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933. Olivier Norek - Turf Wars
This is pretty low grade. From the writer of the French TV serial 'Spiral', which we enjoy. This is just violent turf wars and political...
Jan 12, 20221 min read


924. David Mark - Past Life
I have read this guy before, a bit of a reading binge in Malaga in 2017, see no.490. But I hadn’t read this one; I think a fairly recent...
Dec 18, 20211 min read


894. Graham Masterson - Buried
Another fast paced thriller in the Katie Maguire series. These are maybe a bit repetitive, but they really are fast paced, often gruesome...
Sep 14, 20211 min read


891. Graham Masterson - Blood Sisters
This guy is very good. The books are full of very graphic violence, but are extremely well plotted and the central figure Kate Maguire is...
Sep 5, 20211 min read


413. Sarah Hilary - Someone Else's Skin
Rather desperate and protracted (due to flight cancellation) airport reading on the way home. A thriller about inversion in a battered...
Jun 16, 20161 min read


180. R. J. Ellory - City Of Lies
I picked this up to escape from a dreadful library book by Sophie Hannah called... can’t remember. I have read this before. He is a...
Jan 31, 20141 min read


158. Jake Arnott - Johnny Come Home
Read this as an interlude between my two new books, no.157 & no.159. It is quite good — can’t really make my mind up about Jake Arnott,...
Oct 26, 20131 min read


137. Denise Mina - Exile
The follow-up to 'Garnethill', which I must have enjoyed more than no.134 above indicates. The plot is less personal to Maureen this time...
Aug 20, 20131 min read


123. R. J. Ellory - A Dark And Broken Heart
My kindle miraculously revived, but I’m afraid this book suffered in comparison with Burgess. Rookie cop caught between his job and his...
Jun 25, 20131 min read


101. Mark Billingham -Scaredy Cat
The 2nd book. I can't get a clear fix on this guy - they're lurid, over violent, with a fairly unlikeable hero, but clever and well...
Apr 24, 20131 min read