Medical research is at the heart of the novel. AJ Cook’s expertise brought plausible medical science to life in what would otherwise be a story of strictly fiction. Both of us are life-long learners, always curious about the why behind the what, and the depth of the characters echoes thi...
MESH – a fast-paced Middle-Grade SciFi Thriller the vein ofSpy SchoolandSeventh Grade vs the Galaxy.As a middle-grade scifi novel, MESH gives, empowering STEM and positive visions – a vital contrast to prevalent dystopian narratives. If you need an optimistic, action-packed sci-fi happily...
Before I begin the review, I’d like to mention that one of the first books that really moved me as a reader (and actually made me want to write my own novel) was the psychological-thriller called Beneath the Skin, by Nicci French. I had immediately been drawn to the dark and frighte...
I’m roughly 10k words into the new Project StrikeForce novel, Pandora’s Box. I’ve already scrapped about 15k words. The plot has shifted and evolved until it’s something completely different than what I started with. I’ve had this happen before, but never this badly. On the positive...
I’m roughly 10k words into the new Project StrikeForce novel, Pandora’s Box. I’ve already scrapped about 15k words. The plot has shifted and evolved until it’s something completely different than what I started with. I’ve had this happen before, but never this badly. On the ...
Part family drama, part tragic love story, The Real Michael Swann is a deftly plotted suspense novel with an unflinching portrait of a marriage at its heart, challenging us to confront the unthinkable–both in our country and in our own homes. “Reardon masterfully delivers an intimate, heart...
The most iconic image of Donald Sutherland’s career is a spoiler. To describe it would risk giving away more than the uninitiated might want to know about Invasion of the Body Snatchers, Philip Kaufman’s 1978 adaptation of the Jack Finney novel about extraterrestrial imposters out to replace...
How I Have Used This Word? When I wrote my first mystery novelThe NoteI used letters and notes as a way to drive the story forward. The letters also did not show a distinct ‘postmark’which made it hard for both of my detectives to trace where they have come from. Other than this...
Advertisement “Clear and Present Danger” is the third Tom Clancy novel about CIA analyst Jack Ryan to be adapted to the screen, and the second time Ford, director Phillip Noyce, cinematographer Donald M. McAlpine and other key members of the cast and crew have been involved, and the pract...
If you have ever hankered after joining the SAS and you like books about hardcas Ant Middleton’s previous self-help books have mostly been self-congratulatory exercises in money-making, and now this book is his first foray into novel writing。 This is a very formulaic thriller - lone wolf...