INFLUENCES: My Writing Influences by CHRIS WHITAKER

Name: CHRIS WHITAKER Author of: TALL OAKS (2016) On Twitter: @whittyauthor To celebrate the launch of Chris Whitaker’s excellent debut novel, Tall Oaks, I’m very pleased to invite him to Reader Dad to talk about his writing influences. Be sure to check the other stops on the blog tour for more great insights into author […]

THE FIREMAN by Joe Hill

THE FIREMAN Joe Hill (www.joehillfiction.com) Gollancz (www.gollancz.co.uk) £20.00 Harper Grayson is working as a school nurse when the world ends. Draco Incendia Trychophyton, better known as Dragonscale, is a spore that infects that vast majority of people with whom it comes into contact – the symptoms are a beautiful tattoo-like patterning of the skin and […]

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. […]

TRAVELERS REST by Keith Lee Morris

TRAVELERS REST Keith Lee Morris Weidenfeld & Nicolson (www.orionbooks.co.uk) £12.99 On the long drive from Seattle to South Carolina, the Addison family – Tonio and Julia, their son Dewey and Tonio’s brother, Robbie – are forced off the highway by a massive snowstorm and find themselves in the small town of Good Night, Idaho. Taking […]

The 2015 Round-Up

As 2015 draws to a close, it’s time to take a step back and reflect on the year that has been. As is now “traditional”, I’ll be using this post to talk about my favourite books of the year, but first a quick blast through some of the non-bookish stuff that happened in the past […]