Reviews 

A library book from P. I found this difficult to follow until, after finishing, I discovered in the author’s afterword, that it is part...

Another very good one, starting with two mysterious deaths, a young girl found dead in an abandoned car, and an elderly (obviously...

And another. This is much more typical, with a parallel plot involving the murder of a disturbed teenager in Eastvale (largely Annie) and...

The Robinson/Banks fest continues, this is the one before no.1093, so reading them in reverse order! This is different from many of the...

A bit of a Peter Robinson fest at the moment, but I do enjoy his books a lot more than most, so chose another when I have finished one....

The one in which a lonely no-hoper has been pushed off a bridge near his house and begins with Banks walking along the (disused, post...

Enjoyed the last one enough to read another. This is brilliant and I think probably one of the best. A family tragedy, involving...

One of my favourite books and every time you read it, you pick up different aspects. I found the opening chapters hard work, but was...

I have read this before but was possibly binge-reading Robinson at the time and enjoyed it a lot more this time. This one begins in north...

Published in the mid -1950s, this is very different. Re-published by a UK imprint called Persephone Books (to which P subscribes) it is...

Hard work, but good. Subtitled ‘A true story of murder and memory in Northern Ireland’, this is a very selective history of the troubles...

I have enjoyed most of these books, but not this one. The Strike/Robin relationship continues to be well chronicled and on a ‘Will they,...

There are good books to read in the run up to 31 January, fast-paced detective stories. Like no.1044, this is quite Freudian, featuring...

Bought this as listed for the Booker prize (2016) and in the crime section at Waterstones. It is very good and I can understand the...

Re-read this again, but nothing much to add. Good but puzzling. Get this from Waterstones

I like David’s books and have read this twice, as it was a difficult first read with a lot of characters living in Merryking Close (and...

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....

Bought this in error, read it before as a library book (no.980), but it is very good, long and complex with a huge cast of characters. A...

Very different and quite strange. A fictionalised documentary history of a singing duo, Nev a brummie who escapes to the US to pursue...

This, her first book, was brilliant but far too long I thought. The first three quarters is largely a set of email exchanges between...