Tag: crime
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Book Review: Sirens
As part of my recently-concluded Creative Writing degree course I had the opportunity to briefly study Crime fiction, which proved an enjoyable divergence from my recent reading. Indeed, this lead onto a conversation with a friend of mine who’s been urging me to dip my toe into noir crime fiction for as long as I…
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Review: The Vanished Man (Kindle Edition)
I’ve been steadily working my way through Jeffrey Deaver’s Lincoln Rhyme series of thriller/crime novels and the fifth instalment was another enjoyable outing! The Vanished Man pits quadriplegic criminalist Lincoln Rhyme on the pursuit of an illusionist turned murderer who uses every trick in the book (pun very much intended) to evade capture. Slowly over the course of…
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Review: The Empty Chair
I occasionally forget that I’m into certain series and genres, and a recent pondering of a book to read led me to rekindle my interest in thrilling crime drama, and especially that in Jeffrey Deaver’s Lincoln Rhyme series. Thusly, I picked up the third book in the series, The Empty Chair, and dived in. I…