Reviews 

This is a strange book; Radio 4’s book of the month for November which is where I came across it. The Loney is a bit of actual (or...

This was very good and well written, but I read it badly and sporadically, and couldn’t follow the conclusion. I am not even sure now who...

Enjoyed no’s 597 and 615, so thought I would give Hill another go. This is the one where Ellie Pascoe comes close to having a Lady...

The 2nd Slough House, which I have read before but not hugely enjoyed. The one about the sleeper cell in the Cotswolds. A minor weakness...

The first of the Slough House novels, possibly my 3rd read but they are so good and improve every time. This begins with River’s...

Struggling to find a writer I can enjoy and read one of his en-route to Malaga (597). Quite enjoyed this; I can’t quite make Hill out as...

Short novella, featuring some of the Slough House characters. Brilliant, as ever. Get this on Amazon

Brilliant, as ever. Get this on Amazon

Book of the holiday, so far! Despite her peripheral involvement in the actual scandal (a married school-mistress' affair with a male...

Airport, aeroplane reading en route to Malaga. Same book as no.1, 6 years ago. Very clever plotting, probably Hill and the Daziel novels...

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...

I think this is the best one yet; the writing, ‘fit’ with the various characters and plotting all excellent. The first chapter and...

This is the 3rd time I have read this (463 & 517), having recommended him to a friend and wanting to remind myself/confirm (!) that they...

One of Paddy’s. I enjoyed it more to start with (possibly contrast) than by the end. She is a rather pompous woman and there is plenty of...

His third book, which we seem to have had in the house for years, but I had never read. One girl, 2 men in love with her. Friends prior...

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 -...

I’d have enjoyed this much more on kindle had I realised that there was a paperback copy of my bookcase! I realised, mid-way through page...

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....

The 2nd novel, I think, by the author of ‘The Dry’, no 524. With hindsight, I think that book may have been slightly over-hyped; this was...

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...