“Iceland was angry:” quite possibly my favourite opening line to date. With over 130 volcanoes, 30 to 40 of which are active, the resultant topography and climate have rendered Iceland somewhat mercurial, a tad tetchy. But that’s just the land. With a pluckiness akin to the sisu of the Finns, Icelanders are a resilient and... Continue Reading →
Where the Shadows Lie, by Michael Ridpath
Was Tolkien a plagiarist? How many gritty police detectives can one genre of fiction reasonably accommodate? And, does Iceland have trees? Important questions all; the answers to which, respectively are: kind of but not really; apparently many, and; the odd one or two. Already a successful author, Ridpath was in the depths of a massive... Continue Reading →
Wicked Business by Janet Evanovich
I just finished "Wicked Business", the second in the Diesel and Lizzy romantic/mystery series that is an offshoot of Evanovich's Stephanie Plum novels and I'm sad to say that it was for the most part like flat diet pop, no sugar, no taste, no fizz. Diesel is the tall blond beach bum investigator for the... Continue Reading →
Spencer
The Godwulf Manucript is the first Spencer novel created by author Robert B. Parker. For those of you unfamiliar with this very unique private eye that has been solving difficult cases since the 1970’s, Spencer is the ultimate man’s man. Ex-boxer turned private eye Spencer has an easy going way about him as he works... Continue Reading →
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