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Nov 10, 20181 min read
638. Andrew Michael Hurley - The Loney
This is a strange book; Radio 4’s book of the month for November which is where I came across it. The Loney is a bit of actual (or...
Aug 31, 20181 min read
620. Reginald Hill - On Beulah Height
This was very good and well written, but I read it badly and sporadically, and couldn’t follow the conclusion. I am not even sure now who...
Aug 25, 20181 min read
619. Reginald Hill - Under World
Enjoyed no’s 597 and 615, so thought I would give Hill another go. This is the one where Ellie Pascoe comes close to having a Lady...
Aug 23, 20181 min read
618. Mick Herron - Dead Lyons
The 2nd Slough House, which I have read before but not hugely enjoyed. The one about the sleeper cell in the Cotswolds. A minor weakness...
Aug 12, 20181 min read
616. Mick Herron - Slow Horses
The first of the Slough House novels, possibly my 3rd read but they are so good and improve every time. This begins with River’s...
Aug 4, 20181 min read
615. Reginald Hill - Bones And Silence
Struggling to find a writer I can enjoy and read one of his en-route to Malaga (597). Quite enjoyed this; I can’t quite make Hill out as...
Jun 25, 20181 min read
607. Mick Herron - The List
Short novella, featuring some of the Slough House characters. Brilliant, as ever. Get this on Amazon
Jun 25, 20181 min read
606. Mick Herron - Real Tigers
Brilliant, as ever. Get this on Amazon
Jun 18, 20181 min read
601. Zoe Heller - Notes On A Scandal
Book of the holiday, so far! Despite her peripheral involvement in the actual scandal (a married school-mistress' affair with a male...
Jun 13, 20181 min read
597. Reginald Hill - Good Morning, Midnight
Airport, aeroplane reading en route to Malaga. Same book as no.1, 6 years ago. Very clever plotting, probably Hill and the Daziel novels...
Apr 15, 20181 min read
587. Mick Herron - Nobody Walks
Another book written on the periphery of Slough House, some of whose characters we meet and learn both JK Coe’s first names, the origin...
Feb 17, 20181 min read
573. Mick Herron - London Rules
I think this is the best one yet; the writing, ‘fit’ with the various characters and plotting all excellent. The first chapter and...
Feb 10, 20181 min read
571. Mick Herron - Slow Horses
This is the 3rd time I have read this (463 & 517), having recommended him to a friend and wanting to remind myself/confirm (!) that they...
Jan 22, 20181 min read
568. Susan Hill - Jacob's Room Is Full Of Books
One of Paddy’s. I enjoyed it more to start with (possibly contrast) than by the end. She is a rather pompous woman and there is plenty of...
Dec 30, 20171 min read
563. Thomas Hardy - A Pair Of Blue Eyes
His third book, which we seem to have had in the house for years, but I had never read. One girl, 2 men in love with her. Friends prior...
Dec 26, 20171 min read
562. Keigo Higashino - Salvation Of A Saint
Always a bad idea this, to binge read writers you have discovered and enjoy. This one is quite good but the plot is very monothematic -...
Dec 24, 20171 min read
561. Keigo Higashino - The Devotion Of Suspect X
I’d have enjoyed this much more on kindle had I realised that there was a paperback copy of my bookcase! I realised, mid-way through page...
Dec 19, 20171 min read
559. Keigo Higashino - A Midsummer's Equation
A rare trip to the library on Saturday. This is extremely good and he has written a few more. A sort of modern Japanese Miss Marple....
Nov 29, 20171 min read
553. Jane Harper - Force Of Nature
The 2nd novel, I think, by the author of ‘The Dry’, no 524. With hindsight, I think that book may have been slightly over-hyped; this was...
Oct 17, 20171 min read
542. Mick Herron - Smoke And Whispers
The 4th Zoe Boehm book, and the weakest (I am not sure whether he has written any more). By a neat novelistic twist, Zoe doesn’t appear...