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Jul 1, 20181 min read
609. Peter Robinson - Watching The Dark
Another of my favourite crime writers, although Robinson is more conventional and formulaic than Herron or Ellory. Robinson strikes me as...
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 18, 20181 min read
601. Zoe Heller - Notes On A Scandal
Book of the holiday, so far! Despite her peripheral involvement in the actual scandal (a married school-mistress' affair with a male...
Jun 13, 20181 min read
597. Reginald Hill - Good Morning, Midnight
Airport, aeroplane reading en route to Malaga. Same book as no.1, 6 years ago. Very clever plotting, probably Hill and the Daziel novels...
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 12, 20181 min read
591. Terry Goodkind - The Girl In The Moon
Tried to read 2 other books this week but gave up and went to the library. This is a very poor quality book, although it is fast paced....
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...
Apr 27, 20181 min read
588. R. J. Ellory - A Quiet Belief In Angels
Have read this before and am not entirely sure what to make of it. A bildungsroman (is that what they are called?), about a boy brought...
Apr 15, 20181 min read
587. Mick Herron - Nobody Walks
Another book written on the periphery of Slough House, some of whose characters we meet and learn both JK Coe’s first names, the origin...
Apr 13, 20181 min read
586. Josephine Tey - The Daughter Of Time
This was clever and perhaps one of the first (? I have no idea) books to debunk conventional historical knowledge; no that is not right...
Apr 8, 20181 min read
584. Josephine Tey - To Love And Be Wise
Never read any of her books, but heard them recommended on the radio. I thought this was very good, beautifully written, clever plotting...
Mar 25, 20181 min read
581. R. J. Ellory - A Simple Act Of Violence
I have read this before with little memory of it, but would say it is the best of 2018 so far. Really clever plotting, looks like a...
Jan 27, 20181 min read
569. Louise Penny - Still Life
I think this is the 3rd time I have read this, the first book in the series. Finished 568 above, couldn’t sleep and needed a kindle book...
Dec 26, 20171 min read
562. Keigo Higashino - Salvation Of A Saint
Always a bad idea this, to binge read writers you have discovered and enjoy. This one is quite good but the plot is very monothematic -...
Dec 19, 20171 min read
559. Keigo Higashino - A Midsummer's Equation
A rare trip to the library on Saturday. This is extremely good and he has written a few more. A sort of modern Japanese Miss Marple....
Dec 9, 20171 min read
556. Graham Greene - The Human Factor
This is the book I meant to read, a domestic spy story, but very good. Maurice Castle is a minor functionary in the security services in...
Nov 4, 20171 min read
547. Helen Dunmore - Burning Bright
I thought this was very good. A thriller, gay female love story/ romance. A young girl Nadine is moved into a Bristol flat by her...
Oct 17, 20171 min read
542. Mick Herron - Smoke And Whispers
The 4th Zoe Boehm book, and the weakest (I am not sure whether he has written any more). By a neat novelistic twist, Zoe doesn’t appear...
Oct 14, 20171 min read
541. Mick Herron - Why We Die
The 3rd Zoe Boehm, and despite the slightly portentous title, this book is imbued with death and jokes about death. More a...