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Oct 5, 20121 min read
47. Peter Robinson - Watching The Dark
The latest. Good but not one of the best. Too many characters are absent. Banks in Tallinn investigating two (of course) closely related...
Aug 24, 20121 min read
36. Lawrence Block - Out On The Cutting Edge
Haven't read one of his for ages. Block is a much better writer than many of the cheap and cheerful (?) detective novelists above. His PI...
Aug 19, 20121 min read
34. Peter Robinson - Past Reason Hated
This is the first Peter Robinson I ever read, not one of his best as the characters haven't matured, but a good story. I had forgotten...
Aug 9, 20121 min read
31. Sinclair Macleod - The Reluctant Detective
The first in a series of which no.30 above must be the second. The plot is a bit more obvious and the writing is not as good. But quite a...
Aug 3, 20121 min read
29. Peter Robinson - Dead Right
Another one that I had read before and completely forgotten the plot. Two gaps in my memory of the sequence filled: the breakup with...
Jul 4, 20121 min read
24. Peter Robinson - Innocent Graves
Kindled this on the assumption that I had read it from the library, but I hadn't. A lot better than no.23) with some excellent plot...
Jun 29, 20121 min read
23. Peter Robinson - Wednesday's Child
Not one of his best (child abduction theme) but readable. quite an early book; he has improved with time/age. Get this from Waterstones
Jun 13, 20121 min read
18. Henning Mankell - The Fifth Women
This is a very strange book; I had read it before. The difficulty I have is that the 'who done it side' is all about motive, which is...
Jun 5, 20121 min read
13. Peter Robinson - The Hanging Valley
I loved this perhaps largely in contrast to no.12. Beautifully told 'classic' (dare one say it) English detective story, simple and...
May 12, 20121 min read
9. Peter Robinson - The Summer That Never Was
Robinson is probably my favourite crime writer. I hadn't read this for ages and really enjoyed it. I don't know whether I like them so...
May 12, 20121 min read
10. James Oswald - Natural Causes
Got this as a Kindle book for nothing (needed a break from no.11 below). A detective story with a very poorly characterised cop, which...
Apr 11, 20121 min read
2. Jo Nesbo - The Snowman
Billed as the next Steig Larsson. Not sure about this. Very long complex plot, set in Norway. Bit of a chiller really, and hence not my...
Apr 6, 20121 min read
1. Reginald Hill - Good Morning, Midnight
Suicide/Murder(?) screwed up family, security services involvement, a bit of state terrorism. Dalziel was deceived (?) by the prime...