Books Book Review: Jan Carson’s latest short story collection is a sparkling joyQuickly, While They Still Have Horses reconfirms Carson’s status as one of the best writers on this island
Books Book Review: A love letter to The Blues Brothers, warts and allDaniel De Visé’s book charts the lives of the cult classic’s stars, as well as its chaotic production
Books Book Review: Until August is a pale shadow of the greatness of Gabriel Garcia Márquez The author wanted this book destroyed; his sons’ decision to publish it posthumously is a mistake
Books Book Review: Begorrah-isms aside, Tana French’s new thriller is a gripping readThe Hunter picks up where the writer’s 2022 novel The Searcher left off
Books Book Review: Essay collection on music soundtracks our lives hits all the right notesWhile it’s hard to capture the magic of music by writing about it, You Spin Me Round will have you reaching for albums that’ll relight memories
Books Book Review: An enjoyable smorgasbord of Victorian society, with a proper boo-hiss villain Story finds room for Victorian social history, questions about the press crossing lines and enjoyable portraits of characters
Book Review Book Review: Novella collection from the writer of The Wire will scratch a crime fiction itch Owning Up is a collection of four shortish novellas and the writer uses events from his life for material again in the second story, ‘The No-Knock’
Books Book review: A swashbuckling tale of shipwreck and scurvy that’s an essential readDavid Grann has form in bringing historical events to life, and
Books Book Review: Skilful character portraits make Colin Barrett’s debut novel a must-read A story that seamlessly blends dark humor and poignant emotions, abandoned dreams, and the lingering secrets of a small town that refuse to remain concealed.
Books Book review: An accomplished debut riffs on class and the ClassicsAncient Greeks with Dublin accents take centre stage in clever historical novel
Book review: Spy thriller Argylle has all the impact of a sock falling off a bedApple allegedly stumped up $200 million for the film rights, but this generic yarn fails to live up to the advance hype
Books Book review: Bosch and Haller are back in business in new Connelly blockbuster Resurrrection Walk, his 38th outing featuring the hardbitten former detective, just proves you can’t keep a good man down
Book Review Book review: Charlie Chaplin vs America is a marvellous celebration of a singular artistScott Eyman’s biography of the auteur of early cinema brings context and colour to The Tramp’s work and to the turning points that shaped his life
Books Book review: Twists aplenty in Jo Nesbo’s Kafka-esque revenge thriller The Night HouseNorwegian bestselling crime author Jo Nesbø wastes no time in ratcheting up the tension in latest horror inspired page turner
Books Book review: Naomi Alderman sees a lot of finger wagging in The FutureThe follow-up to her successful The Power works well as a techno thriller, as long as you can ignore the ‘moral of the story’ clanking along loudly in the background
Books Book review: No surprises, but The Secret sticks to Jack Reacher’s thrilling formula The latest Reacher novel was co-written by Lee Child’s younger brother James, and while not the best in the series it is still reliably entertaining
Book Review Book review: Michael Caine’s daft romp through Bond country gives credibility a good satisfying stretchebut novel from the A-list actor, doesn’t take itself at all seriously and is all the more enjoyable for that
Books Book review: Patrick Stewart's journey from spear-carrier to starship captainThe actor famous for straddling the line between Star Trek and Shakespeare comes across as likeable and modest in recounting his rags to riches life story
Books Book review: Paul Auster teases out tender pain of a beloved haunting not his best work, but nonetheless manages to be lyrical and gently inspiring
Books Book review: Space is a celebration of those who boldly go where precious few have gone beforeWritten by astronaut Tim Peake, this marvellous account conveys the thrill of one of our species’ most noble endeavours