Soldier by Gerald Seymour I don't usually do politics on this site. However, in writing about this book, politics are bound to come into the article somewhere. Though I have never read any of Gerald Seymour's books until now, I do remember him as a roving journalist for Independent Television. He often reported …
After Twilight
The Chemist by Stephenie Meyer A Review What does a writer do after hitting the jackpot? Well, in this case, she does something new. After taking the teen market by storm in the mid noughties, scooping awards and breaking records (and dawn) with both books and film adaptations of her Twilight Saga, Stephenie Meyer has …
Affairs of the Heart
The Gift by Louise Jensen 'Nearly six months ago, someone died so I can live.' After suffering a virus infection that damaged the muscles of her heart, Jenna needed a transplant. Now she is recovering. She ditches her boyfriend Sam and, against the advice of her doctors and her friends, is planning to visit the …
The Sister
by Louise Jensen 'I did something terrible, Grace. I hope you can forgive me.' What has Grace's best friend Charlie done that's so terrible? Grace doesn't know, but in the four months since Charlie's death the question has lain heavily on her mind. When the girls were fifteen, they buried a memory box with photos …
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