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Jan 2, 20141 min read
173. Paul Ferguson - Killing The Dead
A Christmas present from Ben. The sort of cheap thriller I used to read a lot of. Quite a clever plot, well-plotted, and very filmic;...
Dec 13, 20131 min read
169. William Boyd - Ordinary Thunderstorms
Not as good as some of the others; a thriller of sorts. The central figure Adam Kindred witnesses a murder, is a suspect and finds...
Nov 17, 20131 min read
164. Andrea Camilleri - The Dance Of The Seagull
Inspector Montalbano populates BBC4 Saturday evenings in the gaps between big, dark Scandinavian thrillers (or currently Borgen, which is...
Nov 9, 20131 min read
161. Kate Furnivall - Shadows Of The Nile
A swop with Paddy for no.159. Very different and hard to place genre-wise. Part historical romance, part derring-do adventure, part...
Nov 3, 20131 min read
160. Robert Ferrigno - Dead Silent
Don’t know where I found this, but I wanted a cheap thriller after William Boyd. Cheap it certainly was; I don’t know why people bother...
Sep 4, 20131 min read
141. Denise Mina - Sanctum
This is the third time I have read this book, and I have never fully understood it! The narrator, who is both dis-likeable and probably...
Jun 20, 20131 min read
121. Peter Robinson - All The Colours Of Darkness
Wanted to re-read this as it is the one that precedes 'Bad Boy' and I had forgotten bits of the plot, which is 'Othello' transposed into...
Jun 12, 20131 min read
116. Leena Lehtolainen - My First Murder
1st book about Maria Kallio. Character of some interest but plot very cliched; could almost be My First Barbie Doll. Get this from...
May 27, 20131 min read
109. Henning Mankell - The Dogs Of Riga
This is a really good book; Mankell is a cut above most thriller writers. It gathers pace, a bit like a lot of films where more attention...
Mar 31, 20131 min read
93. Reginald Hill - Exit Lines
Have read this before and was looking for another easy read. Hill usually provides this; he was a clever guy whose books are sometimes...
Mar 29, 20131 min read
91. Jay Stringer - Runaway Town
Conned by Amazon's marketing, but I wanted a cheap thriller, so this is what I bought. Not bad as such - the hero is a Roma ex-cop,...
Mar 28, 20131 min read
90. Peter Robinson - Before The Poison
I had read this before but asked D for it for my birthday last year. Enjoyed it less 2nd time round; Robinson seems a bit mannered (not...
Mar 20, 20131 min read
88. Gillian Flynn - Gone Girl
A very modern thriller, about a couple whose marriage has disintegrated, and he (Nick) may have killed her (Amy) and disposed of the...
Mar 16, 20131 min read
86. Arnaldur Indridason - Black Skies
Not one of the better ones; this features Sigindur Oli who is the least likeable of the trio of detectives. Corruption amongst Icelandic...
Feb 17, 20131 min read
79. Graham Greene - Our Man In Havana
Didn't enjoy this for reasons I find hard to understand. Some Green is fantastic; others of his do little for me. In theory, I should...
Feb 2, 20131 min read
76. Arnaldur Indridason - Arctic Chill
Sounds a bit like a frozen pudding. Elinborg has become a minor character in this one, her boss Erlendur is the major one. He is a rather...
Jan 7, 20131 min read
71. Maj Sjowall & Per Wahloo - The Locked Room
8/10 in the series ( I have just bought 9). The locked room is apparently analogous to a chess puzzle; how has someone been shot dead (in...
Dec 29, 20121 min read
68. Ken Follett - Eye Of The Needle
An Xmas present from our next-door neighbors, who are obviously fans (I have never read one before). Fast-paced WW2 thriller; the needle...
Dec 24, 20121 min read
67. Linda Fairstein - Night Watch
Never heard of this author; she was a New York prosecutor of crimes against women. The sub-plot is based loosely around the Dominic...
Dec 22, 20121 min read
65. Maj Sjöwall & Per Wahlöö - The Abominable Man
The 7th and best so far. I like the way they fit different (in this case a very nondescript one) detectives around Martin Beck. A book...