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Book review: The Body by the Shore by Tabish Khair

Terror on an oil rig Tabish Khair`s new book is a scientific thriller where the action mostly takes place on an oil rig turned dubious resort in  the North  Sea just off Denmark. Set around 2030, with frequent references to the coronavirus pandemic that hit the world a decade ago, the reader sees that the…

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Book review: Cari Mora by Thomas Harris

Thomas Harris might have risen to cult figure status with his maniacal creation Hannibal Lector in The Silence of the Lambs, and fallen low when giving Dr Lector a noble backstory in Hannibal, but that`s another story.   It was Harris` Red Dragon that I found a terrifying but compelling read. I recall my hands…

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Book review: Whisper in the Wind by Venita Coelho

This book is a cracker of a Gothic tale even as the actual nature of the story comes wrapped in gauze. Is it a (tender) ghost story? Is it a (macabre) murder mystery? Is it a (richly) atmospheric thriller? Well,  simply put,  it`s all of these and  some. Love, betrayal, heartbreak,  revenge, intrigue; chatelaines and…

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Book review: Different Class by Joanne Harris

 Different Class, Joanne Harris.  Doubleday Books This is the third in the author`s psychological thrillers but it is a standalone story, and that`s how I read it. Harris had me at Chocolat, years and years ago and though I`ve not always loved her other books in the same way, they always made for an engrossing…

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Book review: Behind Her Eyes by Sarah Pinsborough

  Sarah Pinborough’s Behind Her Eyes keeps you guessing, and even if you think you know where the story is going, you still want to go down that path,to get there at closure point. Throughout, you relish the mystery and the deliberate holding back of information because you know it’s building up to something big,…

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Book review: The Gold Of Their Regrets by Ravi Shankar Etteth

A crackling good yarn Subhas Chandra Bose in a guest role, Nazi gold, a sprinkling of  murders make for a great thriller. First, the good news. This is a crackling good yarn, a murder  mystery that moves at a rapid pace, is peopled with ingenious characters and at its centre, holds a story that in…

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