Still Missing: Chevy Stevens
‘Compulsive page turner’ is a bit of a cliche but boy, does it apply to Chevy Stevens STILL MISSING. I have to confess that when I first picked up the book, thinking Chevy was a male writer, I didn’t really feel he’d captured the female…
The Chosen: Arlene Hunt
On a hot summer’s day in the sleepy American town of Rockville, Jessie Conway, a teacher at the local high school, notices a car driving slowly around the school grounds. Twenty minutes later Jessie is fighting for her life and Rockville is plunged into living…
The Affair: Lee Child
There are a few masters of the crime thriller, and Lee Child is one of them. The Affair is his 16th novel, and takes us right back to where Reacher began, to six months before his first smash hit novel The Killing Floor which won…
Grid Lock: Sean Black
If you like Lee Child’s Jack Reacher, you’ll love Sean Black’s ex Royal Marine investigator turned personal protection expert Ryan Lock. He has a similar background to Reacher, but unlike Lee Child’s creation, Ryan Lock doesn’t work alone. Lock has a business partner Ty –…
The Silent Girl: Tess Gerritsen
All day I have been watching the girl. What an impressive opening line…the best crime starts with a great hook, and this one drags you straight in by the hair. When a hand is found in a Chinatown alley in downtown Boston, Geritsen’s brilliant detective Jane Rizzoli…
Taken: Niamh O’Connor
I loved Niamh O’Connor’s first novel If I Never See You Again, was left frantically trying to finish it at the heart stopping ending – so I was really looking forward to what happend next to the ballsy DI Jo Birmingham. But I really wasn’t…
Carte Blanche: Jeffery Deaver
What Deaver says: ‘In the world of espionage, giving an agent carte blanche on a mission comes with an enormous amount of trust and constantly tests both personal and professional judgement. Part of the nonstop suspense in the novel is the looming question of what…
Only Time Will Tell: Jeffery Archer
“The Clifton Chronicles” is a multi-generational family saga, from the epic master storyteller. “The Clifton Chronicles” is Jeffrey Archer’s most ambitious work in four decades as an international bestselling author. The epic tale of Harry Clifton’s life begins in 1920, with the chilling words, ‘I…
Plugged: Eoin Colfer
Dan, an Irishman who’s ended up in New Jersey, finds himself embroiled in a world of murder, kidnapping and corrupt cops. Dan works as a bouncer in a seedy club, half in love with hostess Connie. When Connie is murdered on the premises, a vengeful…
Live Wire: Harlen Coben
Over the years, Myron Bolitar has walked a tight rope between sports agent, friend, problem solver and private eye, his big heart quick to defend his clients’ interests so fiercely that he can’t help but jump in to save them, no matter the cost to…
Matterhorn: Ken Marlentes
Fire Support Base Matterhorn: a fortress carved out of the grey-green mountain jungle. Cold monsoon clouds wreath its mile-high summit, concealing a battery of 105-mm howitzers surrounded by deep bunkers, carefully constructed fields of fire and the 180 marines of Bravo Company. Just three kilometres…
Bloodline: Brian O’Connor
The world of Irish horse racing is a relatively fresh and original setting for novel-writing but as Brian O’Connor shows in Bloodline – his exciting fictional debut – it is the ideal setting for a thrilling murder mystery. O’Connor is a well respected racing journalist…
If I Never See You Again: Niamh O’Connor
The Detective – Meet Jo Birmingham. Single mum, streetwise detective, and spiky as hell. Recently promoted, she is one of the few female detective superintendents on the Dublin police force. But with a failed marriage behind her and two young sons at home, trying to…
About Sam Blake
Sam Blake is Vanessa O'Loughlin's alter ego. When she isn't reading or writing crime fiction, Vanessa runs the Irish writing resources website www.writing.ie and brings best selling authors to Inkwell Writers Workshops to guide and inspire aspiring writers. Vanessa is PRO for Irish PEN. As Sam Blake, Vanessa gets to do what she enjoys most - write! Find out more about Sam Blake...
