Below are 5 more suggested reads, just in case you still have no idea what to read next. There are so very many excellent books out there. And so very many adventures we can get in on, just by riding our armchairs!
The Stone Seekers by Jack Tyler
Jack Tyler is one of those writers who just doesn’t write fast enough for me. Doggone it. Nor is he a prolific writer. Double doggone it. He has but four books published and a short story in an anthology. I own them all.
My favorite is his epic fantasy novel The Stone Seekers. It is refreshingly different. No Tolkien pastiche here! And like any epic fantasy novel, it has a quest, high adventure, and larger than life villains. What makes this novel memorable, is the world building and the superb storytelling.
Tyler gives you a good story. A story that will take you places you’ve never been, with fascinating travel companions.
Get this book. Heck, get all of his books. They’re worth it.
Daguerreotype by Ray Zacek
I do not remember when I ran into Ray Zacek. Most likely it was on Twitter or Facebook. I do not know him even though we follow each other on Twitter and are friends on Facebook. We’ve never chatted.
However, what I do know is this: he is one heck of a good writer. I don’t own all of his work — yet. But I’m working on it. He’s that good.
He writes horror, sci-fi, dark comedy, humor, crime, and satire. And it’s all superb.
Daguerreotype is a tale of terror. A tale about greed and its unfortunate consequences. And like all of the Zacek stories I’ve read, it’s riveting.
Very highly recommended.
The Peach Widow by Zara Altair
Zara Altair writes historical mysteries set in Ostrogoth Italy after the fall of Rome. Her sleuth, Argolicus (who was a real person, by the way), is a retired civil servant with a knack for solving murders in a time and place where murder wasn’t a crime!
The Argolicus series of four (and counting) mysteries is well worth your time. A good way to pass a lazy afternoon, or the ride on the bus or train to work.
The research and storytelling bring this little known era to life.
So if you like history, or want to learn some history, and have fun doing so, and like mystery, then pick up these time machines and step into another world.
Good stuff be here!
Off Grid by Simon Osborne
To my knowledge, this is Mr Osborne’s sole offering — and it’s a good one.
Not quite a post-apocalyptic cozy catastrophe, it’s still close enough to get my attention.
Aliens come to earth and take over. The humans that remain are being hunted to extinction. And the pockets of survivors that remain are doing their best to avoid their decreed fate.
The story focuses on truck driver Harry Lennard and his quest to stay off grid, thereby avoiding the aliens, and to try and make a life for himself minus his family, who appear to have been killed in the attack.
The book is told well. Mr Osborne is a natural storyteller.
If post-apocalyptic fiction is your thing, Off Grid is definitely for you. If you like a tale of survival and adventure, then you’ve found your cup of tea in Off Grid. Good reading be here!
A Very English Mystery series by Elizabeth Edmondson
I am a committed indie author/publisher and a dedicated indie author reader. In fact, as a writer, I’m anti-traditional publishing. As a reviewer, I rarely review traditionally published books. As a reader, I very rarely buy new traditionally published books. I will buy them used.
However, the late Elizabeth Edmondson so impressed me with her Very English Mystery series, that even though it’s published by Amazon’s Thomas & Mercer imprint, I though I’d give it a shoutout here.
There are actually four books in the series. The novella, A Youthful Indiscretion, fits into the series between books one and two.
I grew up in the Cold War. The 1950s (the time period of the books) was a time when we tried to carry on life as normal, even though there was the underlying fear an atom bomb was going to blast us into oblivion.
Ozzie and Harriet were on TV, while we practiced hiding under our desks at school and read our civil defense manuals on how to build and stock a bomb shelter in the basement. The Red threat was on everyone’s mind, and we chanted Better Dead than Red.
Ms Edmondson captured the era perfectly in her books.
The series revolves around Hugo and Freya and their involvement with murder in the town of Selchester.
The atmosphere is much like an Agatha Christie or Patricia Wentworth novel, and packs the punch of a good spy thriller.
An excellent series. One well worth your time and money.
Comments are always welcome! And until next time, happy reading!
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