Death Order - Jan Needle

Some dross about a soldier from NI. Some elements of the story are ok but I got bored and gave up when the story slipped into another area of time.

White tombs - Christopher Valen

Mildly forgettable police murder investigation book, not bad but I would'nt go chasing after any more in the series.

Back story - hero - check, actually the back story to this hero is quite good and fits the story well.

The eye collector - Sebastian Fitzec

Not a bad read, about a serial killer who kills mothers and hides their children with a countdown to their death.

The trick of the book is the is he, isn't he, referring to the author who could be the killer or not. Saying much more would ruin it.

But guess what, the hero he has a back story of misery, just like all the rest.

Border Crossings (A Catherine James Thriller) - Michael Weems

A classic thriller of the good guys working (killing) their way up through the ranks of a Mexican drugs cartel on the hunt for the top man, who unsurprisingly has done something a bit evil. The story runs parallel to another,  a victim of the Mexican immigration and  sex slave trade and her route to revenge. Normal I don’t like duel story books as one is usually better that the other but this one worked very well although they could have joined up better towards the end.

The lead characters were great in this book although perhaps it needed a better baddy – or to bring him into the story more. Either way a good read - and it is shame the author needed to publish this one himself. It is a dotted I and a crossed t from feeling like a best seller.

4 Stars

Generation – William Knight

 

This is a great book, slow start but a great book. I don’t do horror really but this is the best thing about the free list, I fall on books like this. I guess it is best described as believable horror but this follows a theme of gene therapy gone wrong, and the medical giant behind it pushing on despite the dangers and side effects. And what side effects the are… monsters in the body farm, the smell of death..or is it life and a handful of hair raising scenes pushing along a very good story with a good couple of lead characters, one a journo for a crank ghost publication, the other head of research in a body farm in remote Northumberland. Final strange fact being that one scene appears to have been set on or near my street!

5 Stars

Sound of Blood (A Jake Scarne Thriller) - Lawrence De Maria

 

Typical thriller, typical lead character, this one was ok but not a massive page turner. It didn’t make me try to hide from the children to read it, or sit on the toilet until my legs went numb. It was ok though, quite a good story with a “couple” of good bad guys.

The author deserves most credit though for being brave enough to include a golfing scene in this book, a whole round of golf too. Luckily I play golf and thought he carried it off, even enjoyed it.

Actually now I think about it, ( I read the book a few weeks back now – life has moved on) it was not a bad book and had quite a good female baddy, who became a sort of goody and certainly added something to the plot.. Had some cool cars in it too..hey the more I think about it the better it was

.. anyway it is free so what the hell, download it and give it a go.

3 Stars

The Geronimo Breach - Russel Blake

After a run of stories with standard hard man action heroes leading the cast this made a nice change. Meet the hero, Al, a bit of a slob who has ended up working in the arse end of Panama for an arsehole of a boss. He runs a bit of dodgy business on the side and one of these bits of business lands him in trouble, big trouble.

What follows is a classic chase story which sees Al lucking his way through any number of scrapes and emerging as the hero of the hour.

The cover has a 70s Clive Cussler look to it but this is not the style of this book, yes there is some good action sequences but the plot has an element of humour and the book always seems to keep you on side with the correct characters.

This one is good simply because there are so many Reacher-esque lead characters out there already that it is fun to read a slightly different kind of adventure.


3 Stars