Great fun - 4 star

Buzzards Edge is not a place you might want to visit, but it is a wild ride where you can meet vampires, wizards, hard nosed cowboys, bad men with blackness in their hearts and all wrapped up in an amazing weird western theme under the relentless heartless sun…..”Paranoia stemming from dehydration and the ceaseless Arizona heat”……” A nowhere town baking under the desert sun”.....The scene is set by our 2 mysterious narrators: hyena and his buddy buzzard and the fast moving stories with an evil theme all take place…”in the desert, everything is monotony and doom. No matter how quickly you move, the land stills around you”.....Wonderful stuff and highly recommended.

A thoughtful blend of horror and history - 5 star

Charlie Briggs, con man, thief, and occasional murderer when the situation arises, has left London to gain a little respite from those who would harm him, and has arrived in the quiet town of Petersfield. Always on the lookout for something of value he can steal and launder through his underworld contacts, he is drawn to a rare book shop…..”The smell of books came wafting from every corner of the shop. The sweet musk of old volumes lovingly bound in soft leather”....By chance he identifies a first edition of “The Art of War” by Sun Tzu which had belonged to a young man called Arthur Richards, presented to him by his father on his 18th birthday. Arthur was yet another sacrificial lamb in the senseless slaughter of innocents that was WW1. True to his vocation Charlie steals the book, knowing that this is the key to his fortune, and his future,  but unfortunately for him this simple act of theft opens his mind to all the horrors, death, and indiscriminate use of mustard gas that was WW1…..”Yet somehow Charlie couldn’t shake the chill that closed around his bones and bit deep. His fear took shape, manifesting as a yellow fog that rolled in from the narrow alleyways and enveloped the gaslights. He’d seen that fog before, and he knew what it meant. He forced his aching feet on faster fighting the urge to look over his shoulder”....

The background of the 1st world war is perfect material to showcase horror.Those who fought everyday, and indeed died, endured and witnessed the most diabolic acts forever imprinted on their minds, never to recover. Charlie Briggs by his selfless act of theft and total lack of respect will soon be drawn into the bloody conflict there to see and experience the short life of Arthur, and live to regret his action, and his greed which will be repaid in full. This is a book that is suitable to both teenagers and adults, as the author brilliantly encompasses an edge of the seat horror story with the terror of young men trapped in mud filled trenches, mown down by machine gun fire, their bodies forever maimed by the barbaric use of chemical warfare. Highly recommended.

An average book with an interesting theme - 3 star

Claire Meadows, married for 30 years, now at the age of 92 looks back on her life after her husband died. It would appear that during her marriage there was little love between her loyal but equally boring husband. As soon as he dies she decides party.... chasing an active and fulfilling sex life. She is now free to discover herself and prove that older women can enjoy life and be in control of their body at any age. An average book with a interesting theme.