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Oct 9, 20131 min read
153. Peter Robinson - Playing With Fire
L was reminded of this when I read 'Strange Affair' (no.148) recently. It was the first in the poorly televised series, but it is not...
Sep 27, 20131 min read
148. Peter Robinson - Strange Affair
Brilliant. This is the one where his brother is murdered; I have read it before but many years ago. I think there is a ‘middle period’...
Sep 25, 20131 min read
147. Philip Kerr - A Man Without Breath
I have read a trilogy, I think called 'Berlin Noir' before, without really enjoying it. l am not sure that I enjoyed this a lot either-...
Jul 26, 20131 min read
130. Peter Robinson - Watching The Dark
Have read this before but didn’t really enjoy it first time round. Better second time round, but not one of his best. A split plot set...
Jul 19, 20131 min read
128. Ian Rankin - Standing In Another Man's Grave
Haven’t read any Ian Rankin for ages, but revisited the library on a sunny day and found that Rebus had been resurrected. I am not...
Jun 20, 20131 min read
121. Peter Robinson - All The Colours Of Darkness
Wanted to re-read this as it precedes no.114 above and i had forgotten bits of the plot, which is Othello transposed into a gay...
Jun 17, 20131 min read
119. Henning Mankell - The White Lioness
A strange Wallander book that begins with an apparent Swedish domestic and expands into an attempt by the African white supremacists to...
Jun 12, 20131 min read
116. Leena Lehtolainen - My First Murder
1st book about Maria Kallio. Character of some interest but plot very cliched; could almost be 'My First Barbie Doll'. Get this from...
Jun 8, 20131 min read
114. Peter Robinson - Bad Boy
Brilliant. Robinson is a bit like a velvet coat; you slip into his prose and feel immediately comfortable with the nuances. I think I...
May 22, 20131 min read
106. Jeannie Faulkner Barber - Taste Of Fire
Mistook "good quality crime" on some website for Mills & Boon. Complete tat. Get this on Amazon
May 16, 20131 min read
104. Torquil MacLeod - Meet Me In Malmö
The first in a series, written by an English man (I assume) featuring a Swedish female detective. Basically a police procedural, leans...
May 8, 20131 min read
102. Mark Billingham - The Burning Girl
Still can't make up my mind about this guy; this was not a great book. Need to find another author! Get this on Amazon
Apr 18, 20131 min read
99. Mark Billingham - Sleepyhead
Thought I would try another straight away; this is the first Tom Thorne book. I thought it was structurally a bit repetitive (ie of no.98...
Apr 13, 20131 min read
98. Mark Billingham - Lazybones
A new (to me) crime writer, but the reviews say 'Move over Morse, Rebus et al'; and for once I agree with no great hesitation. This guy...
Apr 7, 20131 min read
96. Henning Mankell - One Step Behind
Trying to rush through another to hit no.100 by 7th April. This is a great book; it is the one about the postal worker who shoots three...
Mar 31, 20131 min read
93. Reginald Hill - Exit Lines
Have read this before and was looking for another easy read. Hill usually provides this; he was a clever guy whose books are sometimes...
Mar 28, 20131 min read
90. Peter Robinson - Before The Poison
I had read this before but asked D for it for my birthday last year. Enjoyed it less 2nd time round; Robinson seems a bit mannered (not...
Feb 2, 20131 min read
76. Arnaldur Indridason - Arctic Chill
Sounds a bit like a frozen pudding. Elinborg has become a minor character in this one, her boss Erlendur is the major one. He is a rather...
Jan 29, 20131 min read
75. Arnaldur Indridason - Outrage
After the Swedish, let’s try some Icelandic. This is very good indeed, female detective, complex family life, cleverly plotted. Elinborg...
Dec 22, 20121 min read
65. Maj Sjöwall & Per Wahlöö - The Abominable Man
The 7th and best so far. I like the way they fit different (in this case a very nondescript one) detectives around Martin Beck. A book...