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Spotted this in the latest hardback releases in WH Smith, being marketed as "For fans of I am Pilgrim". Worth a punt at 98p on the Kindle. Anyone read it? Will I get a return on my substantial investment? 
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Nomad-explosive-thriller-...
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Nomad-explosive-thriller-...
Derek Smith said:
John Wyndham wrote two cracking ones: The Triffids, well know of course. And then his best adventure story in my opinion, The Chrysalids.
Cheers for recommending The Chrysalids. Finished it earlier today, absolutely outstanding. Not what I expected. Read the Day of the Triffids and the Kraken Awakes as a teenager - and this has given me the impetus to seek out his other books. 
jbudgie said:
blueg33 said:
Need some good easy to read thrillers for holiday. Jack Reacher style, also some scifi
Any recommendations?
Free or cheap on kindle would be an added bonus because I am tight.
Thousands available on torrent sites. Any recommendations?
Free or cheap on kindle would be an added bonus because I am tight.
There are few books I've started to read a page or two at Breakfast then next thing I know it's 10pm if not later and all done.
His 7th is released end of July - you can do them out of order (I did/started that way then bought used versions and only by the 3rd did I actually switch to the correct order).
Go on give him a go.
Welshbeef said:
Tim Weaver a superb Young British author staring David Racker series.
There are few books I've started to read a page or two at Breakfast then next thing I know it's 10pm if not later and all done.
His 7th is released end of July - you can do them out of order (I did/started that way then bought used versions and only by the 3rd did I actually switch to the correct order).
Go on give him a go.
Thanks I willThere are few books I've started to read a page or two at Breakfast then next thing I know it's 10pm if not later and all done.
His 7th is released end of July - you can do them out of order (I did/started that way then bought used versions and only by the 3rd did I actually switch to the correct order).
Go on give him a go.
I've been reading Stuart McBride - tough, gory and sometimes mordantly funny detective stories set in NE Scotland. I found these because I recognised the location of a dust jacket photograph. I've been successfully trawling charity shops, which is even less expensive than Kindle. I was, of course, born in Aberdeen!
Very much like those, especially the Logan McRae series though the Ash Henderson ones are good as well. James Oswald is pretty good too, who I link because he's a mate of MacBride and names one of his characters after him.
I've just got a couple more Michael Robotham, but am working through some Michael Dibdin Aurelio Zen books at the moment which are pretty good so far.
I've just got a couple more Michael Robotham, but am working through some Michael Dibdin Aurelio Zen books at the moment which are pretty good so far.
Just finished House of the Rising Sun by James Lee Burke. Like a river on a plain, it meanders here and there, taking over four hundred pages to arrive at a conclusion that could have taken two. His prose is good but verbose and flowery, and I don't think I'll be tempted back again soon. Next off the pile will be a much weightier tome, "Hackers" by Steven Levy.
Perseverant said:
I've been reading Stuart McBride - tough, gory and sometimes mordantly funny detective stories set in NE Scotland. I found these because I recognised the location of a dust jacket photograph. I've been successfully trawling charity shops, which is even less expensive than Kindle. I was, of course, born in Aberdeen!
Done a few of his and recently added another to the book shelf . DoubleTime said:
First hour and a bit into this and enjoying it so far.
Get's decent reviews, I can instantly understand why.
Read it again this year after a ten year gap.
The lyrical descriptions of the Vietnamese and Cambodians just entranced me.
I have always been dismissive of any sort of cruise holiday but I could be persuaded to take the trip up the Mekong river.
The best book I have ever read about the Vietnam war is A Bright Shining Lie by Neil Sheehan.
Long but absolutely gripping.
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