One of my top five authors, Neil Gaiman is consistently inventive. From Sandman to American Gods and every place in between (Good Omens, the collaboration between Gaiman and Terry Pratchett is still a book that I can reread and find something new, I do not recommend taking it on a plane journey though, your laughter may annoy the person next to you) .
I picked up a copy of Trigger Warning weeks ago, another collection of short stories, with a warning at the front which is longer than most of the stories. Knowing that I had at least one Sherlock Holmes story and even a Doctor Who short to look forward to I planned to savour it one story at a time.
Didn't happen, I read the whole thing in one sitting. Trigger runs the gamut from a little poetry, to scary bedtime stories, skewed fairy tales, life changing honey, the battle of 2012 and Shadow (from American Gods) as well as the 11th Doc and Amy Pond and of course the world's greatest detective.
If you can read just one story and put the book down you have way more self control than I do. Just dive in, head first and enjoy Gaiman's playful imagination.
I read a lot of books as I review books for an indie bookstore in SLC, Utah. I'm also a writer. The Mary Mac trilogy is out now.
The Nikki Doyle trilogy (Rollover, Thunderball and Ms. Scarlett) can also be found at your local indie. Excalibur - the Nikki/Mary crossover was just published.
N.B My blurbs give you just a taste of the plot. Reviews are a pretty subjective matter but the books you'll find here are books I have read and loved.
Apr 8, 2015
Apr 1, 2015
Killer Come Hither, Louis Begley
How far would you go to catch a killer?
Captain Jack Dana
a Marine brought home after being
severely wounded in combat channels his experiences into writing. His Uncle Harry, a partner in a leading New
York law firm and closest thing Jack now has to a father gives Jack the space
to write and the time to heal, he also helps him find a publisher. Jack is
firmly in his debt and with two bestsellers under his belt, travels to Brazil
to get to work on a third. Jack returns to terrible news, days after he left
for Brazil, Harry hanged himself at his Sag Habour home.
Harry's boss tells Jack
that Uncle Harry was losing his mind and had to be retired to save his and the
firm's reputation. Unable to swallow that line Jack starts to dig. Harry's
remains now fit into an urn but he was smart enough to leave a trail for Jack
to follow. With the help of Kerry Black, Harry's close associate and Scott
Prentice, Jack's former college buddy turned CIA spook he traces Harry's death
to one client in particular; a right wing blowhard who is about to take his
network of companies public, while secretly continuing to fund terrorist
organisations overseas. Before Jack can take him down he'll have to deal with a
Slav hitman, vines of corruption that lead to the house and the senate and
media slurs on his uncle's reputation. Jack uses those same media to set a trap
for Harry’s killer, with himself as the bait.
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