Friday 27 April 2012

Spitting Devil - Brian Freeman



















Awesome story, a wife thinks her husband is a serial killer, there is no other explanation or is there dur dur dur? The relationship is dodgy to say the least and their young son is affected by this with the side effect being that he is convinced he has monsters after him - maybe he has. This is a great book, and is actually quite scary for a few pages, the hairs on the back of your neck go up when the son delivers the book's coup de grace - which leads to its only one huge problem, it is way way too short. The policeman for whom this book is billed as being part of his series, well he hardly figures - only half a book, would have been 5/5 but nope only...
3/5

Thursday 19 April 2012

Flee - J.A Konrath

















This books takes off at million miles an hour. Simple story, highly trainined female government assasin whose cover is blown and they are all out to get her. She has to escape the killers, save the world and be a general double hard bastard all the time. The opening sequence when she needs to escape her own flat is excellent, as are the rather familier girls that keep trying to kill her. Randon sex scene in the middle of the book, so don't read it out loud to your gran.
Fun dumbed down holiday read slightly ruined by her annoying sense of smell and the cazy save the world side to the story but otherwise a good yarn.
4/5

Wednesday 18 April 2012

A Cold Day for Murder (Kate Shugak #1) - Dana Stabenow

















Hoped this was going be good after the other one I read about the Mounty but found it a bit shit. The male characters of which there seemed to be way too many all seemed to fancy the lead role - who was already damaged goods - a lead charactor who is damaged goods - fancy that.

Anyway, it is set in some Alaskan national park and a ranger has gone missing and then the guy sent to find him has gone missing, so the damaged goods girl goes in to find them. There was loads of crap about them all being Native Americans and dull details about the politics of the park including some very predictable characters - an intelligent but know it all matriach - blah blah. I only really finished it because I liked the main character’s dog and it was quite well set.
2/5