Action & Adventure

Action and adventure fiction is the epitomy of escapist reading. Browse all our articles, starting with the most recent, featuring books that contain elements of action and adventure, whether it is travel, charting new frontiers, hunting down others or being hunted themselves. Often there is some sort of peril to evade, mystery to solve and/or justice to deliver.

Recent stand out reads in this genre for us include The Phoenix Crown by Kate Quinn and Janie Chang, Stuart Turton’s The Devil and the Dark Water and TJ Newman’s Falling, and then of course you can’t go wrong with the iconic bestsellers Life of Pi by Yann Martel, The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho and Stieg Larsson’s Millennium Trilogy. All these novels are guaranteed to entertain. There is a book to satisfy everyone’s quest for adventure from the safety and comfort your favourite reading chair.

  • Book Review – THE BAT by Jo Nesbo

    The Bat Synopsis  Harry is out of his depth. Detective Harry Hole is meant to keep out of trouble. A young Norwegian girl taking a gap year in Sydney has been murdered, and Harry has been sent to Australia to assist…

  • Book Review – VELOCITY by Steve Worland

    Velocity Synopsis  It’s the ultimate test of courage. The Man: an astronaut who has lost his mojo The Mission: to seek and destroy a hijacked space shuttle The Cargo: enough weapons grade Uranium-235 to irradiate Manhattan The Stakes: the woman he loves and the fate…

  • Book Review – TUG OF WAR by Ross Collier

    Tug of War Synopsis April – May 1942 Captain John Garrett of the Australian Army has been ordered back to Melbourne from Townsville to investigate a suspected intelligence leak in Central Bureau. Garrett and an American Captain, Al Tucker are placed…

  • Book Review – SHADOW OF THE ROCK by Thomas Mogford

    Shadow of the Rock Synopsis A humid summer night in Gibraltar. Lawyer Spike Sanguinetti arrives home to find an old friend, Solomon Hassan, waiting on his doorstep. Solomon is on the run. A Spanish girl has been found with her throat…

  • Book Review – THE GENEVA TRAP by Stella Rimington

    The Geneva Trap Synopsis Geneva, 2012. When a Russian intelligence officer approaches MI5 with vital information about the imminent cyber-sabotage of an Anglo-American Defence programme, he refuses to talk to anyone but Liz Carlyle. But who is he, and what is…

  • ASSASSIN by Tara Moss, Book Review: Fabulous finale

    Assassin is the 6th and final novel in Tara Moss’ fabulous Makedde Vanderwall PI series. Read my full review. Assassin Publisher Synopsis Former model turned forensic psychologist and PI Mak Vanderwall is missing, presumed dead in Paris. By hiring a hit…

  • Book Review – BLOOD ZERO SKY by J Gabriel Gates

    Today Booklover Book Reviews is hosting the TLC Book Tour for Blood Zero Sky by J Gabriel Gates. Blood Zero Sky  Synopsis Unprofitables are banished to work camps to pay off their credit. Other tie-men and women look on apathetically. Fair…

  • THE CORAL THIEF by Rebecca Stott, Book Review

    The Coral Thief Synopsis Paris, 1815. Napoleon has just surrendered at Waterloo and is on his way to the island of St. Helena to begin his exile. Meanwhile, Daniel Connor, a young medical student from Edinburgh, has just arrived in Paris…

  • A Lady Cyclist’s Guide to Kashgar by Suzanne Joinson, Book Review

    “At its heart, Suzanne Joinson’s A Lady Cyclist’s Guide to Kashgar celebrates the gifts that travel into far-off cultures confers: the displacements that throw into resilient relief our transcendent human connections” –  National Geographic Traveler, Book of the Month A Lady Cyclist’s…

  • Book Review – NO REMORSE by Ian Walkley

    No Remorse Synopsis Lee McCloud (Mac) has a reputation as a loose cannon. So when a secret agency operating outside the law recruits him for his special operations skills his team leader Tally, a tough, attractive computer genius, is ordered to…

  • Book Review – SNAP NEW TALENT by Michele Drier

    SNAP New Talent Synopsis In the second book of the SNAP Kandesky vampire series, Maxie Gwenoch, media-savvy editor of the multinational celeb gossip magazine SNAP, is pummeled in Paris and kidnapped in Kiev as the Huszars ramp up the race to…

  • Book Review – MR SOMETHING by Jay H Baker

    Mr Something Synopsis Isaac Ward knows that a man should obey the law, protect his country, do what’s right. But when an improbable corpse leads to an impossible device, these duties collide head on – and only one can win. Dreaming…