As a black-British writer, I am speaking from the viewpoint of someone misunderstood. People see me on the street, on buses, and on trains, and have a preconceived idea of the type of person I am based on how I look. And
Book publishing phenomenon James Patterson has enlisted veteran writer Marshall Karp to write this flashy cop fiction series NYPD Red. Having little experience with books written entirely by James Patterson, I’m unable to tell how much of this book is influenced by
One of my goals for 2017 was to read more foreign fiction, particularly ones that have to be translated from their native language. I have to admit however, that I was concerned that translated books wouldn’t have the same flow as reading
What happens when you force a group of hackers together into one space? The answer is that they begin to learn every secret being hidden from them in plain sight. Chuck Wendig’s techno-thriller Zeroes sees a group of hackers – who have
Everyone has a dark side; even author J.F. Penn. Reading Desecration feels like taking a step into the dark regions of her mind. This is an author that is bright and cheerful in podcast form, but yet she produced Desecration, a book
After enjoying fantasy novel Throne of Lies by Sara Secora, I was delighted to learn that she had now written a piece of short fiction. Agoraphobic: Inside Out is a step away from fantasy and sheds light on a substantial topic; that
The Ask and the Answer is one of those books that is difficult to review without shaking the reader and urging them to read this series as soon as possible. It will also be tough to explain the context of the story
Last year I read Liane Moriarty’s The Husband’s Secret and loved it. There was something about her writing style that appealed to me. Perhaps it was her ability to subtly make light of people’s malicious intent. Big Little Lies takes the maliciousness
When I made the decision to read The Family, it was simply because it was Mario Puzo’s last published work. It was published posthumously and had to be finished by Puzo’s long-time girlfriend Carol Gino. I’d read a few reviews about the