Is there any crime fiction lover out there who has not heard of Lisbeth Salander, ‘the girl with the dragon taboo,, sensational lesbian hero of Swedish author Stieg Larssons’ Millenium T...Read More
Here is a review of Ian Caldwell’s bestseller, The Fifth Gospel, which I posted at Amazon.com some two months ago. The Fifth Gospel is a complement to my earlier review of The Franciscan.&...Read More
Why read it: To find out what all the hype is about (5,000 reviewers on Amazon, 22,000 on GoodReads – and almost 200,000 ratings, four and half big stars). To prepare yourself for...Read More
Why read it? For an historical overview of seminal events in Central Europe in the 20th century, leading up to and climaxing in the 1968 Russian invasion of Czechoslovakia. Also - for a crackling, sus...Read More
I’ve just finished the hugely popular Girl on a Train, which – with tedious predictability – has been compared to the blockbuster of several years ago, Gone Girl. I read Gone Girl in...Read More
Partly because of my theological background, I was asked by the publishers to provide an honest review of The Franciscan, a religious suspense thriller by WR. Park. Written some fourteen years ag...Read More