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Jun 28, 20191 min read
692. Graham Norton - A Keeper
I had no idea this guys wrote books, as well as being a chat show host. I wouldn’t say this was very well written, but the plot was...
Jun 21, 20191 min read
690. Peter Robinson - Aftermath
I read this years ago and really enjoyed it, despite relatively low expectations as I remembered most of the plot. But what I had...
Jun 2, 20191 min read
688. Olivia Kiernan - Too Close To Breath
I wanted a modern crime thriller after all this 19th century stuff and picked this (or rather her next book – I will always go back to...
May 19, 20191 min read
684. Sebastien Faulks - A Week In December
Enjoyed this a lot (must have read it before). Quite similar, structurally, to John Lanchester’s ‘Capital’, but Faulkes is a better...
Mar 2, 20191 min read
664. Ed McBain - Long Time No See
A midnight flit downstairs to find a book having finished 663 at 83% on the kindle; an annoying habit of the modern publishing industry...
Jan 20, 20191 min read
652. Peter Robinson - Sleeping In The Ground
The new Peter Robinson. Structurally not unlike 652 above, in that the killer’s motivation is an event long in the past. Very slow...
Nov 14, 20181 min read
640. Mick Herron - This Is What Happened
(I think I have got the title right). Quite a slight (although not cheap) book about two sisters and a madman who cons the less...
Oct 11, 20181 min read
631. Kate Atkinson - When Will There Be Good News
So this is no.3 Jackson Brodie, and again very good – I wish she had written, or would write, more. This one begins with a family...
Oct 6, 20181 min read
630. Kate Atkinson - One Good Turn
Bingeing on Jackson Brodie - this is no.2 and although quite different as good as no.1. Julie is now Jackson’s girlfriend and the action...
Oct 1, 20181 min read
629. Kate Atkinson - Case Histories
If she is so good, better read another. This is no.1 in the series; 628 is the 4th and last to date. This is very good as well; begins...
Sep 22, 20181 min read
627. Jay Stringer - Runaway Town
Running out of books on holiday, found this on my kindle. Never read it before and won’t again. Get this on Amazon
Sep 21, 20181 min read
626. Sarah Vaughan - Anatomy Of A Scandal
No.598 which I convinced myself over dinner with Paddy in Korcula was worth re-reading (having re-started it and intending to be...
Sep 19, 20181 min read
625. Kate Atkinson - Transcription
3rd purchase from Smith’s at Gatwick, her new book which Paddy devoured before I did! Not as good as many of her books, a bit...
Jul 10, 20181 min read
610. Hari Kunzru - Gods Without Men
I have read this before (499, Malaga last year). It is a good book, pretty weird, and my summary at 499 hasn’t really changed. Unclear...
Jun 28, 20181 min read
608. R. J. Ellory - The Devil And The River
Ellory is possibly my 2nd favourite thriller writer, unlike Herron which has bits of the best of Dickens and Le Carre, Ellory is an...
Jun 25, 20181 min read
607. Mick Herron - The List
Short novella, featuring some of the Slough House characters. Brilliant, as ever. Get this on Amazon
Jun 25, 20181 min read
606. Mick Herron - Real Tigers
Brilliant, as ever. Get this on Amazon
May 16, 20181 min read
592. A. J. Finn - The Woman In The Window
The 2nd long library book in 4 days. This one was much better written than the last, although I was disappointed by the ending. A woman...
May 6, 20181 min read
590. Joanna Cannon - Three Things About Elsie
I didn’t enjoy 'The Trouble with Goats and Sheep' (her first book) but this was much better. A thriller about dementia, which is a clever...
May 3, 20181 min read
589. Josephine Tey - The Franchise Affair
I quite like Josephine Tey, although this book had its longeurs. But it is well written and readable. The plot involves an elderly mother...