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May 9, 20231 min read
1064. Patrick Radden - Keefe Say Nothing
Hard work, but good. Subtitled ‘A true story of murder and memory in Northern Ireland’, this is a very selective history of the troubles...
Sep 26, 20221 min read
1015. Val McDermid - 1979
Haven’t read one of her books for years, the early ones are too violent for me, but there was limited choice in the library last week....
Sep 13, 20211 min read
894. Graham Masterson - Buried
Another fast paced thriller in the Katie Maguire series. These are maybe a bit repetitive, but they really are fast paced, often gruesome...
Sep 8, 20211 min read
892. Graham Masterson - Dead Girls Dancing
Another very good story. The technique, which works well, is to blend three or four bits of criminality into the plot – in this case a...
Dec 26, 20191 min read
738. Siobhan Dowd - Bog Child
Heard this on Radio 4 a few weeks ago and enjoyed it enough to read. It is very good; a coming of age novel about an 18 year old boy who...
Jul 19, 20191 min read
969. Anna Burns - Milkman
Good, but very difficult read (assumed it had taken 2 weeks but seems to be only one). A dramatic monologue by the nameless narrator, a...
May 9, 20141 min read
205. Brian Moore - Lies Of Silence
What a joy and relief to read a book with a (great) plot, characters, and even themes - a catholic family in Belfast targeted, as a...
Sep 18, 20121 min read
43. Zane Radcliffe - London Irish
Never heard of this or the author. Comic story about the northern Irish in London just before the millennium. Boy meets girl, Prod meets...