HORRORSTÖR Grady Hendrix (www.gradyhendrix.com) Quirk Books (www.quirkbooks.com) US$14.95 It was dawn, and the zombies were stumbling through the parking lot, streaming toward the massive beige box at the other end. The Cleveland, Ohio Orsk store has been losing money since it opened, sales a fraction of those in the furniture giant’s other stores, and staff […]
Read More HORRORSTÖR by Grady HendrixAs another year draws to a close, it’s time for my annual retrospective of what’s gone on at Reader Dad. There’s a lot to cover this year, so without further ado… THE ROUND-UP As the reading year closes, I have read 65 books this year, more than every year except last year, but I had […]
Read More The 2014 Round-UpA MAN LIES DREAMING Lavie Tidhar (lavietidhar.wordpress.com) Hodder & Stoughton (www.hodder.co.uk) £18.99 In another time and place, a man lies dreaming. National Socialism is routed at the 1933 elections by Communism, and its leadership exiled from Germany. Sentenced to a concentration camp, Adolf Hitler escapes and makes his way to London where, under his old […]
Read More A MAN LIES DREAMING by Lavie TidharTHE ABDUCTION Jonathan Holt (www.carnivia.com) Head of Zeus (headofzeus.com) £12.99 WALL STANDING IS NOT TORTURE. AT 9 P.M. THIS EVENING, SHE WILL NOT BE TORTURED. WATCH IT LIVE ON CARNIVIA. When the teenage daughter of a high-ranking US soldier is abducted from one of Venice’s sex clubs, it seems that the protesters against the […]
Read More THE ABDUCTION by Jonathan HoltTHE EXPEDITION: A LOVE STORY Bea Uusma Translated by Agnes Broomé Head of Zeus (headofzeus.com) £16.99 On 11th July 1897, three men – Salomon August Andrée, Nils Strindberg and Knut Frænkel – set off from the northernmost point of civilisation in a hot air balloon. Their destination: the North Pole. Three days later they are […]
Read More THE EXPEDITION: A LOVE STORY by Bea UusmaTHE DEATH HOUSE Sarah Pinborough (sarahpinborough.com) Gollancz (www.gollancz.co.uk) £14.99 Released on 26th February 2015 Toby is a Defective. When the results of a blood test announce his death sentence he finds himself taken forcibly from his family and transported to an old manor house on a remote island in the far north. Toby is not […]
Read More THE DEATH HOUSE by Sarah Pinborough‘Books are a uniquely portable magic.’ – Stephen King, On Writing When birthdays or Christmas roll around, there’s nothing I like more than the book-shaped parcels that are an inevitable purchase for someone who loves to read. In our family, they’re invariably accompanied by the joke that never gets old (really, Dad!) about how it’s […]
Read More #GreatestGift–Giving the Gift of Reading for ChristmasTHE BLOOD DIMMED TIDE Anthony Quinn (anthonyquinnwriter.com) No Exit Press (www.noexit.co.uk) £8.99 In the dying days of 1917, the body of young woman is washed ashore on the west coast of Ireland, near Sligo. She is in an old and decomposing coffin. Before her death, she sent a letter to London, to the poet William […]
Read More THE BLOOD DIMMED TIDE by Anthony QuinnName: DAVID BALDACCI Author of: ZERO DAY (2011) THE FORGOTTEN (2012) THE ESCAPE (2014) On the web: davidbaldacci.com On Twitter: @davidbaldacci To celebrate the launch of David Baldacci’s latest novel, The Escape, as well as the paperback publication of his fourth Will Robie novel, The Target, we’re very pleased to welcome the author […]
Read More GUEST POST: Foreshadowing by DAVID BALDACCIName: ANTHONY QUINN Author of: DISAPPEARED (2012) BORDER ANGELS (2013) THE BLOOD DIMMED TIDE (2014) On the web: anthonyquinnwriter.com On Twitter: @ajpquinn To celebrate the launch of his most recent novel, The Blood Dimmed Tide, I’m very pleased to welcome Anthony Quinn to Reader Dad to talk about some of the books that […]
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