THROWBACK THURSDAY: DRAGONFLY by K. R. Dwyer (Dean Koontz) (1975)
Dragonfly by K. R. Dwyer (Sphere, 1979) Online conspiracy theorists have been quick to claim that American author Dean Koontz predicted the COVID-19 outbreak back in...
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DOUBLE AGENT by Tom Bradby (Bantam, May 2020)
Double Agent by Tom Bradby (Bantam, 28 May 2020 – UK) Tom Bradby’s Secret Service was one of my favourite espionage novels of 2019. A credible, twisty spy...
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THIS WEEK’S CANBERRA WEEKLY COLUMN: 7 MAY 2020
Canberra Weekly 7 May 2020 This week in the Canberra Weekly I reviewed three tales of suspense and betrayal by British authors. Two of them were by debut authors who...
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CRIMINALLY GOOD ISOLATION READS: SOME RECENT READING DURING LOCKDOWN
Find Them Dead by Peter James (Macmillan, May 2020) One of the few advantages of being in lockdown, is that the number of books I am reading has dramatically increased....
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FORECAST FRIDAY: TEN NEW CRIME NOVELS I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO READING FROM JUNE TO AUGUST 2020
New Releases 2020 has already seen a string of good releases, such as Dominic Nolan’s After Dark and Dervla McTiernan’s The Good Turn, and the promise of...
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ISOLATION READING: Three exciting thrillers by Dominic Nolan, Michael Ledwidge and Joshua Hood to read whilst in lock-down!
After Dark by Dominic Nolan (Headline) With most countries instituting some form of lock-down, now is a good time to catch up on your thriller reading. Fortunately...
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