Review archive

This is an archive of all my posted book reviews. Sorted A – Z by author surname.

 

A

• The Wolfe Experiment by R W Adams
• Seed by Ania Ahlborn
• The Pretty Ones by Ania Ahlborn
• Victim Without a Face by Stephen Ahnhem
• The Watcher by Ross Armstrong
• The Dying Game by Asa Avdic

 

B

• Mercy Snow by Tiffany Baker
• All Fall Down by Tom Bale
• The Fourth Monkey by J. D. Barker
• Blood Moon by John David Bethel
• I’m Travelling Alone by Samuel Bjork
• LoveMurder by Saul Black
• A Margin of Lust by Greta Boris
• June Gloom by Greta Boris
• The Veldt by Ray Bradbury
• There Will Come Soft Rains by Ray Bradbury
• The Blind by A. F. Brady
• My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite
• The Good Kind of Bad by Rita Brassington
• The Girl in the Ice (Detective Erika Foster #1) by Robert Bryndza
• The Night Stalker (Detective Erika Foster #2) by Robert Bryndza
• Dark Water (Detective Erika Foster #3) by Robert Bryndza
• Last Breath (Detective Erika Foster #4) by Robert Bryndza
• The Visitors by Catherine Burns
• The Dumb House by John Burnside

 

C

• Anatomy of Innocence by Laura Caldwell & others
• Savage Reckoning by C. Hoyt Caldwell
• Dear Amy by Helen Callaghan
• Fellside by M. R. Carey
• The Girl with all the Gifts by M. R. Carey
• The Boy on the Bridge by M. R. Carey
• Lucidity by David Carnoy
• The Adversary by Emmanuel Carrère
• The Book of Mirrors by E. O. Chirovici
• The Most Dangerous Game by Richard Connell
• I Know My Name by C. J. Cooke
• Dark Matter by Blake Crouch
• Rattle by Fiona Cummins
• We All Begin as Strangers by Harriet Cummings

 

D

• The Mountain by Luca D’Andrea
• The Witches by Roald Dahl
• The Girl Before by J P Delaney
• The Secret by Katerina Diamond
• The Signalman by Charles Dickens
• The Hummingbird’s Cage by Tamara Dietrich
• The Marsh King’s Daughter by Karen Dionne
• The Wonder by Emma Donoghue

 

E

• Heaven’s Crooked Finger by Hank Early
• Follow You Home by Mark Edwards
• American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis
• Dead Mountain by Donnie Eichar
• I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream by Harlan Ellison
• My Sister’s Bones by Nuala Ellwood
• The People at Number 9 by Felicity Everett

 

F

• Sometimes I Lie by Alice Feeney
• The Grownup by Gillian Flynn
• Painkiller by N. J. Fountain
• Sweet Little Lies by Caz Frear

 

G

• The Other Place by Mary Gaitskill
• Mary Rose by Geoffrey Girard
• The Mentor by Lee Matthew Goldberg
• Little Darlings by Melanie Golding
• In a Cottage In a Wood by Cass Green
• All the Ugly and Wonderful Things by Bryn Greenwood
• The Surgeon (Rizzoli & Isles #1) by Tess Gerritsen
• The Keeper by Alastair Gunn

 

H

• Between You and Me by Lisa Hall
• Did You See Melody? by Sophie Hannah
• The Binding Song by Elodie Harper
• The Dry by Jane Harper
• The Mayfly by James Hazel
• Shame on You by Amy Heydenrych
• My Best Friend’s Exorcism by Grady Hendrix
• NOS4A2 by Joe Hill
• The Travelling Bag and Other Ghostly Stories by Susan Hill
• Maestra by L. S. Hilton
• A Pleasure and a Calling by Phil Hogan
• The Fifth Doll by Charlie N. Holmberg
• The Loney by Andrew Michael Hurley
• The Butterfly Garden by Dot Hutchison

 

I

• A River in Darkness by Masaji Ishikawa

 

J

• Dark Tales by Shirley Jackson
• The Lottery by Shirley Jackson
• The Monkey’s Paw by W. W. Jacobs
• The Mistletoe Murder and Other Stories by P. D. James
• Let’s Go Play at the Adams’ by Mendal Johnson
• Snowblind by Ragnar Jonasson
• My Girl by Jack Jordan

 

K

• This Is Going To Hurt by Adam Kay
• The Loving Husband by Christobel Kent
• The Good People by Hannah Kent
• Misery by Stephen King
• Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith by Jon Krakauer
• Fear by Dirk Kurbjuweit

 

