Reviews 

This was my intended aeroplane read. Have read this before but a long time ago and muddled the plot in my mind with another of his books....

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...

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

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

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...

Never read any of her books, but heard them recommended on the radio. I thought this was very good, beautifully written, clever plotting...

Another Susan Hill recommendation. I have never read this author before, detective novels written I think in the 1950’s. This was a...

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

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...

The 3rd Zoe Boehm, and despite the slightly portentous title, this book is imbued with death and jokes about death. More a...

The 2nd Zoe Boehm. Very good again; I think this guy is a great writer. I found the series of improbable coincidences across the 1st 50...

A pre 'Slough House' novella. Begins as a slightly old fashioned Le Carre type spy thriller and gradually introduces some 'Slough House'...

This guy is brilliant! Re reading almost immediately, so see 535! Get this on Amazon

Quite a good modern female detective novel. Easily televisable I think. Plot clever, although maybe not all that believable in places,...

I loved this, but she is a much better writer about the complex personal interactions within Three Pines than she is when she tries to...

Wanted to re-read no. 488 to better understand the back-plot to 521. Fly (the adopted son) appears, but the sister and her baby only...