Reviews 

I think this is the first Peter Robinson I ever read years ago and had little memory of the plot. I had forgotten about the lesbian...

I like this writer and hadn’t read one for years, but picked one of which I had no memory, perhaps because it is not that good. Three...

Insomniac night after finishing 697, grabbed another short book from the (crime) bookshelf. Despite, I think, what people would say,...

The return of Jackson Brodie. This was good, but not as rich as some of the previous books; read a bit as if her agent or backers had...

I wanted a modern crime thriller after all this 19th century stuff and picked this (or rather her next book – I will always go back to...

McBain is a very good writer and I have lots of his books on the bookcase, which I haven’t read for years. I have wasted a lot of money...

Mc Bain is undoubtedly a clever writer and the general ‘police procedurals’ summary masks this. Here we have a play within a play within...

A midnight flit downstairs to find a book having finished 663 at 83% on the kindle; an annoying habit of the modern publishing industry...

This was well plotted but really it ran into melodrama. My memory of May’s earlier books is of dense plotting, linguistic challenges...

So this is no.3 Jackson Brodie, and again very good – I wish she had written, or would write, more. This one begins with a family...

Bingeing on Jackson Brodie - this is no.2 and although quite different as good as no.1. Julie is now Jackson’s girlfriend and the action...

Running out of books on holiday, found this on my kindle. Never read it before and won’t again. Get this on Amazon

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...

Another of my favourite crime writers, although Robinson is more conventional and formulaic than Herron or Ellory. Robinson strikes me as...

Brilliant, as ever. Get this on Amazon

Quite formulaic US crime novel, with a very ambiguous villainess. Reminded me a bit of Elmore Leonard and a bit Hitchcock also. But this...