Fast-paced and imaginative with whip-crack exchanges of dialogue, this is a great cross-genre read, mixing sci-fi with humour and romance
Category Archives: Adventure story
No Matter What by Kevin Coll
A thriller which spans many things – love, terrorism, secrets, promises, espionage – all propelled by a meeting that might never happen
The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde
Meet Thursday Next, literary detective and a female to be reckoned with, intelligent, resourceful and poised
When the Darkness Swallowed the Sun by Robin Newbold
Dark, tense, violent, the backpacker’s mecca of Thailand broods blackly as Dan, a reporter, investigates two brutal killings on an island
Alice in Mullah Land by Amir H. Taheri
A thought-provoking book for our times, dressed up in a parody of a classic story, acting allegorically to show the fight against oppression
Rooftoppers by Katherine Rundell
Wonderful storytelling about an orphaned girl, a trip to Paris and a secret world of rooftops and their inhabitants
The Iron Man by Ted Hughes
A modern fairy tale where a potential destroyer becomes a hero through understanding and communication
Unmitigated Greed by Mark A. Gagnon
An international thriller, pacy and well-plotted with twists to keep you guessing and characters to root for
Breakfast of Superheroes (1st book in the Cockroach the Superhero series) by Steve Frederick
The origin story of an unlikely superhero called Cockroach aka Kyle Alexander, an ordinary schoolboy who finds a magic ring…
The New Wilderness by Diane Cook
A project takes people back to nature and a nomadic lifestyle but is this going to be the idyll they think it will be?
Scuffed Granny 