Reviews 

I had no idea this guys wrote books, as well as being a chat show host. I wouldn’t say this was very well written, but the plot was...

I read this years ago and really enjoyed it, despite relatively low expectations as I remembered most of the plot. But what I 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...

Enjoyed this a lot (must have read it before). Quite similar, structurally, to John Lanchester’s ‘Capital’, but Faulkes is a better...

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

The new Peter Robinson. Structurally not unlike 652 above, in that the killer’s motivation is an event long in the past. Very slow...

(I think I have got the title right). Quite a slight (although not cheap) book about two sisters and a madman who cons the less...

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...

If she is so good, better read another. This is no.1 in the series; 628 is the 4th and last to date. This is very good as well; begins...

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

No.598 which I convinced myself over dinner with Paddy in Korcula was worth re-reading (having re-started it and intending to be...

3rd purchase from Smith’s at Gatwick, her new book which Paddy devoured before I did! Not as good as many of her books, a bit...

I have read this before (499, Malaga last year). It is a good book, pretty weird, and my summary at 499 hasn’t really changed. Unclear...

Ellory is possibly my 2nd favourite thriller writer, unlike Herron which has bits of the best of Dickens and Le Carre, Ellory is an...

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

Brilliant, as ever. Get this on Amazon

The 2nd long library book in 4 days. This one was much better written than the last, although I was disappointed by the ending. A woman...

I didn’t enjoy 'The Trouble with Goats and Sheep' (her first book) but this was much better. A thriller about dementia, which is a clever...

I quite like Josephine Tey, although this book had its longeurs. But it is well written and readable. The plot involves an elderly mother...