To The Last Page

I think it’s fair to say that I’m a fan of Tom Holland’s books. I’ve read The Vampyre , Deliver Us From Evil  and Sleeper In The Sands  (haven’t read Attis  or Sleeping With Panthers , but must try and get to them sometime) and found each book surpassing the achievements of the previous. Although thematically different, each has a supernatural theme, each one is based on historical characters or based in a particular period and the amount of research done has been evident but not intrusive - he never displays his facts and research just for the sake of it (like Dan Simmons seems to do increasingly), but to add mood and colour to his descriptions and characters. The progress in his books has been exciting to watch – the plots becoming more complex and unconventional, but always remaining gripping with extremely well-written dialogue and prose. So maybe it’s because I had such high expectations from a new Tom Holland novel that I found myself disappointed with The Bone Hunter . Yet again