Monty's Book Reviews

Publishers Blurb Kier Vorsmith, the youngest son of an influential count, dreams of studying at the University and living a quiet life as a historian. However, when he fails his high school’s final exams, whirlwind events force Kier to become the official heir of the Vorsmiths’ county and an officer in the Imperial Special Corps. At the will of his father, the young man arrives at a remote arctic base to serve as a local weatherman... Review - 4 Stars Sometimes I find that Sci-Fi novels try just too hard with the background explanations for the various tech and world order, leaving no room for any character development or storytelling. This is NOT one of those novels. It manages to blend the storytelling with the wider explanations and isn't afraid to shock the reader with character arcs that end prematurely. If you like a combination of Sci-Fi with Murder-mystery and a bit of political intrigue then I'd

Publisher's Blurb A monstrous woman flees across Arctic sea ice, pursued by an implacable nemesis. Three shadowless brothers prowl through wolf-haunted forests in search of fresh victims. And in a subterranean laboratory, an undead Countess conducts a gruesome experiment... Mina Harker’s journey to Transylvania is supposed to advance her career, but instead, it plunges her into a war between an ageless evil and a hideous new form of life. As the streets of London run red with blood, Harker takes up the wooden stake, crucifix, and Kukri knife against her nightmarish foes. But when one hunts monsters, a terrible price must be paid. In this gender-flipped mashup of Bram Stoker's "Dracula" and Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus," storylines and characters are combined in unexpected ways, and familiar horrors are transformed into new nightmares. Review - 3 Stars I've read Bram Stoker's Dracula but not Mary Shelley's F

Publisher's Blurb Brilliant new series from the author of The Mangle Street Murders , perfect for readers of Agatha Christie, Jasper Fforde and M.C. Beaton. September 1939. A new day dawns in Sackwater, not that this sleepy backwater is taking much notice... Inspector Betty Church – one of the few female officers on the force – has arrived from London to fill a vacancy at Sackwater police station. But Betty isn't new here . This is the place she grew up. The place she thought she'd left behind for good.   Time ticks slowly in Sackwater, and crime is of a decidedly lighter shade . Having solved the case of the missing buttons, Betty's called to the train station to investigate a missing bench. But though there's no bench, there is a body . A smartly dressed man, murdered in broad daylight, with two distinctive puncture wounds in his throat .   While the locals gossip about the Suffolk Vampire , Betty Church readies herself to hunt a dangerous ki