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Jan 12, 20221 min read
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...
Dec 18, 20211 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...
Sep 13, 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 4, 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...
Jun 15, 20161 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...
Jan 31, 20141 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...
Oct 25, 20131 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,...
Aug 19, 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...
Jun 24, 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...
Apr 23, 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...