Race riots, royals and gender bending. No, it’s not 2020. It’s 1981 and there’s a serial killer at large in this indy British crime novel.
Category: 3 ***
Extraordinary Hope
Plenty of sugarcoating in this feelgood novel about the homeless, junkies, alcoholics and people with mental health problems.
Die Alone
Action-packed distraction. A serial killer politician faces an ex-cop duo determined to stop him. But he’s not going down without a fight…
Under Violent Skies
Police procedural. Set in ‘Escape to the Country’ territory, but there’s nothing twee here. Racism, sexism, human trafficking, murder…
Finished With Life
A novel of ideas including climate change, multiverses, freedom, family ties and family responsibility, artificial intelligence and more…
Penhallow
A dysfunctional family of mostly unlikeable people. When one of them is finally bumped off, everyone is a suspect.
Cell
A virus was carried by every cell phone operating within the entire world. Within hours, those receiving calls would be infected.
