Monthly Archives: July 2022

Some superlative storytelling to end our month in the company of Bob Dylan.

This post follows on from Books Read in 2006, which I posted at the end of June. And for 2007 I read one hundred books, exactly the same number of titles as in 2006. A lot of authors read for … Continue reading →

A review that originally appeared on the Waterstones website back in 2007:- KATHRYN FOX WITHOUT CONSENT Forensic physician Anya Crichton becomes involved in the hunt for a serial rapist who appears to be escalating, returning to murder his victims. The … Continue reading →

Starring Brad Pitt, and based on a book by Kotaro Isaka, which I have lurking somewhere on my e-reader.

A review that originally appeared on the Waterstones website back in 2007:- GREGG HURWITZ I SEE YOU This is a variation on that old chestnut where a guy wakes up in bed next to a dead body, with no idea … Continue reading →

This one is scathing in the way that only Dylan can pull off.

Though previously I’d only thought of him as ‘the guy who gave us Rambo’, in 1998 I read Testament by David Morrell after seeing it recommended by Ramsey Campbell and was pleasantly surprised, but apart from the odd short story … Continue reading →

A review that originally appeared in The Third Alternative #39:- MOON BEAVER: ANDREW HOOK ENC Press pb, 236pp, £9.98 incl p&p in UK Benny Henderson is engaged to the woman of his dreams and has a job for life with … Continue reading →

Latest from Jordan Peele.

A review that originally appeared in The Third Alternative #39:- SOMNAMBULISTS: ALLEN ASHLEY Elastic Press pb, 190pp, £5.00 The latest collection from Elastic Press showcases the work of one of the most respected and widely published writers in the UK … Continue reading →