Reviews 

And another. This is much more typical, with a parallel plot involving the murder of a disturbed teenager in Eastvale (largely Annie) and...

Never heard of the author, although he has written a lot and this was very good. About the fictional mid 1960’s rock band, covering their...

One of my favourite of his books, despite my copy having been in the bath some years ago. Thematically, very John le Carré – set possibly...

This is a rollicking good yarn; set initially in the 1960’s around the time of the Profumo scandal involving a murder set in Yorkshire...

I enjoyed this, but maybe three separate stories. Set mainly in Brighton in 1968, where a film is being made. The three are a fading...

Very good. Quite a difficult book about her childhood in Motherwell, written by a successful and now I think sadly dead journalist in her...

This is by the author of ‘The Miniturist’ which I have seen on television if not read. Not in the George Eliot class (well what would...

An odd book, by a writer I am not sure I really like. About a love affair between a 19 year old chap and a 48 year old woman, set...

A library book of Paddy’s. She liked it, I didn’t much, although one would have expected the opposite, given that I am more into rock and...

Took me a long time to read this (not long) book, but a lot of sport on TV and I struggled to get into it. The characters all have banal...

Tried to read this years ago (in Oslo I think) and couldn’t get on with it. Enjoyed it much more this time; it is quite a difficult book,...

Symptomatic of being short of reading ideas, buying another by the same author immediately after finishing the first (see David Mark, 491...

Not as good as part 1 (464), but he had set the scene then and doesn’t add much to it in Part 2, apart from dropping in various...

I quite like this guy; have read this before; it is the one about the Icelandic left wing students who go on a communist sponsored year...

These are pretty good; read most of the series may years ago and this is no.1. Very public school, post Evelyn Waugh but well written,...

Reluctantly, as I hate doing this, I am abandoning this almost halfway through. It is quite different from what I expected — a...

The last holiday book. I have read this before but couldn’t remember much. It is a love triangle between Charlie, a washed-out British...

(Requested) Xmas present from my son D. I enjoyed it in the end; found it difficult at first as: I was expecting a linear narrative Some...

Another excellent book in this excellent series. It is hard to characterise what I enjoy in these books; slightly sardonic humour and...

Very good, again; I do like these books (obviously). There is quite a gang of policemen, all with their individual quirks, and because...