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Sep 2, 20191 min read
708. Peter Robinson - Past Reason Hated
I think this is the first Peter Robinson I ever read years ago and had little memory of the plot. I had forgotten about the lesbian...
Jul 29, 20191 min read
700. Lawrence Block - Even The Wicked
I like this writer and hadn’t read one for years, but picked one of which I had no memory, perhaps because it is not that good. Three...
Jul 22, 20191 min read
698. Ed McBain - Kings Ransom
Insomniac night after finishing 697, grabbed another short book from the (crime) bookshelf. Despite, I think, what people would say,...
Jul 7, 20191 min read
694. Kate Atkinson - Big Sky
The return of Jackson Brodie. This was good, but not as rich as some of the previous books; read a bit as if her agent or backers had...
Jun 2, 20191 min read
688. Olivia Kiernan - Too Close To Breath
I wanted a modern crime thriller after all this 19th century stuff and picked this (or rather her next book – I will always go back to...
Apr 12, 20191 min read
676. Ed McBain - Nocturne
McBain is a very good writer and I have lots of his books on the bookcase, which I haven’t read for years. I have wasted a lot of money...
Mar 17, 20191 min read
668. Ed McBain - Romance
Mc Bain is undoubtedly a clever writer and the general ‘police procedurals’ summary masks this. Here we have a play within a play within...
Mar 2, 20191 min read
664. Ed McBain - Long Time No See
A midnight flit downstairs to find a book having finished 663 at 83% on the kindle; an annoying habit of the modern publishing industry...
Feb 17, 20191 min read
660. Peter May - I'll Keep You Safe
This was well plotted but really it ran into melodrama. My memory of May’s earlier books is of dense plotting, linguistic challenges...
Oct 11, 20181 min read
631. Kate Atkinson - When Will There Be Good News
So this is no.3 Jackson Brodie, and again very good – I wish she had written, or would write, more. This one begins with a family...
Oct 6, 20181 min read
630. Kate Atkinson - One Good Turn
Bingeing on Jackson Brodie - this is no.2 and although quite different as good as no.1. Julie is now Jackson’s girlfriend and the action...
Sep 22, 20181 min read
627. Jay Stringer - Runaway Town
Running out of books on holiday, found this on my kindle. Never read it before and won’t again. Get this on Amazon
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...
Jul 1, 20181 min read
609. Peter Robinson - Watching The Dark
Another of my favourite crime writers, although Robinson is more conventional and formulaic than Herron or Ellory. Robinson strikes me as...
Jun 25, 20181 min read
606. Mick Herron - Real Tigers
Brilliant, as ever. Get this on Amazon
Jun 21, 20181 min read
603. Laura Lippman - Sunburn
Quite formulaic US crime novel, with a very ambiguous villainess. Reminded me a bit of Elmore Leonard and a bit Hitchcock also. But this...