Sunlight filtered through the partially closed blinds, creating a pattern of artificial lines across her pale skin. She lay still upon the bed, arms out-stretched, hair framing her face, like a sacrificial offering. His eyes roamed her body, flawless, save… Read More ›
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Fallen
Fallen by David Maine is a vivid retelling of the old, familiar stories of Adam & Eve and Cain & Abel. Beginning with the final days of Cain and moving back in time to Adam and Eve’s banishment from the… Read More ›
30 Day Book Challenge – Day 22
Least Favourite Plot Device Employed By Way Too Many Books You Actually Enjoyed Otherwise I read a lot of thrillers and mysteries and there are several plot devices that are quite common. There is just one that I find slightly… Read More ›
Harold Schechter in ‘Fiend: The Shocking True Story of America’s Youngest Serial Killer’
“Affronted by the nonstop barrage of media violence, we pine for a return to a more civilized time – conveniently forgetting that a hundred years ago, public hangings were a popular form of family entertainment, and that turn-of-the-century ‘penny papers’… Read More ›
Lyall Watson in ‘Dark Nature’ quoted in ‘Fiend: The Shocking True Story of America’s Youngest Serial Killer’ by Harold Schechter
“The level of actual violence as measured by homicide…has never been lower…It may seem that we live in violent times, but even the famously gentle Bushmen of the Kallahari have a homicide rate that eclipses those of the most notorious… Read More ›
Fiend: The Shocking True Story of America’s Youngest Serial Killer by Harold Schecter
Opening Sentence:Dressed in the street clothes they had given him – a shabby grey suit, it’s baggy pants supported by galluses; a rumpled white shirt, its collar too small to button; an old silk tie that dangled halfway down his… Read More ›
Caller to a South Carolina radio talk show, November 4, 1994
“The problem is, we’ve been telling women for the last twenty years that abortion is okay. But why is it okay to kill a baby in the womb, but not after it’s born? That’s confusing. Maybe Susan Smith just didn’t… Read More ›
Spending My Jury Cheque
My jury check finally arrived – Yaay! It cleared this week, so I have been spending, spending, spending. The first thing I bought was a Wii. It will technically belong to me to avoid any arguments, but I really bought… Read More ›
Gun Alley: Murder, Lies and Failure of Justice by Kevin Morgan
Opening Sentence:It is New Year’s Eve, 1921, the city of Melbourne, early morning. Synopsis:Gun Alley strips away the myths surrounding Australia’s infamous “schoolgirl murder” in the 1920s – not only exposing the travesty of justice that sent an innocent man… Read More ›
Never to be Released by Paul B. Kidd
Opening Sentence:This is a book about violent crime. Synopsis:’Never to be released‘. A rare recommendation reserved for the most vicious of killers. The mass murderers. The serial killers. The child murderers. Those who rape and kill in gangs. Killers like:… Read More ›
The Missing by Chris Mooney
Surprises around every corner, and a great storyline.
Dead Famous by Ben Elton
This isn’t the most brilliantly written book in the universe, but I’d say it’s worth taking a look.
Rafferty's Rules is Closing Down 