Peter Swanson

Reviews

Books

The Amnesiac by Sam Taylor

[13.Aug.08] :. An intricately plotted, existential thriller like a house of cards -- one in which readers would be more than happy to linger.

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The Narcissist's Daughter by Craig Holden

[2.Jul.08] :. One of the better literary thrillers I’ve read in a long while, a revenge tale that twists into a well-constructed edge-of-your- sofa-cushion murder story.

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Comics

The Mammoth Book of Best Horror Comics by Peter Normanton (Editor)

[10.Jun.08] :. This will whet your appetite for more disturbing tales from the halcyon days before the Comics Code came along.

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The Black Lizard Big Book of Pulps by

[22.Feb.08] :. The good stories are terrific reads and the not-so-good stories are never dull.

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Books

The Late Hector Kipling by David Thewlis

[5.Feb.08] :. I was so annoyed with Hector’s inability to make a single mature decision that I was glad when he became a monster and the blood started splattering.

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