Archive for the ‘Thrillers’ Category

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The Girl on the Landing by Paul Torday


2009
04.10

His third novel. Our book group read this too.
A married couple have had 10 years together and this was more of convenience than love. When the husband comes off his ‘medication’ things begin to happen. The passion between them sparkles, but wait, he becomes moody and unpredictable.
The first half I found to slow, the second unsatisfying. Not good enough for a suspense nor a romantic novel.
If I read more by him (and enjoyed the other two very much) it would have to be some excellent reviews to tempt me.

Score 4.5/10

Date read April 2009

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God’s Own Country by Ross Raisin


2009
03.10

Debut novel set in current day Yorkshire. Story about a disturbed sheep farmer son who gets obsessed by the new city girl next door.
Very good if not unsettling. Read it. It should have won some ort of prize…has it?

Score 7.5/10

Date read March 2009

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Dracula by Bram Stoker


2009
01.10

Classic horror. Written in 1897 and possibly the first novel to use the correspondence style.
Easy to see why it became a classic, in its day it terrified readers. What would a modern day editor do with it, probably cut it by 100 pages, but would that make it a better?

Score 7/10

Date read January 2009

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Until its Over by Nikki French


2008
09.10

Another thriller, this time set in London.
A house share with an interesting group of individuals. Told in two parts from the beautiful Astrid’s view, she is a cycle courier and somehow becomes connected with three murders. Part two and we swap narrators and learn who the killer is and get his side of the story.

Score 6/10

Date read September 2008

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