Dealing with the Troubles: The Ghosts of Belfast by Stuart Neville and Gallows Lane by Brian McGilloway – review
My BSC partners in crime (yes, I am not above such lame statements), Brian Lindenmuth and Keith Rawson, have already shouted to the heavens about the awesomeness that is The Ghosts of Belfast by first-time novelist Stuart Neville. But my blogjob on Neville’s masterpiece comes with a freebie on something you maybe haven’t heard enough about: the Inspector Benedict Devlin series from fellow Irishman Brian McGilloway, in particular the second in the series, Gallows Lane.
Read the double review after the jump…
The Ghosts of Belfast by Stuart Neville review – Brian’s take
Former paramilitary killer Gerry Fegan is haunted by his victims, twelve souls who shadow his every waking day and scream through every drunken night. Just as he reaches the edge of sanity they reveal their desire: vengeance on those who engineered their deaths.
Full review after the jump…
The Ghosts of Belfast by Stuart Neville review
Keith Rawson reviews The Ghosts of Belfast by Stuart Neville from Soho Press, published as The Twelve in the UK.
This book is being poised as one of the better debuts of the year…if not the best.
Does it stand up to the scrutiny?
Find out after the jump…
The Merry Misogynist by Colin Cotterill review
Dr. Siri Paiboun is back in Colin Cotterill’s sixth book featuring the 73-year-old coroner. It’s set in Laos in the year 1978. It’s difficult struggling to survive under Communist rule, but Dr. Siri, his wife, the noodle-shop owner Madam Daeng, and other series regulars, like Nurse Dtui and his mentally challenged lab assistant, Mr. Geung, try to make the best of things. The good doctor has to conduct autopsies and determine the causes of death of the dead bodies brought to him with the limited tools and technology at his disposal, his keen intellect, and his spooky Ghost Whisperer-like supernatural visions of ghosts and premonitions of death.
Read on after the jump…
Book Review – Jack Fish
Author: J. Milligan Cover Artist: Allison Meierding Publisher: SoHo Press Binding: Paperback Publication Date: January 2006 JACK FISH by J Milligan is the story of an agent sent to the Topworld by the Elders of Atlantis on a mission of assassination. The Atlanteans have been living quietly and secretly below for centuries, with only the [...]
