⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 1/2 “It was impossible to tell a pauper from a prince in this city”. Jamie Buckby, the narrator of our story, is a strange and unsettling character. A self-proclaimed provocateur, Jamie is arrogant, his humor skirting a definite edge, his relationship with his long-time lover Clare shuttered and cautious.…
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Even more uproarious than Sealfinger, the first in the Sam Applewhite series, the follow-up novel Doggerland is full-on chuckle-out-loud delightful - think P.G Wodehouse populated with homicidal maniacs, woolly mammoths, Viking misfits, and British pensioners; cavorting over the ancient lands of Doggerland, buried deep within the wintry waters of…
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 1/2 “Sealfinger”, the first in the “Sam Applewhite” series is a one-of-a-kind smorgasbord of crime that is laugh-out-loud hilarious, totally engaging, and incredibly horrific (in a funny way). Based in the seasonal mayhem of Skegness, Lincolnshire, Sam Applewhite, is a tough, level-headed wonder who works for a mysterious entirely-virtual…
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ A “miasma” of espionage, bio-terrorism, murder, and intrigue, this book is a wild, somewhat wacky, and deeply chilling (and I fear, only mildly fictional) journey into modern day socio-politics. The third by this author in the Karen Andersen series, this novel easily stands alone ( I read it without…
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ My stop today on the @RandomThingsTour #BlogTour for #TheMaidens Just, wow! Another home run from the Master of the crazy-twist-ending-out-of-nowhere, I admit I did not see this one coming (although I did get part of the way there…) A wonderful mixture of character-driven psychology, gruesome Greek mythology, Cambridge old-world…
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Stephen Connor is a cop, a man who feels himself to be often misunderstood, and yet does his best to do the right thing, as he is, at the end of the day, including mistakes and all the messiness around them, “an honorable man, in a difficult job”. In…
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ This book is great fun, and the perfect introduction to what I’m sure will be one terrific crime series. Clay Wolfe (oh, what an awesome name!) Is a former Boston homicide detective, who has now moved back to his home town, the idyllic Port Essex, situated on a coastal…