Books - What are you reading?

[Prolex-UK]

droopsnoot said:

I've just finished "Cold Killing" by Luke Delany. Pretty good, someone is killing random people and a detective is onto him but struggling to prove it.

read all of these.

He is ex copper.

Been a while since his last.

Must check for new ones

[droopsnoot]

I'm sure I've read another by him, but can't remember which one.

[lowdrag]

Carrying on with the Jack Aubrey novels, I am pleased to recount that "The Fortune of War" was far more gripping and entertaining than the preceding one in the series "Desolation Island". I have "The Surgeon's Mate" next in the series and then it is on to Amazon to continue the series:-



but a short break from the sea as I attack "Blood Salt Water" by Denise Mina who obviously likes a tipple since she has twice won the Theakston's Novel of the Year.

Edited by lowdrag on Friday 16th April 03:49

[droopsnoot]

I've just finished "Fever of the bone", a Val McDermid novel featuring Carol Jordan and Tony Hill, and a serial killer. Very enjoyable, I still can't remember what put me off these a while back.

[Desiderata]

I started Edmund de Wahl's "The Hare With Amber Eyes" last night and am enjoying it so far.
No sex, violence, or racy plot, but instead careful and thoughtful description of the life of several generations of his family based round the stories of his ancestors' netsuke collection.
It doesn't sound like a good read, but it is.

[droopsnoot]

I've just finished "A Dangerous Man" by Robert Crais. Ex-special forces guy Joe Pike helps to prevent a girl from being abducted, then gets into why she was being abducted and how to stop it happening again. Very enjoyable, another author I haven't read for a while.

[epom]

Was going into hospital for a few nights, collected up a few books for after for my recovery. Nothing too serious. Decided to bring my Kindle in with me as it would be easier to use. Needed something lightish, but yet good enough to keep my attention. Ah yes Jack Reacher fits the Bill, downloaded Night School. Got out and home, what booked had I picked up amongst the others ? Jack Reacher, Night School

Anyhow cool story I’m sure.

[egor110]

If your recovering for a while check out Jason Matthews red sparrow trilogy or don winslows power of the dog trilogy.

[epom]

egor110 said:

If your recovering for a while check out Jason Matthews red sparrow trilogy or don winslows power of the dog trilogy.

Cheers, actually I’ve read the first one of the Red Sparrow books, didn’t know there were more.

[egor110]

epom said:

egor110 said:

If your recovering for a while check out Jason Matthews red sparrow trilogy or don winslows power of the dog trilogy.

Cheers, actually I’ve read the first one of the Red Sparrow books, didn’t know there were more.

Yeah you need to read palace of treason and then the Kremlin candidate.

[DeejRC]

Does anybody else read Darren Humphries and the Man From UNDEAD series?

Anyway, latest one has been released and a semi standard alone Lady Red novel. Working through those two. I had a side jaunt into a cpl of Andrew Maybe novellas during the same time, his “Smith” Chronological Man Steampunk’esque novellas.

[easytiger123]

The Way We Live Now by Anthony Trollope.

An absolutely brilliant novel, possibly the most entertaining and engrossing I've ever read. Highly recommended.

[havoc]

DeejRC said:

Does anybody else read Darren Humphries and the Man From UNDEAD series?

How do they compare to Charles Stross' Laundry series...seem very similar concepts.

[TheJimi]

havoc said:

DeejRC said:

Does anybody else read Darren Humphries and the Man From UNDEAD series?

How do they compare to Charles Stross' Laundry series...seem very similar concepts.

I've yet to read anything that beats either Rivers Of London, or The Dresden Files. I'd probably add the Alex Verus series as well.

[IanA2]

easytiger123 said:

The Way We Live Now by Anthony Trollope.

An absolutely brilliant novel, possibly the most entertaining and engrossing I've ever read. Highly recommended.

Yes, and 150 years later, Augustus Melmottes walk amongst us still....

[coppice]

INSIDE STORY - Martin Amis. I am a long time Amis fan and I loved this book. Part fiction, part autobiography , with moving accounts of his long friendships with Saul Bellow and Christopher Hitchins . Reflections on good writing , insights and intrigue about his father Kingsley and Philip Larkin . Funny, moving , and stupendously well written . And lots more too - it is a very big book .

I enjoyed this more than anything else , from any genre , I've read in the last decade .

[Prolex-UK]

Just finished John Sandford's Ocean Prey.

Great book brings lucas davenport into contact with virgil flowers.

read it in 2 days.

Now trying Scott Blade's Jack Widow series.

Not too bad so far. Jack Widow is Jack reacher's son............... Similar type of chap story rattling along nicely so far

[unrepentant]

An interesting read.

[irc]

Just read Semper Cool by Barry Fixler. His account of his time as a marine in Vietnam.

Good first hand account of the whole process. Joining , training, fighting. Numerous close calls. Not a work of literature just a simple readable account of a very lucky guy.

After the war his luck continued. No PTSD. Successful career in as a jeweller. When robbed at gunpoint in 2005 the marine instincts kicked in. He knocked the gun aside. Dived and got his own gun and shot both robbers. One injured. The other knocked over but saved by a bulletproof vest


https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=X5g-4FtRCfc

[lowdrag]

"Blood Salt Water by Denise Mina. This book was written by a person who twice won the Theakston Novel of the Year award and am left wondering if she had an off day writing this book or is the Theakston award a rather low key affair. For some reason I was left comparing it with those "Painting by Numbers" kits so beloved many years ago. I found myself thumbing forward to see how many pages before the end of the chapter before I could take a break. not at all inspiring frankly