Patterson’s Volunteers by the little-known John Smith is a solid adventure yarn with a good deal of technical flying detail and a solid plot about a missing World War...
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8th Day by Glover Wright (Pan, 1991) This is an old one from the vault! Combining elements of science fiction, horror and political intrigue, this 1990 thriller meshes...
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The Secret Whispers by Ted Allbeury When I started reviewing crime novels and thrillers for the Canberra Times back in 1982, the first book I was given to review was...
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In the past year most of the attention in Australian crime fiction has understandably been on the rise of ‘outback noir’, led by Jane Harper and Chris Hammer, or on...
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Clive Egleton is often overlooked as a thriller author, but during his long career (1970 to 2005) he was one of Britain’s most reliable practitioners of action...
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This tough 1970s thriller has largely slipped from view now, but is well worth hunting down. Ian Kennedy Martin is a noted British script writer who worked on a number...
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