5+ hour ago  (109+ words) Any Cop? : Barry reshapes a recognisable story with brutal attention to the ways in which our souls can be undone. It's probably trite to say that if you liked Mike Mc Cormac's Solar Bones you'll like this, but you likely…...

5+ hour, 1+ min ago  (236+ words) The boys find work in a saloon before joining the army. For a set of clothes and the promise of food they do whatever is ordered. This mostly involves killing Indians, living under threat of attack, or passing time playing…...

1+ mon, 5+ day ago  (567+ words) You need to remember [] Time is a dance, not a march. That there are no lines, with beginning and end points, just circles upon circles, within loops, twists, swirls. This is the Memory: a distillation of those circles." The timeline…...

4+ day, 3+ hour ago  (149+ words) Despite this, though, it's a thrilling book. Genuinely thrilling. People may say Keenan's approach is chaotic but that wildly misses the point. Yes there is a lot going on but it's furiously precise, furiously ordered. We're the ants on the…...

1+ mon, 5+ day ago  (160+ words) In her new novel, The Good Listener, award winning thriller writer Holly Watt ramps up the tension until the final pages, while laying a trail of clues that keep the reader guessing until the final twist. This is predominantly a…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago  (75+ words) Any Cop? : A tough read, make no mistake, uncomfortable and unpleasant at times, but for all that an absolute whirlwind of great writing, great storytelling, great pacing. It's good to have him back. May We Feed the King by Rebecca…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (132+ words) It was and remains a beaut. Think of it as the book equivalent of something like Nevermind, very much of its time but also standing the test of time, sounding as fresh today, as otherworldly, as it did then. Any…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago  (128+ words) You may remember we liked Lizzy Stewart's previous book, Alison (It shouldn't be remarkable, but it is," we said). As much as we liked Alison, The Wreck is a serious step up. Lizzy Stewart is the kind of writer who…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago  (149+ words) Robert Seethaler's novels have the same capacity for concisely depicting a single life as can be found in Denis Johnson's Train Dreams. Usually, Seethaler depicts figures who are part of a landscape (such as the mountains of A Whole Life),…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago  (272+ words) Whether or not the reader believes in the possibility of ghosts, the exposition around this is dealt with well and does not detract from the development of the crime to be solved. Set in the small community of Edenscar in…...