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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...
May 9, 20231 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 27, 20221 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 14, 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...
Sep 9, 20211 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...
Dec 26, 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...
Jul 20, 20191 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...
May 10, 20141 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...
Sep 19, 20121 min read