Ordinary Thunderstorms by William Boyd

This novel is a thriller and a great read. It also explores the idea of identity. The main character, Adam Kindred, has returned to England after a failed marriage and a number of years living abroad. While in a cafe after a job interview he strikes up a conversation with Philip Wang. Through a series of events over which Adam has little control, he becomes implicated in Wang's murder.
Adam becomes a fugitive: hunted by the police as a suspect in the murder and by the actual murderer as a possible witness to the crime. Adam chooses to survive by going underground. He becomes one of London's homeless and takes on a series of new identities as he tries to find why Phillip Wang was killed and by whom.
If you enjoyed Restless I think you will enjoy and appreciate this latest novel by William Boyd.

No country for old men

No country for old men by Cormac McCarthy,

I have seen the movie and now I have read the book. Whew. What a thriller. Chigurh is beyond any assassin anywhere. Moss is Joe Average who we hope will make it and Bell is the cop trying to save him. It is written on a number of levels. What hope for society with characters like Chigurh and the other criminals mentioned in this book. Cormac McCarthy's style of writing is sparse but it is done with feeling.
I am now going to seek out all of Cormac McCarthy's novels.
The road and No country for old men are both well written, fast paced and thought provoking.

Read them I say

Nick

Dark Echo

Dark Echo by F.G. Cottam

This a good old fashioned supernatural thriller. Similar to early James Herbert. It has its heroes and its evil bad guy who is still around because of black magic. A few things irked me though. Sir Peter Blake is a New Zealander not an Australian and Suzanne would never have been able to bribe the staff member to take the original archive material. Still I enjoyed it. The best part of these stories are always the beginning when you don't know whats going to happen. Martin and Suzanne were likable and Harry Spalding is a terrific nasty ghost.

Nick