L

• Copycat by Alex Lake
• Good Me, Bad Me by Ali Land
• A Stranger in the House by Shari Lapena
• The Polygamist’s Daughter by Anna LeBaron
• The House by Simon Lelic
• Three Days and a Life by Pierre Lemaitre
• Sarah by JT LeRoy
• Rosemary’s Baby by Ira Levin
• The Innocent Wife by Amy Lloyd
• The White Road by Sarah Lotz
• The Outsider by H. P. Lovecraft
• The Thing on the Doorstep by H. P. Lovecraft

 

M

• I See You by Clare Mackintosh
• You Don’t Know Me by Imran Mahmood
• Bird Box by Josh Malerman
• The Night Parade by Ronald Malfi
• Fickle by Peter Manus
• The Twenty Days of Turin by Giorgio de Maria
• Friend Request by Laura Marshall
• Cold Moon Over Babylon by Michael McDowell
• Nutshell by Ian McEwan
• The Wardrobe Mistress by Patrick McGrath
• Arrowood by Laura McHugh
• Fractured by Catherine McKenzie
• One of Us is Lying by Karen M. McManus
• Gather the Daughters by Jennie Melamed
• The Long Drop by Denise Mina
• The Perfect Stranger by Megan Miranda
• Beyond Belief: My Secret Life Inside Scientology and My Harrowing Escape by Jenna Miscavige
• Neighborly by Ellie Monago
• The Doll House by Phoebe Morgan
• The Lake House by Kate Morton
• The Last Sin by K.L. Murphy
• The Sixteen Trees of the Somme by Lars Mytting

 

N

• Siren by Annemarie Neary
• Unravelling Oliver by Liz Nugent

 

O

• Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been? by Joyce Carol Oates
• The Girl Before by Rena Olsen
• Baby Doll by Hollie Overton
• The Walls by Hollie Overton

 

P

• Lullaby by Chuck Palahniuk
• Behind Closed Doors by B. A. Paris
• The Breakdown by B. A. Paris
• Bring Me Back by B. A. Paris
• Be My Killer by Richard Parker
• Thin Air by Michelle Paver
• The Woman in the Wood by Lesley Pearse
• The Light of the Fireflies by Paul Pen
• The Fall of Lisa Bellow by Susan Perabo
• Dial Tone by Benjamin Percy
• The Dark Net by Benjamin Percy
• Mammoth by Douglas Perry
• Fierce Kingdom by Gin Phillips
• Small Great Things by Jodi Picoult
• A Trace Of Death by Blake Pierce
• Cross Her Heart by Sarah Pinborough
• The Black Cat by Edgar Allan Poe
• Basically Frightened by Vasily Pugh

 

Q

R

• The Trap by Melanie Raabe
• The Ridge by John Rector
• The Scholl Case by Anja Reich-Osang
• White Bodies by Jane Robins
• Them by Jon Ronson
• To Die in Spring by Ralf Rothmann
• Best Day Ever by Kaira Rouda
• The Spider and the Fly by Claudia Rowe
• The Student by Iain Ryan
• The Nightmare Man by Alan Ryker

 

S

• Mouthful of Birds by Samanta Schweblin
• The Demon by Hubert Selby Jr
• The Trees by Ali Shaw
• I Saw a Man by Owen Sheers
• The Girls Next Door by Mel Sherratt
• Two Days Gone by Randall Silvis
• In Bloom by C. J. Skuse
• Sweetpea by C. J. Skuse
• The Art of Murder by Nicola Slade
• The Cyclist by Anthony Neil Smith
• Desperation Road by Michael Farris Smith
• Baby Teeth by Zoje Stage
• Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
• Missing, Presumed by Susie Steiner
• Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson
• Psycho Analysis by V.R. Stone
• Her Every Fear by Peter Swanson

 

T

• The Book Collector by Alice Thompson
• The Fire Child by S. K. Tremayne
• A Head Full of Ghosts by Paul Tremblay
• Disappearance at Devil’s Rock by Paul Tremblay
• The Other by Thomas Tryon
• The Chalk Man by C. J. Tudor

 

U

• The Witchfinder’s Sister by Beth Underdown

 

V

• The Merciless by Danielle Vega
• Based on a True Story by Delphine de Vigan
• There is a Reaper… by Charles V. de Vet

 

W

• In a Dark Dark Wood by Ruth Ware
• Watching Edie by Camilla Way
• I Am Missing by Tim Weaver
• The End of Temperance Dare by Wendy Webb
• Heather, the Totality by Matthew Weiner
• The Book of Essie by Meghan MacLean Weir
• The Red Room by H. G. Wells
• Night by Elie Wiesel
• Cold Calling by Haydn Wilks
• No Conscience by Phil M. Williams
• Zodiac by Sam Wilson

 

X

Y

• Halcyon by Rio Youers

Z

• The Ploughmen by Kim Zupan