British journalist and novelist Desmond Bagley established the basic conventions of the thriller genre: a tough, resourceful, but essentially ordinary hero pitted against villains determined to sow destruction and chaos in order to advance their agenda. In Wyatts Hurricane and Bahama Crisis you have two of his best.
Ferocious Hurricane Mabel is predicted to pass harmlessly [...]

The Millennium Trilogy Set – Stieg Larsson

Posted on February 16th, 2010 by Jarvis in Crime, Fiction

Stieg Larsson became one of the world’s bestselling and most lucrative writers after his death and his books have put Stockholm and Sweden onto the list of places to go and see. They want to walk the streets made famous in The Millennium Trilogy Set containing The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, [...]

61 Hours – Lee Child

Posted on February 10th, 2010 by Jarvis in Crime, Fiction

In 61 Hours, Lee Child has written a showdown thriller with an explosive ending readers will talk about for a long time. A heart stopping thriller featuring action hero, the gallant and enigmatic loner, Jack Reacher who has only 61 Hours to change everything. The secrets are deadlier,  his enemies stronger and, wouldn’t you just know it, there [...]

The Man From Beijing – Henning Mankell

Posted on February 9th, 2010 by Jarvis in Fiction

In his latest corpse strewn novel renowned Swedish author Henning Mankell reminds us that ordinary people can do dreadful things. He starts his tale with a grisly mass murder in rural climes and then spans 150 years and crosses several continents before we discover why it was The Man from Beijing.
One cold January day the [...]

Self’s Murder – Bernhard Schlink

Posted on January 26th, 2010 by Jarvis in Crime, Fiction

Self’s Murder by author Bernhard Schlink poses one last case for his seventy something sleuth. With many tantalising twists and turns Gerhard Self follows the money to East Germany where he battles Nazi youth and closes in on a money laundering ring with connections to the Russian mafia.
After a chance encounter with the owner of [...]

Deeper Than the Dead – Tami Hoag

Posted on January 25th, 2010 by Jarvis in Crime, Fiction

In her multi-layered thriller Deeper Than the Dead New York Times Bestselling author Tami Hoag proves herself to be one of the most intense of all the super suspense writers around. This tale is set in the ancient 80’s when mobile phones were carried in suitcases, crime scene investigation techniques were positively medieval and profiling [...]

Three Weeks to Say Goodbye – C J Box

Posted on January 17th, 2010 by Jarvis in Fiction

Three weeks to Say Goodbye was on the New York Times Bestseller list for three weeks late last year. Its author CJ Box delivers a novel that will steal your sleep as much as it wrenches your heart. A bone chilling thriller it will keep you guessing until the very last page.
After years of trying [...]

Don’t Tell – Karen Rose

Posted on January 17th, 2010 by Jarvis in Crime, Fiction

A story that satisfies on many levels with characters that are vivid and memorable Don’t Tell by Karen Rose, while discussing the devils associated with domestic abuse, expressively explores the importance of family, friendship commitment and love.
A woman fakes her own death in order to escape her abusive husband, but what happens when he finds [...]

A Simple Act of Violence – R.J. Ellory

Posted on December 29th, 2008 by admin in Crime, Fiction

If you like yours thrillers complex and multi-layered and honed to a sharp political edge, A Simple Act Of Violence will keep you engrossed.

Washington DC, embroiled in the mid-term elections, did not want to hear about serial killings. But when the newspapers reported a fourth murder, when they gave the killer a name and details [...]

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