Even the Dead once more follows John Banville's pathologist creation Quirke through a journey into the seedy underground world of murder in 1950s Dublin. Although the Quirke series is essentially in the crime fiction drama, Even the Dead is much more than a page-turning thriller. By this seventh book in the Quirke series Banville has made the pathologist, and the life he lives and people he is close to, the prime focus of the novel with the whodunit taking a lesser focus by far.
Showing posts with label thriller. Show all posts
Showing posts with label thriller. Show all posts
29 June 2015
Book Review: Even The Dead - Benjamin Black
John Banville, writing under the pen name Benjamin Black, returns with his seventh Quirke novel Even the Dead.
Even the Dead once more follows John Banville's pathologist creation Quirke through a journey into the seedy underground world of murder in 1950s Dublin. Although the Quirke series is essentially in the crime fiction drama, Even the Dead is much more than a page-turning thriller. By this seventh book in the Quirke series Banville has made the pathologist, and the life he lives and people he is close to, the prime focus of the novel with the whodunit taking a lesser focus by far.
Even the Dead once more follows John Banville's pathologist creation Quirke through a journey into the seedy underground world of murder in 1950s Dublin. Although the Quirke series is essentially in the crime fiction drama, Even the Dead is much more than a page-turning thriller. By this seventh book in the Quirke series Banville has made the pathologist, and the life he lives and people he is close to, the prime focus of the novel with the whodunit taking a lesser focus by far.8 May 2015
Book Review: Second Life - SJ Watson
SJ Watson, author of hit debut novel Before I Go To Sleep , returns with Second Life, another thrilling tale of dark paths, bad decisions and the seedy, rather terrifying side of online liaisons.
The difficult second novel doesn't seem to have presented a huge problem for SJ Watson. The author of best-selling debut novel Before I Sleep plunges the reader into a pretty grisly and gripping world from a very early stage of Second Life and the whole book is a real page-turning thriller from start to finish. It would be very easy to see this being adapted to the big screen like its predecessor.
The difficult second novel doesn't seem to have presented a huge problem for SJ Watson. The author of best-selling debut novel Before I Sleep plunges the reader into a pretty grisly and gripping world from a very early stage of Second Life and the whole book is a real page-turning thriller from start to finish. It would be very easy to see this being adapted to the big screen like its predecessor.
27 March 2015
Book Review: Unravelling Oliver - Liz Nugent
Unravelling Oliver is a chilling and compelling debut by Irish author Liz Nugent
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Books that you are compelled to read through in one sitting are not that common but Liz Nugent's Unravelling Oliver requires a day of no other plans as this is a novel you won't want to put down from start to finish.
Books that you are compelled to read through in one sitting are not that common but Liz Nugent's Unravelling Oliver requires a day of no other plans as this is a novel you won't want to put down from start to finish.
24 March 2014
Remains of the Day: An Interview With Kathy Reichs
Some time ago, in a beautiful suite in the Shelbourne Hotel, I got the opportunity to speak with the multi-talented Dr Kathy Reichs while she was visiting Dublin to discuss her then latest addition to the Temperance Brennan series of books, Mortal Remains, and about how she manages her many careers and still take the occasional holiday - albeit a working one.
Before I met Kathy Reichs I was already in her awe. Her CV is along the lines of spectacular; with novelist, forensic anthropologist, producer, actress, lecturer among her many list of credentials. When I came face to face with her, I would never have guessed that this woman has been working so much - non-stop - and it seems like she takes it all in her stride.
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