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recently finished :
"Demon Copperhead" by Barbara Kingsolver a relentlessly depressing story of a boys journey through life in Alabama. Set in the 80s and 90s it jumps through one misery hoop after another (death, abuse, drugs, suicide etc....) with no real light or hope. Oddly compelling but certainly not uplifting. 2/5
"Exiles" by Jane Harper. I've enjoyed her books especially "The Dry" from a few years back. This is set in outback Australia and tells of a missing woman and the family ties that surrounded her disappearance. Decent enough page turner but a bit repetitive though, it seems to spend so long going nowhere until the last 1/4 of the book when it all comes together in fairly obvious fashion. 3/5
"Blood Ties" by Brian McGilloway. A fantastic crime novel set in the borderlands between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. Centred around the murder of a convicted killer and also his victim from 20 years ago but it's also a strangely sentimental book about family, loss and relationships. Well worth a read. 4/5
Just started "A Village in the 3rd Reich" after the recommendations here.....great so far.
"Demon Copperhead" by Barbara Kingsolver a relentlessly depressing story of a boys journey through life in Alabama. Set in the 80s and 90s it jumps through one misery hoop after another (death, abuse, drugs, suicide etc....) with no real light or hope. Oddly compelling but certainly not uplifting. 2/5
"Exiles" by Jane Harper. I've enjoyed her books especially "The Dry" from a few years back. This is set in outback Australia and tells of a missing woman and the family ties that surrounded her disappearance. Decent enough page turner but a bit repetitive though, it seems to spend so long going nowhere until the last 1/4 of the book when it all comes together in fairly obvious fashion. 3/5
"Blood Ties" by Brian McGilloway. A fantastic crime novel set in the borderlands between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. Centred around the murder of a convicted killer and also his victim from 20 years ago but it's also a strangely sentimental book about family, loss and relationships. Well worth a read. 4/5
Just started "A Village in the 3rd Reich" after the recommendations here.....great so far.
towser said:
recently finished :
"Blood Ties" by Brian McGilloway. A fantastic crime novel set in the borderlands between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. Centred around the murder of a convicted killer and also his victim from 20 years ago but it's also a strangely sentimental book about family, loss and relationships. Well worth a read. 4/5
I assume you know that Blood Ties is the 6th in the Ben Devlin series? Quite a gap between book 5 and 6 however. I read the first 5 ages ago and until your post, didn't realise there was a new one."Blood Ties" by Brian McGilloway. A fantastic crime novel set in the borderlands between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. Centred around the murder of a convicted killer and also his victim from 20 years ago but it's also a strangely sentimental book about family, loss and relationships. Well worth a read. 4/5
Killer in the Kremlin - John Sweeney
Trying to piece together the life and times of Putin along with the apparently numerous attacks on his own people both singularly and mass attacks on blocks of civilians to divert blame and cause chaos.
If the contents, most of which is backed up rather than single person hearsay is correct, the man is even more psychopathic than we imagine.
The author is a well known contributor to a number of BBC news programmes, his writing and grammar is however, a little difficult to follow at times.
Trying to piece together the life and times of Putin along with the apparently numerous attacks on his own people both singularly and mass attacks on blocks of civilians to divert blame and cause chaos.
If the contents, most of which is backed up rather than single person hearsay is correct, the man is even more psychopathic than we imagine.
The author is a well known contributor to a number of BBC news programmes, his writing and grammar is however, a little difficult to follow at times.
p1doc said:
just found the long earth by terry pratchett/stephen baxter in charity shop , not really a pratchett fan but good so far and 5 books in series
just finished books of babel series by josiah bancroft very good
I've read the Long Earth series. Twice. I love those books. Bought them all in hardback. Typical Pratchetness isn't massively evident in the writing. It is there, but it is really obvious it's a collab and not solo work, IMHO. I was considering starting them for a third time only yesterday...just finished books of babel series by josiah bancroft very good
I've just finished "The Pandemic Plot" by Scott Mariani. Ex SAS Major Ben Hope has to rush back to the UK when his son is arrested for a murder he swears he didn't commit. It's then up to Ben to find out who really committed the murder and why. A good read, enjoyable, I think I've read one of his before.
I'm half way through Vincent Bugliosi and Curt Gentry's 'Helter Skelter - The True Story Of The Manson Murders', Bulgiosi was the Los Angeles DA prosecuting the case and goes into great detail about the events surrounding the horrific crimes of Manson's 'family'. There were many twists and turns in the case, with missed evidence, witness's accounts being dismissed and rumours about who was or wasn't at the Polanski's house on the night of the murders. Bugliosi goes into detail about the other murders connected to the case, which happened just before and just after Sharon Tate and four others were killed at the home she and Roman Polanski were renting up in the hills. It's certainly grim reading, but it paints a mental picture of what life was like in the Hollywood hills for the jet set of the late '60s.
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