Categorie: american writers
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The Plant
https://stephenking.com/works/other-project/plant-zenith-rising.html Review: The little publisher of horrors A publisher of a small New York publishing house is sent a manuscript about magic and demonic infestations. Included with the manuscript are pictures that are very disturbing, among them a picture where a man is sacrificed. John Kenton, editor for Zenith House, is appalled by the manuscript…
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De Martiniclub 1. De spionne
https://www.thehouseofbooks.com/boek/2939/tess-gerritsen-de-spionne.html Review: Spionnendorp Maggie Bird verliet zestien jaar eerder haar job als spionne bij de CIA, na een mislukte missie, en vestigde zich in het kustplaatsje Purity in de staat Maine waar ze een rustig leventje als eenzame boerin leidt. Maar haar verleden zou haar wel eens kunnen inhalen. Op een dag wordt op haar…
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The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires
https://www.awbruna.nl/boek/thrillers/grady-hendrix/the-southern-bookclubs-guide-to-slaying-vampires/ Review: Beter een goed buur… Mt. Pleasant, Charleston, South Carolina is waar dit verhaal zich afspeelt, in de eerste helft van de jaren negentig, in een rustige residentiële wijk waar de mannen belangrijke jobs hebben en de vrouwen thuisblijven om voor de kinderen en het huishouden te zorgen. Eens om de zoveel tijd komen…
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Carrie
https://www.hachette.co.uk/titles/stephen-king-3/carrie/9781444764352/ Review: Hell hath no fury When asked what book have you read the most in your life… my answer will be ‘Carrie’ by Stephen King. I actually lost count but I think this was the sixth time (or was it seventh?) I read it. And every single time I just know I will love…
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The Haunting of Hill House
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/311814/the-haunting-of-hill-house-by-shirley-jackson-series-editor-guillermo-del-toro/ Review: Welcome to Hill House My review will be in English because I read it in English although it was chosen by someone in our bookclub for October where most of the people will read it in a Dutch translation. Let me begin by saying that I read it a first time 21 years…
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The Life of Chuck
https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Life-of-Chuck/Stephen-King/9781668208786 Review: Dancing with Chuck In a world that is crumbling down, internet and electricity are failing and where humanity has not long to go, Marty Anderson needs to find a way to keep going. But a strange thing is happening… everywhere a message is shown: “Charles Krantz, 39 great years. Thanks, Chuck!”. It’s on…
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Aan het einde van de wereld
https://www.boekerij.nl/producten/aan-het-einde-van-de-wereld-9789402311495 Review: Weg van de beschaving In augustus werd ‘Aan het einde van de wereld’ gekozen door de boekenclub en oorspronkelijk dacht ik dat ik niet mee zou doen en was ik ervan overtuigd dat dit geen boek voor mij zou zijn. Maar ik liet me meeslepen in het enthousiasme van enkele van de leden…
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Robert Hunter 10. Hunting Evil
https://www.simonandschuster.co.uk/books/Hunting-Evil/Chris-Carter/9781471179556 Review: Evil Incarnate Before starting this review I would like to point out that there might be some spoilers for the sixth novel in the Robert Hunter series, An evil Mind. It is highly recommended you read that book before this one! At the end of the previous Robert Hunter thriller, Gallery of the…
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Robert Hunter 9. Gallery of the Dead
https://www.simonandschuster.co.uk/books/Gallery-of-the-Dead/Chris-Carter/9781471156366 Review: Murder as an Art The LAPD’s Ultraviolet Crime Unit is called upon a new murder scene, so gruesome that even the local LAPD cops never experienced anything like this. Linda Parker was killed, her hands and feet cut off and her body skinned while the room was ‘painted’ in her blood. Robert Hunter…
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Robert Hunter 8. The Caller
https://www.simonandschuster.co.uk/books/The-Caller/Chris-Carter/9781471156328 Review: Ring, Ring, how are you doing? Detectives Robert Hunter and Carlos Garcia of the LAPD special section, the UVC unit, are back in their eight crime novel and this time it’s not safe to pick up the phone anymore! When Robert gets a call about a new murder victim him and his partner…
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