The Snow Tiger, by Desmond Bagley

May 23, 2011

The story in The Snow Tiger, a classic thriller by British thriller master Desmond Bagley, is very fascinating and excellently told. It is a tale of two parts. The first deals with event prior to and leading to an avalanche – a “Snow Tiger”. The second part is about a courtroom government inquiry that takes [...]

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Trust Fund, by Stephen W. Frey

May 2, 2011

Bo Hancock is the youngest son of Connecticut’s most influential family. He is also a financial wizard, a man with excellent training who puts in long days and long weeks, and who has all the right contacts. He heads Warfield Capital, a multi-billion dollar investment firm which is the basis of the family’s wealth. He [...]

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Top Fantasy: The Way of Kings, by Brandon Sanderson

April 23, 2011

This thick brick of a book, over 1000 pages long, is the first volume of a series planned to be a ten-book tale called The Stormlight Archive. So the series might well end up around 10.000 pages if Brandon Sanderson sticks to the format of this fist book as far as length is concerned. However, [...]

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Five classic police procedurals – top crime fiction

April 22, 2011

Police procedurals are almost always great to read. Especially when they are very good and written by excellent authors who know how to build suspense. The following five crime fiction novels are among my favorites in this genre. They are all outstanding, each in their own way. Dance Hall of the Dead (Edgar Award Winner) [...]

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Three excellent Frederick Forsyth thrillers

April 14, 2011

Frederick Forsyth (born 1938 in Ashford, Kent, England) is one of the most successful thriller writers ever. Forsyth eschews psychological complexity in favor of meticulous plotting based on detailed factual research. His books are full of information about the technical details of such subjects as money laundering, gun running, the international narcotics trade and identity [...]

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The Science of Paul, by Aaron Philip Clark – book review

April 1, 2011

The Science of Paul is the debut novel of Aaron Philip Clark – a novelist, poet and scriptwriter from Los Angeles. It tells an interesting tale – the story of Paul Little, an ex-con living his life in on the crime-filled streets of Philadelphia. Paul’s parole is up, and he wants to stay out of [...]

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Ice Station Zebra, by Alistair MacLean

February 1, 2011

Alistair Maclean was one of the finest thriller writers ever. The action in this riveting thriller takes place on Station Zebra, a British meteorological station built on an ice floe in the Arctic Sea. It has recently suffered a catastrophic oil fire where men have died and shelter and supplies have been destroyed. Now the [...]

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Khan: Empire of Silver, by Conn Iggulden

January 19, 2011

Conn Iggulden’s excellent series about the Mongol Khans is a joy to read. All the books in the series are first-rate examplesof historical fiction – no wonder the series has enthralled millions of readers all over the world! The series is about the life and legacy of the mighty Genghis Khan, a man who merged [...]

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