| Title: | Plucker |
| Author: | Brom |
| Genre: | Supernatural |
| Synopsis: | A spirit doll containing a malevolent spirit is brought into an unsuspecting home and a child’s toys must protect their owner. |
| Verdict: | Brom does creepy and touching very well and his illustrations are amazing. Loved it. |
| Pages: | 143 |
| Read: | April 2011 |
30 April 2011
#114. Plucker by Brom
#113. The Stone-Cutter by Camilla Läckberg
| Title: | The Stone-Cutter |
| Author: | Camilla Läckberg |
| Genre: | Crime/Thriller |
| Synopsis: | A small girl is found drowned, presumably the victim of an accident, but evidence slowly comes to light suggesting something a lot darker. |
| Verdict: | Very well done with excellent plotting, character development and a patient drawing out of personal stories over the series. Camilla Läckberg always seems to pay as much attention to the details of the back stories as she does to the main story line which makes for a very rich read. |
| Pages: | 473 |
| Read: | April 2011 |
30 March 2011
#112. The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde
| Title: | The Eyre Affair |
| Author: | Jasper Fforde |
| Genre: | Alternate Reality/Crime |
| Synopsis: | A super-powered villain wreaks havoc on the literary world as a special agent tries to save it and survive the experience herself. |
| Verdict: | A strange mix of literary worlds, alternate versions of history and action. Odd but quite enjoyable, especially the playing with the printing of the actual text of the book in reaction to events in the narrative. |
| Pages: | 373 |
| Read: | March – April 2011 |
28 February 2011
#111. From The Dead by Mark Billingham
| Title: | From The Dead |
| Author: | Mark Billingham |
| Genre: | Crime/Thriller |
| Synopsis: | As a woman jailed for plotting to murder her husband prepares to be released photos of her husband alive and well begin arriving in the mail. |
| Verdict: | The relationships in these novels continue to impress as do the inventiveness of the crimes. |
| Pages: | 359 |
| Read: | February 2011 |
#110. Break No Bones by Kathy Reichs
| Title: | Break No Bones |
| Author: | Kathy Reichs |
| Genre: | Crime/Thriller/Forensics |
| Synopsis: | A modern corpse is found at the site of an ancient burial ground is the start of a disturbing pattern. |
| Verdict: | A good return after the complicated and controversial plot of ‘Cross Bones’. |
| Pages: | 334 |
| Read: | February 2011 |
#109. Blood Line by Mark Billingham
| Title: | Blood Line |
| Author: | Mark Billingham |
| Genre: | Crime/Thriller |
| Synopsis: | A seemingly isolated murder turns out to be the first in a disturbing string of murders of the children of the victims of a long dead serial killer. |
| Verdict: | Character development and plotting still refreshingly organic and well-paced. Tom Thorne is a great fictional detective. |
| Pages: | 344 |
| Read: | February 2011 |
#108. Monday Mourning by Kathy Reichs
| Title: | Monday Mourning |
| Author: | Kathy Reichs |
| Genre: | Crime/Thriller/Forensics |
| Synopsis: | Three skeletons are discovered buried in a cellar and as the story of how they came to be there unfolds the crimes are found to be a lot more recent and a lot more unsettling than originally assumed. |
| Verdict: | Still enjoying the forensic take on procedurals and the characters. Less stiff than initial novels. |
| Pages: | 300 |
| Read: | February 2011 |
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