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Oct 15, 20221 min read
1021. Richard Osman - The Bullet That Missed
Number three in the Thursday Murder Club series. I don’t like these at all, and this was certainly the worst; poorly and predictably...
Jan 19, 20221 min read
935. Simon Brett - The Liar In The Library
Very good and very well written – good prose. An old fashioned detective novel with a contemporary setting. The two sleuths are a couple...
Sep 29, 20211 min read
899. Ann Granger - The Dead Women Of Deptford
Never heard of the author, but this was very good, and beautifully written. A crime novel, set possibly in Edwardian or late Victorian...
Nov 24, 20201 min read
829. Evie Wyld - All The Birds, Singing
A wonderful book, read it before (177 & 8) and still difficult. So, just to help out any other baffled reader, the even numbered chapters...
Aug 31, 20191 min read
707. Kate Weinberg - The Truants
This was far better and I devoured it far faster. A debut novel about kids at university and their beguiling lecturer Lorna, who teaches,...
Jul 26, 20191 min read
699. Walter Mosley - Devil In A Blue Dress
I enjoyed this less and less as it progressed, and found the ending completely incomprehensible as the plot unravelled. It starts off...
May 22, 20191 min read
685. Luke Jennings - Codename Villanelle
This is the book or novella around which Killing Eve is based. It is pretty much complete junk (although does provide a bit of background...
Feb 23, 20191 min read
662. Susie Steiner - Persons Unknown
First book on my very challenging to use new kindle. I re-read 650 with a view to re-reading this, but my kindle then died, hence a...
Jan 12, 20191 min read
650. Susie Steiner - Missing Presumed
No coincidence (and no relative I assume) but started re-reading this only for my Kindle to die. So unfinished. Finished this after...
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 28, 20181 min read
628. Kate Atkinson - Started Early, Took My Dog
This last of the Jackson Brodies’ restored my faith in Kate Atkinson after the disappointing 625. This is a brilliant book, clever,...
Jun 14, 20181 min read
598. Sarah Vaughan - Anatomy Of A Scandal
Sensationalist in topic, possibly by analogy to the Cameron era, but not really that good. (Actually better I think). A political aide is...
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...