Author Archives: djpaterson

About djpaterson

Reader, Writer, Arithmeticer. Not always in that order.

Review: After He Died, by Michael J. Malone

Posted on Friday, 22 February, 2019

You need to know who your husband really was… When Paula Gadd’s husband of almost thirty years dies, just days away from the seventh anniversary of their son, Christopher’s death, her world falls apart. Grieving and bereft, she is stunned … Continue reading →

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Review: Dark Pines, by Will Dean

Posted on Saturday, 26 January, 2019

SEE NO EVIL Eyes missing, two bodies lie deep in the forest near a remote Swedish town. HEAR NO EVIL Tuva Moodyson, a deaf reporter on a small-time local paper, is looking for the story that could make her career. … Continue reading →

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Review: Trust Me, by Angela Clarke

Posted on Thursday, 24 January, 2019

YOU SAW IT HAPPEN. DIDN’T YOU? What do you do if you witness a crime…but no-one believes you? When Kate sees a horrific attack streamed live on her laptop, she calls the police in a state of shock. But when … Continue reading →

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Review: The Third Wave, by Karla Forbes

Posted on Friday, 18 January, 2019

Charles Morgan is a small operator in the vast computer technology industry but he has big ambitions. He borrows heavily from the Mafia to finance his dreams of becoming a big player but when he fails to make the expected … Continue reading →

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Review: Guarded Prognosis, by Richard L. Mabry MD

Posted on Friday, 28 December, 2018

When Dr. Caden Taggart saw the two men sitting in his waiting room, he didn’t think they were patients. He was right, and when they introduced themselves as agents of the Drug Enforcement Agency, things started to get bad. Then … Continue reading →

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Book Review: A Murder of Crows, by Ian Skewis

Posted on Tuesday, 18 December, 2018

  I listened to this on audiobook through http://www.audiobook.com, read by the author himself. Here’s the blurb: The most violent thunderstorm in living memory occurs above a sleepy village on the West Coast of Scotland. A young couple take shelter … Continue reading →

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Review: Don’t Make a Sound, by David Jackson

Posted on Monday, 12 November, 2018

You can’t choose your family. Or can you? Meet the Bensons. They’re an ordinary couple. They wash their car, mow their lawn and pass the time of day with their neighbours. And they have a beautiful little girl called Daisy. … Continue reading →

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