Reviews 

I have read this before, but have no memory of it, I think, except for a scene where the daughter is lost on Hampstead Heath. There is a...

The first of the Cormorant Strike novels in which the eponymous hero and Robin his P.A, business partner and romantic partner are...

A book whose provenance I don’t know; must have been my father’s if the marginal jottings are in his handwriting. Not unlike a Rebus...

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...

Not a lot of humour or mirth in this. I enjoyed The Age of Innocence (593) and thought I would try another Wharton. Proved to be (by the...

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

I loved this; she said she likes to write about people on the periphery of major events so here we have a WW1 novel set in Zennor, just...

Another that Paddy enjoyed from the library. I guess this is chic-lit, and on the whole I enjoyed it. Made me think about the difference...

A library book by a writer I had never heard of; apparently a prominent modern Spanish novelist. The narrator is a very verbose young...

Meant to read a Zola next, but got a bit hooked by no.352. This is much more of a stand- alone novel, centering mainly on Mountolive, a...

Best serious holiday read so far. Never read any Faulkner before, but this, although difficult was very good, especially part two (out of...

A much later book than no.304, and much longer and more ponderous. The central conceit is quite clever (an apparent murder, which...

I enjoyed 'Germinal' hugely and 'La Terre' quite a lot, but this, at best was like an early Shakespeare if you had started with say 'King...

Aeroplane reading en route to Copenhagen. I had thought this was my favourite Greene, but was disappointed this time round. I understood...

My other birthday book! I read this years ago, enjoyed it, and couldn't find it on Amazon for the kindle, hence the paperback purchase. I...

Much better. Financial and sexual corruption have led to a sham marriage. Husband finds out that his daughter is not his, threatens to...

I am hooked on these now. Found this one hard to get into initially (no murder, just a clear cut suicide) but so cleverly done that you...

Another brilliant book. An otherworldly priest in Cornwall (it links explicitly to no.37 above), not quite otherworldly enough to avoid...

Suicide/Murder(?) screwed up family, security services involvement, a bit of state terrorism. Dalziel was deceived (?) by the prime...