Category Archives: Adventure

Force of Nature by C J Box

Posted on April 10, 2012 by

Force of Nature by C. J. Box Corvus, 2012 Joe Pickett #12 Reviewed at Petrona, April 2012.

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An Honourable Man by Gillian Slovo

Posted on April 1, 2012 by

An Honourable Man by Gillian Slovo Virago, 2012 Reviewed at Petrona, March 2012.

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Trackers by Deon Meyer

Posted on September 8, 2011 by

Trackers Deon Meyer translated by Laura Seegers (from Afrikaans) Hodder & Stoughton, 2011 Reviewed at Petrona, September 2011.

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Fire and Ice by Dana Stabenow

Posted on August 27, 2011 by

Fire and Ice By Dana Stabenow Reviewed at Petrona, August 2011.

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Back of Beyond by C J Box

Posted on June 26, 2011 by

Back of Beyond by C J Box Reviewed at Petrona in May 2011. See here for the review.

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The Joe Pickett novels by C J Box

Posted on June 26, 2011 by

The Joe Pickett novels by C J Box. Reviewed at Petrona from Jan-June 2011. See here for reviews of all the books in this series. Open Season by C J Box (Petrona, January) Savage Run by C J Box (Petrona, … Continue reading →

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Operation Napoleon by Arnaldur Indridason

Posted on January 18, 2011 by

Indridason, Arnaldur – ‘Operation Napoleon’ (translated by Victoria Cribb) Paperback: 336 pages (Oct. 2010) Publisher: Harvill Secker ISBN: 1846552850 Ten years ago, Arnaldur Indridason took a break from his excellent series about dour, depressed Icelandic police inspector Erlendur, and published … Continue reading →

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Dead at Daybreak by Deon Meyer

Posted on August 15, 2010 by

Dead at Daybreak Translated from the Afrikaans by Madeleine van Biljon. Dead at Daybreak is an exciting yet emotional thriller about a broken man, Van Heerden (we learn his first name later on in the book). At the outset, he … Continue reading →

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Afterlight, by Alex Scarrow

Posted on July 22, 2010 by

Afterlight Afterlight, by Alex Scarrow (Orion, May 2010) What would Britain be like 10 years after the oil has run out? This stark question is the basis of Afterlight, a crackingly absorbing thriller. The novel is ostensibly a sequel to … Continue reading →

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61 Hours by Lee Child

Posted on May 1, 2010 by

  61 Hours     As I often write in my reviews of the Jack Reacher books, if you like them, you'll like the latest (in this case, 61 HOURS); if you don't, you won't. The novel is a typical … Continue reading →

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