Tag: Thriller
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Refilling the creative well: 6 fantastic TV series
For a brief intro about why I’m doing this, see my recent post:Refilling the creative well: 9 recent reads There is so much great TV at the moment! Here are the shows I enjoyed the most since my last update: Crime comedies / fun thrillers Fantasies Keen for more stories? Already powered through all those TV…
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Stylish mystery and thriller TV
Killing Eve and Lupin… I mentioned these shows on my mailing list – the platform I always prioritise! – a while back, but my brain was still foggy after a bout of C*vid so I forgot to post here too. I recently posted about some crack-up Kiwi comedy on TV, and today I’ve got two more TV…
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Writing a novel in a day: The Mask Collector
A bank heist goes wrong when one of the hostages turns out to be a wanted serial killer… The review The Mask Collector review text: “It’s an honest crime.” This fast-paced thriller storms from start to finish, with equal parts gore and humour. I found myself switching from laughing to flinching then back again, and…
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Project Hail Mary and a total eclipse of the Moon
TLDR: I tore through Project Hail Mary, the latest scifi thriller from Andy Weir (author of The Martian and Artemis), turning the final page a couple of hours before we were treated to a blood supermoon. As with The Martian and Artemis, Andy Weir has infused Project Hail Mary with mystery, scientific curiosity, humour, and…
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The Last Day
Andrew Hunter Murray’s post-apocalyptic thriller is set in a world where Earth’s spin has ground to a halt, leaving half the world suffering eternal frozen darkness, and the other half burning in constant sunlight. When the world stops turning, Britain lands somewhere between the two extremes – a habitable zone where it’s perpetually mid-morning. The…
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