Janey Devine, is a 12 year-old working-class girl in nineteen seventy nine Glasgow, who happens upon the body of a murdered woman- and must face an insular community desperate for answers, as well as herself. If it hadn’t been for her wee stupid dog, Sid Vicious, Janey might never have stumbled upon the corpse of Samantha Watson. And then maybe she’d still be able to sleep at night. And maybe her nana wouldn’t be so worried all the time. And maybe Billy “The Ghost” Watson, a notorious gangster, wouldn’t be on her tail- for it’s Billy’s daughter who was left … Continue reading Janey’s innocent candor

James Lee Burke, now in his nineteeth year, the elder statesman of US crime-writing’s greatest creation. Louisiana bayou, iconic detective Dave Robicheaux, returns to investigate the death of an unidentified woman, pulling him into a vortex of corruption and violence. When a cloaked, disfigured man leaves a dead woman in a garbage bag on Dave Robicheaux’s property, he knows his world and family are about to change.  Robicheaux has already appeared in his 25th full length novel since 1987’s The Neon Rain- remains a beguiling and brilliant character. With Valerie Benoit a detective new to the Iberia Parish Sheriff’s Department who is … Continue reading Confronting evil both past and present

David McCloskey, former CIA analyst and best-selling author, takes readers deep into the shadow war between Iran and Israel. Kamran Esfahani, a dentist living out a dreary existence in Stockholm, agrees to spy for the Mossad after he’s recruited by Arik Glitzman, the chief of a clandestine unit tasked with running targeted assassinations and sabotage inside Iran. At Glitzman’s direction, Kam returns to his native Tehran and opens a dental practice there, using it as a cover for the Israeli intelligence agency. Kam proves to be a skilful asset, quietly earning money helping Glitzman smuggle weapons, run surveillance, and conduct … Continue reading Vengeance, deceit and the power of love and forgiveness in a world of lies

Rob Doyle the Irish author’s fictional novel, in episode one  we get a perky book-world send ups and downs of creative life. It takes the form of a vertiginous hall of mirrors on gazillion-selling Dublin, novelist Ren Duka, who has unexpected, runaway international success with a prolific series of auto fictional novels. What begins as a playful satire on literary ambition and the chaos of our times expands into a dazzling, polyphonic odyssey that challenges the border between fiction and reality. As the Ren Duka novels race outwards in widening circles of influence, we encounter Dina Tatangelo, cult novelist of … Continue reading Metafictional reflections