Bibliofemme Bookclub An Irish Bookclub

Matt Hunter's life has already been blown apart once. A fight, a friend in trouble, and the dull crack of someone's skull on the concrete cost him four years in jail, and a small sliver of his soul. When Matt got out he set about rebuilding his life. He carved himself a job as a lawyer and fell in love with a beautiful woman. The break in the road

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Although I have not read Hard Landing by Stephen Leather, the prequel to Soft Target, the name Stephen Leather rang a bell with me. So when this book arrived, I settled down to what I imagined would be a good read. Luckily I was not disappointed.

Dan ‘Spider’ Shepherd is an undercover cop, working ostensibly as a hired killer. Larry Hendrickson

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In 3rd Degree, a small faction fighting against globalisation have mobilised and are terrorising the people of San Francisco. Calling themselves the August Spies they have taken it upon themselves to eliminate those they deem guilty of causing poverty.

Due to the nature of these crimes the Federal government also becomes quickly involved, with that

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There is something profoundly upsetting about reading about any worldwide disaster. The recent tsunami put our all too fragile lives into perspective, but that at least was a natural disaster. The nuclear accident at Chernobyl was a disaster of human making, therefore avoidable, and even more harrowing to read about.

Smith’s fifth novel Wolves

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