THE POISON ARTIST by Jonathan Moore

THE POISON ARTIST Jonathan Moore (www.jonathanmoorefiction.com) Orion Books (www.orionbooks.co.uk) £14.99 Toxicologist Caleb Maddox is a specialist in pain, his current research project an examination of the chemical changes severe pain can cause to the human body. In the same week that his girlfriend storms out of their home and relationship, his good friend, the San […]

#WhereIsSuzy – DRAGONFISH by Vu Tran

DRAGONFISH Vu Tran (www.vutranwriter.com) No Exit Press (www.noexit.co.uk) £8.99 To celebrate the release of Vu Tran’s debut literary thriller, Dragonfish, the fine folks at No Exit Press have come up with a fun way to get the community talking about the book. Everything you need is in the description below. My effort is also included. […]

13 MINUTES by Sarah Pinborough

13 MINUTES Sarah Pinborough (sarahpinborough.com) Gollancz (www.gollancz.co.uk) £16.99 When the body of sixteen-year-old Natasha Howland is pulled from the freezing river, it takes paramedics thirteen minutes to revive her. Natasha is part of the popular crowd a school, a beauty queen and leader of “the Barbies”, a trio of blonde ice queens for whom status […]

NIGHTBLIND by Ragnar Jónasson

NIGHTBLIND Ragnar Jónasson (ragnar-jonasson.squarespace.com) Translated by Quentin Bates (graskeggur.com) Orenda Books (orendabooks.co.uk) £8.99 The violent death of Siglufjördur’s police inspector heralds a new age for the small northern Icelandic town. There are rumours of drug deals gone bad, police corruption and the involvement of the town’s mayor and deputy mayor. Ari Thór Arason, Siglufjördur’s remaining […]

THE INVISIBLE GUARDIAN by Dolores Redondo

THE INVISIBLE GUARDIAN Dolores Redondo (www.doloresredondomeira.com) Translated by Isabelle Kaufeler Harper (www.harpercollins.co.uk) £7.99 The body of a young girl found on the banks of the Baztán River in Spain’s northern Navarre region calls for the expertise of the homicide squad from the nearby capital, Pamplona. Heading the team is Inspector Amaia Salazar, who finds herself […]

EXTRACT From THE INVISIBLE GUARDIAN by Dolores Redondo

THE INVISIBLE GUARDIAN Dolores Redondo (www.doloresredondomeira.com) Translated by Isabelle Kaufeler Harper (www.harpercollins.co.uk) £7.99 To celebrate the paperback release of Dolores Redondo’s The Invisible Guardian, the first book in The Baztán Trilogy, we here at Reader Dad are very happy to be part of the Blog Tour. Below, you’ll find a brief extract from the novel. […]

THE GREAT SWINDLE by Pierre Lemaitre

THE GREAT SWINDLE Pierre Lemaitre (www.pierrelemaitre.com) Translated by Frank Wynne (www.terribleman.com) MacLehose Press (maclehosepress.com) £18.99 As the Great War approaches its end, Lieutenant Henri d’Aulnay-Pradelle decides to make one last bid for glory. Sending two scouts over the top, he shoots them in the back, and uses their deaths as the perfect excuse for one […]

DUST AND DESIRE by Conrad Williams

DUST AND DESIRE (A Joel Sorrell Novel) Conrad Williams (conradwilliams.wordpress.com) Titan Books (titanbooks.com) £7.99 London-based private investigator Joel Sorrell has gotten himself entangled in a most bizarre missing person case. Hired to look into the disappearance of his client’s brother, Sorrell begins to believe that he may be on a wild goose chase, especially when […]

THE BAZAAR OF BAD DREAMS by Stephen King

THE BAZAAR OF BAD DREAMS Stephen King (stephenking.com) Hodder & Stoughton (www.hodder.co.uk) £20.00 When people think of Stephen King, they most often think of the massive tomes that helped to make his name: The Stand, It, Needful Things. What we often forget is that King is as comfortable writing short fiction as he is writing […]

INFLUENCES: The Sum of our Experiences by JASON STARR

Name: JASON STARR Author of: SAVAGE LANE (2015) On the web: http://www.jasonstarr.com On Twitter: @JasonStarrBooks "Who are your influences?" This is a question all writers get, and I think I’ve given a different answer each time I’ve been asked. To some degree, it depends on my mood. If I’m feeling a little haughty and literary, […]