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Aug 8, 20161 min read
423. Marcia Muller - Pennies On A Dead Woman's Eyes
This has sat in the house for years. Origins unclear; published by The Women’s Press, a female private eye (well she’s not, she is a...
Jul 19, 20161 min read
419. Louise Penny - The Hangman
A short story that I found (and bought) late last night having finished no.418. This was very paired down Penny, although set in Three...
Jul 18, 20161 min read
418. Louise Penny - A Trick Of Light
Back to a bit of familiarity (no.373 again), although I have somehow accidentally deleted the Louise Penny I want to read from my kindle....
Jul 1, 20161 min read
416. Lisa Jewell - The Girls
Another from P (I can’t decide what to read at the moment so am piggy backing on her choices). This was brilliant, I thought. A...
Jun 14, 20161 min read
412. Louise Penny - The Cruelest Month
Running low on books, but this was worth a re-read. The one about the séance in the old Hadley house in Three Pines. Having read it...
Jun 8, 20161 min read
409. Simon Kernick - The Crime Trade
Complete rubbish. Get this on Amazon
Jun 3, 20161 min read
407. T.R. Richmond - What She Left
Started this before we left on holiday, but it was a bit difficult, hence 406. Ultra-modern in technique – texts, emails, blog extracts,...
Jun 2, 20161 min read
406. Peter Robinson - The Summer That Never Was
Great airport reading choice; I think one of Robinson’s best. About two dead adolescent boys – 30 years apart, one a schoolfriend of...
May 29, 20161 min read
405. Simon Kernick - Relentless
This, I thought, was poorly written, but the terrific pace of the plot made up for that. A man is minding his own business in his garden...
May 14, 20161 min read
399. Brian Thompson - Bad To The Bone
I can see why I dumped these books in the attic when the bookcases became over-crowded a few years ago; they’re OK but it is doubtful...
May 12, 20161 min read
398. Philip Rosenberg - Tygers Of Wrath
Another attic book. Started this before no.395 as it and the next three were all library books. This was OK, but had a very slow start. A...
May 7, 20161 min read
397. Håkan Nesser - The Living And The Dead In Winsford
Read this largely in the garden on a gloriously sunny Sunday. It is a very good mystery, I suppose, novel. A Swedish TV personality locks...
May 4, 20161 min read
395. Hideo Yokoyama - Six Four
A huge (+600 pages) book by a Japanese author, the first (of several) translated into English. There were two layers to the plot – a...
Apr 23, 20161 min read
394. Keith Oatley - The Case Of Emily V
Another one from the attic; I have no memory of having read this before. It is quite a clever novel, written by an academic psychologist,...
Apr 10, 20161 min read
391. James Crumley - The Last Good Kiss
Bought this with the last chunk of a Xmas book voucher, because it was well positioned in Waterstones as you went through the door. I...
Mar 23, 20161 min read
386. Louise Penny - The Nature Of The Beast
The 10th and most recently published in the series. I liked the beginning more, when it was firmly rooted in Three Pines. A child...
Mar 12, 20161 min read
384. Louise Penny - The Long Way Home
Book of the year so far. For me, this was like the conclusion of the Gamache series; it helps to have read most of the others to pick up...
Mar 4, 20161 min read
382. Louise Penny - How The Light Gets In
Pretty good and a lot better than no.376, which it follows. This is, I think, the culmination of the Gamache/Francoeur conflict which...
Feb 27, 20161 min read
380. John Le Carré - The Night Manager
Bought this, slightly conned by Waterstones’ promotion, as it is being serialised on the TV. Don’t think I have read a Le Carré since...
Feb 17, 20161 min read
378. Jessie Burton - The Miniaturist
This is very good; totally different, potentially difficult but beautifully written and so easy to read. Set in late 17th century...