Book Review: Hidden Pictures By Jason Rekulak

 Even though I had never heard about this Author before,  I still gave this one a try as the online reviews were largely positive. I am so glad that I picked this one up , as it turned out to be a genuinely good read. The scares did work big time and...

Read More

Book Review: Peter Swanson's Every Vow You Break

 I had read three of Peter Swanson’s previous works (The Kind Worth Killing, Her Every Fear, All the Beautiful Lies and Nine Lives) and except for the last one, I found them to be fairly entertaining, fast paced reads. So, when I came across ‘Every Vow You Break’ in an online sale, I couldn’t resist buying it. The cover design was kind of attractive...

Read More

Book Review: The Tenant by Freida Mcfadden

 I am a great fan of Freida Mcfadden and I have read almost everything written by her till date (including her kindle works). Though known for fast paced reads, I must confess that her last few works didn't impress me much. Crash was a crashing bore and the...

Read More

ചുവന്ന കല്ലറ (റോബിൻ റോയ് )

 മലയാളത്തിൽ ക്രൈം ഫിക്ഷൻ എഴുതാൻ ശ്രമിക്കുന്നയാളെന്ന നിലയിൽ ശ്രദ്ധയിൽപ്പെടുന്ന , പല ഭാഷകളിലായുള്ള ക്രൈം ഫിക്ഷൻ രചനകൾ തേടിപ്പിടിച്ച് വായിക്കാൻ ശ്രമിക്കാറുണ്ട് . ഇൻസ്റ്റാ റീലുകൾ കണ്ട് ശ്രദ്ധിച്ച , നവാഗതനായ റോബിൻ റോയ്  എഴുതിയ 'ചുവന്ന കല്ലറ ' എന്ന നോവൽ വായനയ്ക്കായി...

Read More

Book Review: Suicide Med by Freida Mcfadden

 I am such a huge fan of Freida Mcfadden that I will read literally anything written by her.So I couldn't resist picking it up when I stumbled across this one (which is her thriller debut and had first released almost a decade back only to get it a re-edit...

Read More

Book Review: ‘ഫ്രൈഡേ ഫോറെൻസിക് ക്ലബ്' (രജത് ആർ)

ഡോ രജത് ആർ എഴുതി ഇതിനോടകം തന്നെ വായനക്കാരുടെ പ്രിയപ്പെട്ടതായി തീർന്ന പുസ്തകമാണ് ‘ഫ്രൈഡേ ഫോറെൻസിക് ക്ലബ്’ . എഴുത്തുകാരന്റെ ആദ്യ നോവലായ ഒന്നാം ഫോറെൻസിക്ക് അദ്ധ്യായത്തിലെ പ്രധാന കഥാപാത്രമായ ഡോ അരുൺ ബാലൻ ഐ പി എസ് വീണ്ടും വരുന്ന നോവൽ എന്ന വിശേഷണവുമായി എത്തിയ നോവൽ മൂന്ന്...

Read More

Book Review: Do Not Disturb By Freida Mcfadden

 It’s another Sunday and I am back with Yet another Freida Mcfadden. ‘Do Not Distrub’ is one of the earlier works of Freida which has got a Paperback version recently and I couldn’t help picking this one up as soon as it got released. This one is more of...

Read More

Book Review: ഛായാ മരണം

 നാലഞ്ച് വർഷങ്ങൾക്ക് മുൻപ് പുറത്തിറങ്ങുകയും പരിമിതമായ വായന ലഭിക്കുകയും ചെയ്ത ലിറ്ററെറി മിസ്റ്ററി നോവലാണ് ഛായാ മരണം. ഒരു ഐ ടി കമ്പനിയിൽ സംഭവിക്കുന്ന ഒരു തിരോധനം /മരണവും അതിനെ ചുറ്റിപ്പറ്റിയുള്ള അന്വേഷണവും ഒക്കെയാണ് പ്രധാന കഥാതന്തുവെങ്കിലും പ്രധാന കഥാപാത്രങ്ങളായ സിദ്ധാർത്ഥൻ, അരുണിമ, സിസിലി എന്നിവരുടെ relationship dynamics കൂടി പ്രധാന കഥയോളം തന്നെ...

