by Kristopher | Apr 4, 2014 | Review
The teenage years are when the youth of the world typically feel the most invincible. It is during these formative years when teens believe they know more than their elders and that no one should be able to tell them what to do. Thus, it is no surprise that...
by Kristopher | Mar 28, 2014 | Review
Sophie Hannah recently wrote a novella for horror imprint, Hammer Arrow. That novella, The Orphan Choir, owes much to prior ghost stories like Henry James’ The Turn of the Screw and Susan Hill’s The Women in White; but what makes it really stand out is one other work...
by Kristopher | Mar 21, 2014 | Review
It has become a bit of a cliché to say that a series just keeps getting better with the release of each new book, but in the case of Michael Robotham’s Joseph O’Loughlin mystery series, it also happens to be completely true. Certainly, this has a lot to do with the...
by Kristopher | Mar 14, 2014 | Review
There are certain books in which setting and character share equal billing in terms of importance. Lisa Alber’s debut novel, Kilmoon, is just such a novel. The reader is clued into this right from the book jacket. Kilmoon is given the subtitle of A County Clare...
by Kristopher | Mar 7, 2014 | Review
When Natasha Wainwright’s college friend decides to come over from the United States for a visit, Natasha has no idea her life is about to experience a total upheaval. Eve Dalladay’s trip may have started as an innocent holiday designed to rekindle a past friendship,...
by Kristopher | Feb 28, 2014 | Review
If someone were to tell you that the novel in your hands was about the behind-the-scenes processes involved with the publication of a tell-all memoir, it is unlike that your first thought would be “Oh, then it must be a thriller.” But that is exactly what The...
