Tag: thriller

A Glimpse of The World with Detectives

A Glimpse of The World with Detectives

Posted August 5, 2015 by @amanhimself in Book List, Books / 11 Comments

In the previous post, The World of Crime Fiction, I talked briefly about the origins of crime fiction. In this post I present you a list of detectives around the world. Ian Rankin’s John Rebus books set in Edinburgh are engrossing tales of a misanthropic policeman who solves crime ordinarily or extraordinarily committed. Set in Reykjavik,  Arnaldur Indridason’s Inspector Erlendur novels have the bleak setting, social realism and gentle pacing associated with Scandinavian noir.

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BOOK REVIEW: The Godfather by Mario Puzo

BOOK REVIEW: The Godfather by Mario Puzo

Posted June 1, 2015 by @amanhimself in Books, Reviews / 18 Comments

We all know about THE GODFATHER. The trilogy of movies, purely Italian, the director, and the performers. The famous book cover with the black background and a marionette puppet theme. The novel deals with a mob war fought between the Corleone family and the other four of the five Mafia families in New York. It is quite different from the movie. A glance upon the trilogy of the movie, reveals that the story of latter parts: The Godfather II and The Godfather III are completely different from the book. To have not read this book is a felony indeed. Mario Puzo’s THE GODFATHER is undoubtedly one of the great books written on organized crime and the Mafia. This book details the life of Don Vito Corleone and […]

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BOOK REVIEW: The Hanging Garden by Ian Rankin

BOOK REVIEW: The Hanging Garden by Ian Rankin

Posted March 25, 2015 by @amanhimself in Books, Crime & Mystery, Reviews / 0 Comments

The Hanging Garden by Ian Rankin is the ninth novel in John Rebus series. I have never felt that I should read Rankin’s Rebus series in chronological order. I feel, by starting in the middle, going straight back to the first of books and then steadily moving forward, is what works for both John Rebus and me. The novel opens on Guy Fawkes night as DI Rebus meets his daughter for a meal. As usual, Rebus is involved in the case of the alleged war criminal and lean about the crimes he may have committed. As Rebus investigates he researches the past and wonders about how it could have happened. There is never a doubt for me on picking a […]

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Book Review: Strip Jack by Ian Rankin

Book Review: Strip Jack by Ian Rankin

Posted February 7, 2015 by @amanhimself in Books, Crime & Mystery, Reviews / 0 Comments

Rebus’ life is full of twists and turns, some are the creation of his own actions along with jeopardising investigations he is often involved in. Strip Jack is another one of those. The depth Rankin bestows in his character is enchanting. Rankin’s words complete Rebus. They’re companionship is brawny. Without one of them, I cannot imagine other one’s world. I have read more than half of the books published under John Rebus’ series and this one is a masterpiece. If you ask me, why? For the reason that I have never seen any of the Rankin’s story to start and end at equal levels so astonishingly. The story begins with a police operation. Raiding a brothel in a relatively high-class […]

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You think surviving on Earth is a challenge, how about Mars?

You think surviving on Earth is a challenge, how about Mars?

Posted November 6, 2014 by @amanhimself in Books, Reviews, science fiction / 0 Comments

The Martian by Andy Weir My rating: 5 of 5 stars “You think surviving on Earth is a challenge, how about Mars?” Labeled as a “survival thriller“, imagine Robinson Crusoe on Mars? It’s a tale of a man trying to endure alone on the incredibly inhospitable planet of Mars. But it’s not the tension of survival that makes Andy Weir’s debut novel brilliant, it’s the humor. In the middle of nowhere, Mark Watney, a botanist and a mechanical engineer, without his crew who were forced by a dust storm to leave him behind, thinking he was dead, wakes up some time later to find himself stranded on Mars with a limited supply of food and no way to communicate with […]

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SAINTS OF THE SHADOW BIBLE by IAN RANKIN- A BOOK REVIEW

SAINTS OF THE SHADOW BIBLE by IAN RANKIN- A BOOK REVIEW

Posted January 31, 2014 by @amanhimself in Books, Crime & Mystery, Reviews / 0 Comments

There is no doubt why Ian Rankin is one of the best crime fiction writer in all over Britain. And Certainly John Rebus is the “Sherlock Holmes” of modern crime fiction. Or I should say in clear words, certainly the best detective of modern crime fiction. The enigma which surrounds John Rebus is the essence a reader reading Rebus must feel. And Ian Rankin maintains that enigma, that aroma of mysteriousness consistently. He is doing for past 19 books. Not one Rebus I read, and felt discomfort. This is an art and Rankin is the master of this art of consistency in storytelling. I was once disappointed and sad when I read Exit Music which was once the last book […]

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BOOK REVIEW: THE NAME OF THE WIND BY PATRICK ROTHFUSS

BOOK REVIEW: THE NAME OF THE WIND BY PATRICK ROTHFUSS

Posted December 16, 2013 by @amanhimself in Books, Reviews / 0 Comments

They say, writers should write what they love and Patrick Rothfuss seems to do so. He love stories. Telling them is one thing but to live and tell them is astonishing. And how a writer can live in the stories?… By his imagination. Imagination is infinite. You certainly don’t have to pay for it. It is legal to use. And it’s the best thing a human has got, I believe.  The Name of the Wind . At first, I never wanted to read it. But then, when strongly recommended by one of my friend, I borrowed his copy and read it. Now I can say, I can’t wait to read the second.  The Name of the Wind  introduce us to Kvothe, a figure which is hard […]

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BOOK REVIEW: MISTRESS by JAMES PATTERSON & DAVID ELLIS

BOOK REVIEW: MISTRESS by JAMES PATTERSON & DAVID ELLIS

Posted September 19, 2013 by @amanhimself in Books, Crime & Mystery, Reviews / 0 Comments

This was my seventh James Patterson’s book and I would say he writes better when he is not co-authoring. There were times when I read his Alex Cross‘ series or Women’s Mystery Club series and when I read his Private series or the Mistress. The difference would be in front of you. The difference is like between the day and the night. This fact may be true that he has sold more than combining Stephen King, Dan Brown and John Grisham, also, 19 consecutive No. 1 New York Times bestselling novels, and holds The New York Times record for most bestselling hardcover fiction titles by a single author but books like Mistress, it feels gone are those days when James Patterson was a real Page turner. It is just not […]

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