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Dec 8, 20121 min read
63. Maj Sjöwall & Per Wahlöö - Murder At The Savoy
Another excellent book in this excellent series. It is hard to characterise what I enjoy in these books; slightly sardonic humour and...
Nov 28, 20121 min read
61. Eliza Graham - The History Room
One of P's. Very good part-thriller about sinister goings on at an English boarding school, which all have their origins in the past. Not...
Nov 25, 20121 min read
60. Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö - The Fire Engine That Disappeared
Pretty good, again. A book about an absent (for most of the book) criminal, the police spend most of the time looking for a murderer who...
Nov 12, 20121 min read
55. Maj Sjöwall & Per Wahlöö - The Man Who Went Up In Smoke
The 2nd book in the series. Wonderful descriptions of Budapest, when Beck sent over there and very much a spy story while he is there...
Sep 21, 20121 min read
44. R.J. Ellory - City Of Lies
Not one of his best, in fact disappointing. A guy who thought his father was dead finds out that he is a New York hoodlum. Lots of people...
Aug 24, 20121 min read
36. Lawrence Block - Out On The Cutting Edge
Haven't read one of his for ages. Block is a much better writer than many of the cheap and cheerful (?) detective novelists above. His PI...
Aug 13, 20121 min read
33. B.A. Morton - Mrs Jones
This is quite a good US cop thriller written, amazingly, by someone who must be someone's Gran and who lives in Northumbria. It has a...
Aug 3, 20121 min read
29. Peter Robinson - Dead Right
Another one that I had read before and completely forgotten the plot. Two gaps in my memory of the sequence filled: the breakup with...
Jul 16, 20121 min read
26. Peter Robinson - In A Dry Season
I had read this before and had always been a bit put off by the fact that (I think) Reginald Hill has written a book with a similar theme...
Jun 29, 20121 min read
23. Peter Robinson - Wednesday's Child
Not one of his best (child abduction theme) but readable. quite an early book; he has improved with time/age. Get this from Waterstones
Jun 22, 20121 min read
22. R.J. Ellory - Ghostheart
Another brilliant read, another vendetta, this time of the heart. Another great twist in the end; I didn't see this one coming. Female...
Jun 16, 20121 min read
20. R.J. Ellory - A Quiet Vendetta
Wonderful, could be his masterpiece to date. The old Cuban employed as a mafia hitman is wonderfully portrayed and there is a great...
Jun 5, 20121 min read
13. Peter Robinson - The Hanging Valley
I loved this perhaps largely in contrast to no.12. Beautifully told 'classic' (dare one say it) English detective story, simple and...
Jun 4, 20121 min read
12. Jo Nesbo - The Leopard
Airplane reading en route for Spain. Not a lot shorter than George Eliot, except on quality. Nesbo seems to be billed as the next Steig...
May 5, 20121 min read
7. Stieg Larsson - The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo
I have read this before, but equally good 2nd time round. Fast-paced and with a brilliant plot. Does the Wennerstrom empire appear in the...
Apr 21, 20121 min read
5. Richard Montanari - Don't Look Now
No connection with the film. A readable junk thriller (thought I'd go for a page-turner after the long and slightly hard work reads...