Read More

Book Review: Reels By Berly Thomas

  രണ്ടായിരങ്ങളുടെ ആദ്യ പാദം മുതലുള്ള ഒന്നര ദശാബ്ദത്തോളം കാലം ബ്ലോഗുലകത്തിലെ സൂപ്പർ സ്റ്റാറായിരുന്നു ബെർളി തോമസ്. പിൽകാലത്ത് അദ്ദേഹം ബ്ലോഗ് എഴുത്തു നിർത്തിയെങ്കിലും പത്ര പ്രവർത്തകൻ എന്ന നിലയിലും, നോവലിസ്റ്റ് എന്ന നിലയിലും അദ്ദേഹം സജീവമായിരുന്നു. അദ്ദേഹത്തിന്റെ...

Read More

Book Review: The Perfect Son By Freida Mcfadden

 The Perfect Son is a generic thriller from Freida Mcfadden.The book was originally released in kindle a few years back and is out on paperback now.A mother trying to save her son who is accused for a murder is a pretty much generic thriller trope. Though...

Read More

Book Review: Do You Remember by Freida Mcfadden

 'Do You Remember ?' is yet another generic thriller by Freida Mcfadden and after reading this one I can confidently say that there aren't many like Freida  who can consistently deliver fast paced pop- corn reads even from the most derivative plot lines!Do...

Read More

2024: The best Crime Fiction Reads of the Year

 It's that time of the year where we reminisce about the best and the worst of the year gone by. This is my year ended list of the year's best thriller reads of the year gone by .(Some of the books in this list released in the previous years, it's just that...

Read More

Book Review : My Lovely Wife, Samantha Downing

 My Lovely Wife by Samantha Downing was a best seller when it released a couple of years back. This one is supposed to be a domestic suspense thriller with a twist (if the endorsement on it's cover is anything to go by!).Millicent and her husband are married...

Read More

Book Review: Yellow Face by R.F Kuang

 Yellow Face by R.F Kuang, the latest international best-seller is an interesting novel which tells the story of Juniper Song(June Hayward), a white author who steals and rewrites an unpublished Novel by her deceased Asian- American Author friend , to become...

Read More

Book Review: Thiruvananthapuram Crime Kadhakal by Adarsh Madhavankutty

 Thiruvananthapuram Crime Kadhakal ‘ by Adarsh Madhavankutty is an anthology of eight crime stories which are set in Thiruvananthapuram district. The stories feature Manudev, a rookie Police informer, who helps the investigating officers in unsolved cases.As...

Read More

Book Review:The Coworker by Freida Mcfadden

 The Co-worker by Freida Mcfadden is the kind of book that can be read in one sitting.I devoured this fast paced thriller during a two hour long flight and I must say confess that I enjoyed reading this one.Natalie and Dawn are coworkers in Vixed, an MNC...

Read More

Book Review: The Teacher by Freida Mcfadden

 It’s Sunday again and I picked up yet another Freida Mcfadden.‘The Teacher’ is the author’s first release of the year and like her previous works , this one is also an edge-of-the-seat popcorn thriller. Eve Bennett is the Maths teacher at the local high...

Read More

Book Review: 1980 by Anver Abdulla

 Though Anver Abdulla is an accomplished name in Malayalam Detective fiction (he has given us some genuinely memorable detective Novels like Compartment and Onnaam Saakshi Sethuramaiyyer), not many know that he is also a screenwriter and Director. The writer’s...

Read More

Book Review: Sakhaavu by T.Padmanabhan

 Prakaasham Parathunna Penkutty was one of the first short stories in Malayalam I read in my lifetime. If my memory is correct, the story was there in the Malayalam curriculum of Kerala State Syllabus in sixth or seventh grade. T Padmanaabhan’s Sakhaavu, published by Mathrubhumi Books, is the compilation of his ten latest short stories. The book...

Read More

The Ten Notable Books of 2022

  It's that time of the year when everyone is scribbling down their year-ender lists, and not wanting to be left too far behind, out of the 80-odd books read in the past year, I also managed to compile my list of the best of the year gone by. (Opinions,...

Read More