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Just finished "The Dead House" by Harry Bingham. I've already read one of his series about this pot-puffing cannabis-cultivating Welsh police sargeant and found it reasonably entertaining, but the latest goes way beyond belief frankly. luckily it was a freebie, and I certainly wouldn't buy one of his again.
Currently reading (One for Jack Reacher fans) 'Nothing Short of Dying' by Erik Storey.
ETA: From Amazon.
Hailed by bestselling writer William Kent Krueger as the year s best thriller debut, this furiously paced ride into harm s way features a drifter with lethal skills, whose mission to rescue his abducted sister pits him against a ruthless meth kingpin and his army of killers.
Sixteen years. That s how long Clyde Barr has been away from Colorado s thick forests, alpine deserts, and craggy peaks, running from a past filled with haunting memories. But now he s back, having roamed across three continents as a hunter, adventurer, soldier of fortune, and most recently, unjustly imprisoned convict. And once again, his past is reaching out to claim him.
By the light of a flickering campfire, Clyde receives a frantic phone call from his sister Jen. No sooner has she pleaded with him to come rescue her than the line goes dead. Clyde doesn t know how much time he has, or where Jen is located, or even who has her. All he knows is that nothing short of dying will stop him from saving her.
ETA: From Amazon.
Hailed by bestselling writer William Kent Krueger as the year s best thriller debut, this furiously paced ride into harm s way features a drifter with lethal skills, whose mission to rescue his abducted sister pits him against a ruthless meth kingpin and his army of killers.
Sixteen years. That s how long Clyde Barr has been away from Colorado s thick forests, alpine deserts, and craggy peaks, running from a past filled with haunting memories. But now he s back, having roamed across three continents as a hunter, adventurer, soldier of fortune, and most recently, unjustly imprisoned convict. And once again, his past is reaching out to claim him.
By the light of a flickering campfire, Clyde receives a frantic phone call from his sister Jen. No sooner has she pleaded with him to come rescue her than the line goes dead. Clyde doesn t know how much time he has, or where Jen is located, or even who has her. All he knows is that nothing short of dying will stop him from saving her.
Edited by Laurel Green on Thursday 15th September 15:09
I read quite a lot (for me) whilst on holiday recently:
Stuart MacBride: In the cold dark ground, The 45% Hangover & Partners in crime
Danny Baker: Going to see in a sieve, Going off alarmingly
Chris Evans: Call the midlife
Paula Hawkins: The girl on the train
James Lee Burke: The jealous kind & Wayfaring stranger
I was stupid enough to buy & read t'others, so I thought, "Why not?"
1/2 way through.... s'ok
Stuart MacBride: In the cold dark ground, The 45% Hangover & Partners in crime
Danny Baker: Going to see in a sieve, Going off alarmingly
Chris Evans: Call the midlife
Paula Hawkins: The girl on the train
James Lee Burke: The jealous kind & Wayfaring stranger
I was stupid enough to buy & read t'others, so I thought, "Why not?"
1/2 way through.... s'ok
I'm going into this one hoping Reed has managed to capture the intensity of feeling during the Revolution. It is strange to think that the events being written about are now 99 years ago. As a result there are a few things which I've caught during the first hundred or so pages: the plural term 'Bolsheviks' mustn't have been in common parlance, hence 'Bolsheviki' is used, and the introduction of the Provisional Government was regarded as part of the ongoing revolution rather than a separate event.
SilverSixer said:
Bolsheviki is the Russian language plural of Bolshevik.
I suspected as much, but know so little Russian I couldn't have been totally sure. I'm now quite curious why the term was used as opposed to being Anglified to 'Bolsheviks'. Maybe it was the style of the era. It's a good excuse to read more early twentieth century works at least.
Sounds very promising from reviews I have read. I have just finished Ian McEwan's Eggshell and enjoyed it hugely. It sounds very ...errmmm... courageous?...to write a book in the first person whee the narrator is an unborn child and the plot echoes Hamlet - the sort of left field concept I would more expect from the author's contemporary Martin Amis. But it works - very funny and very smart. Recommended
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