A psychologist is brutally murdered and crucified. Detective Jim ‘Biscuit’ Bonham is sent to investigate the murder and in doing so he unearths some long buried secrets. Tom Wright’s Blackbird is the sequel to his marvelous and haunting debut novel, What Dies In Summer. Blackbird is equally as engaging and affective with its great characterization, lyricalContinue reading “Recommended Read: Blackbird by Tom Wright”
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Top Five Crime Books Of 2012
Over at LUCA VESTE’S GUILTY CONSCIENCE, I’ve picked FIVE of my favourite crime novels of 2012. Pop over and have a gander to see what’s what.
Recommended Read: What Dies In Summer by Tom Wright
A long hot summer casts long dark shadows. And dark shadows hide pitch black secrets. And there are plenty of shadows cast over Biscuit, a teenage boy who lives with his grandmother. His father is dead and his mother is shacked up with a violent thug. And then his cousin arrives in a state ofContinue reading “Recommended Read: What Dies In Summer by Tom Wright”
Short, Sharp Interview: Tom Wright
PDB: Can you pitch What Dies In Summer in 25 words or less? A1: 25 words or less, hmm? Could be a tall order. Maybe a what-if: “What if confronting true evil to save what’s left of your family from a serial murderer is the easy part of coming into manhood?” PDB Which books, filmsContinue reading “Short, Sharp Interview: Tom Wright”