BIRD BOX by Josh Malerman

BIRD BOX Josh Malerman Harper Voyager (harpervoyagerbooks.co.uk) £14.99 Malorie hasn’t seen outside the house where she lives with her two four-year-old children since six months before they were born. There are creatures outside, creatures who, if you look at them, will drive you into a murderous rage that will ultimately end in your own suicide. […]

TRAITOR’S BLADE by Sebastien de Castell

TRAITOR’S BLADE Sebastien de Castell (decastell.com) Jo Fletcher Books (www.jofletcherbooks.com) £20.00 The Greatcoats are the stuff of legend. Traveling Magisters, their job is to travel the country bringing the King’s justice to his subjects and ensuring his laws are upheld. Falcio val Mond, once the First Cantor of this elite group of men and women, […]

GUEST POST: Fathers & The Mothership by NAOMI FOYLE

Name: NAOMI FOYLE Author of: SEOUL SURVIVORS (2013) ASTRA (2014) On the web: naomifoyle.com On Twitter: @naomifoyle To celebrate the recent publication of her second novel, Astra, we are very pleased to welcome Naomi Foyle to Reader Dad. Fathers & the Mothership: Astra and the Evolution of Masculinity Reader Dad – cool theme, I […]

An Interview with DEN PATRICK

Name: DEN PATRICK Author of: THE BOY WITH THE PORCELAIN BLADE (2014) On the web: http://www.denpatrick.com On Twitter: @Den_Patrick Den Patrick was born in Dorset in 1975 and shares a birthday with Bram Stoker. He has at various times been an editor, burlesque reviewer and Games Workshop staffer. He lives and works in London, and […]

THE BOY WITH THE PORCELAIN BLADE by Den Patrick

THE BOY WITH THE PORCELAIN BLADE Den Patrick (www.denpatrick.com) Gollancz (www.gollancz.co.uk) £20.00 On the weather-beaten island of Landfall stands the sprawling Demesne – four great Houses built around a central Keep which houses the reclusive, and reputedly mad, King. Lucien ‘Sinistra’ di Fontein is Orfano, a disfigured foundling taken in by the nobility of Demesne […]

Extract: WORDS OF RADIANCE by Brandon Sanderson

WORDS OF RADIANCE (The Stormlight Archive Book Two) Brandon Sanderson (brandonsanderson.com) Gollancz (www.gollancz.co.uk) £20.00 Today on Reader Dad, we’re very pleased to present an exclusive extract from Brandon Sanderson’s new novel, Words of Radiance. Below you will find Part 1, Chapter 1 of the novel, following on from yesterday’s extract at Sci Fi Now. Alternatively, […]

IRÈNE by Pierre Lemaitre

IRÈNE Pierre Lemaitre (www.pierrelemaitre.com) Translated by Frank Wynne (www.terribleman.com) MacLehose Press (maclehosepress.com) £16.99 Released: 13th March 2014 Commandant Camille Verhœven’s team are called to the scene of a grisly murder in a well-appointed apartment set in the middle of a largely deserted industrial estate. Two women have, quite literally, been torn apart and the only […]

THE BLACK-EYED BLONDE by Benjamin Black

THE BLACK-EYED BLONDE Benjamin Black (www.benjaminblackbooks.com) Mantle (www.panmacmillan.com) £16.99 It seems like a straightforward case: Nico Peterson, the boyfriend of Philip Marlowe’s married client, has disappeared. It’s a scenario Marlowe has investigated often and it usually means the boyfriend has wanted to end the affair and decided disappearing might be an easier option than going […]

Celebrating #CarrieAt40

April 5th 2014, 40 days from now, marks the 40th anniversary of the original publication of Stephen King’s first novel, Carrie. As a lifelong fan of King’s work, I can’t let this publishing landmark go past without comment. So, to celebrate, I have asked some friends to tell me what Carrie in particular, or the […]

THE COPPER PROMISE by Jen Williams

THE COPPER PROMISE Jen Williams (sennydreadful.co.uk) Headline (www.headline.co.uk) £13.99 For the fifth title in the Hodderscape Review Project, we move into the realms of fantasy with the debut novel from Jen Williams, The Copper Promise, released this month by Headline. Don’t forget to check in to the Review Project site to find out what my […]