Storm Prey – John Sandford Buried Prey – John Sandford
October Skies – Alex Scarrow
I wasn’t sure about this one but it grew on me in the end. A historical mystery – loosely inspired by the Donner Party – with a faint touch of the supernatural.
Last Light – Alex Scarrow Afterlight – Alex Scarrow
I’ve always been fascinated by post-apocalyptic stories and these were among some of the best I’ve read. And made much more frightening for the fact that the cause of the end of the world as we know it – a sudden, abrupt loss of the world’s oil supply – seems all too real these days and easy to imagine. Especially when coupled with early scenes of an ordinary family going about their business - mum going for job interview, daughter at uni - which were all too easy to relate to and identify with.
Definitely one to make you think as you read with the TV news warbling in the background about world economic collapse via the Eurozone.
LabRat
Athos: If you'd told us what you were doing, we might have been able to plan this properly. Aramis: Yes, sorry. Athos: No, no, by all means, let's keep things suicidal.
