30 SECOND REVIEWS

Rich Hawkins tale of a soldier return home from the horrors of war to face even more horror on his parents doorstep, is a strong allegorical tale, that reads like an dark and twisted adult fairytale. Strong characterisation and descriptive passages bring the book to life, and it is only the stories slight rushed narrative, resulting from a larger story struggling against the  restrains of the short length of this novelette prevents it from being an instant classic.  
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A frantic chase thriller in the mould of Giallo films you say?  Surely there is only one man up to the task of pulling this off.  Thankfully they got the right man.  John Llewellyn Probert's Knife to Skin is a non stop thrilling who dunnit, with an organic bygone feel to it is a pure joy to read.  Murder, extramarital affairs and family secrets all combine for a stylish and compelling story in this perfectly paced thriller.  

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This could so easily have been a mess a retcon of one of H P Lovecraft's most overtly racist short stories, but thanks to the wonderfully intelligent and lyric writing style of Lavalle, The Ballad of Red Rock becomes a story that breaks out of the trappings of its source material to become a thought provoking discourse on the themes and thoughts that have seen Lovecraft fall from grace.  A cosmic tale of horror that makes us look closely at ourselves as much as it fills is with wonder.  

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