Review: ...another top-class read from a master story-spinner...
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 05 14, 2014
..John Dolan is a gifted writer... and he shares that gift with his readers in ‘A Poison Tree’... a remarkable prequel to the first two sallies into the Time, Blood and Karma collection... so far I’ve read the three thrillers (as well as the 'Jim Fosse’s Expenses’ smile-producer), and part of a collection they well may be, but each book is a strong stand-alone gripper... Dolan sculpts his narrative with an intriguing blend of crime, dark humour, a delve into the emotions and psyche of his characters, all of whom are as real persons greeting the reader from the pages, and downright superb yarn-casting... there’s pathos, there’s mystery, there’s reflective passages, interspersed with deliciously intelligent literary reference... he is also clever enough not to leave the books ‘cliff-hanging' (which practice in some other authors I dislike), preferring to leave some randomly loose, as yet unresolved issues, which are sufficient to tease the reader to anticipate the next offering... I will certainly be at the front of the queue looking for that... well done, that man :)