dawnbirduk
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I am reading a book from the Grab n Go Eurocrime from the Library the oil in Reading is Third Voice by Cilla and Rolf Borjlind set in Sweden
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I am currently reading on Kindle City of Shadows by Ariana Franklin and I capture the Castle by Dodie Smith, don't usually read 2 books together, but I like to have a kindle book on the go these days
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Yesterday I started reading Garden of Darkness by Anne Frasier although it was classified as a thriller, I found it just too gruesome, I didn't relate to the characters or the dark setting, so I ended up giving up, this morning I started reading City of Shadows by Ariana Franklin, so far not outstanding but ok, so will see how it goes.
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I have read them all, and have enjoyed them, I love the characters but do not find the storylines themselves as strong as Poirot or Miss Marple
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See No Evil by Allison Brennan
From Goodreads - A cunning killer hides in plain sight.A troubled teenage girl has been charged with the grisly murder of her stepfather. The evidence is damning: Emily was found alone at the scene with blood on her hands, and an incriminating e-mail she wrote outlines a murder plot identical to the method of the brutal slaying. But deputy district attorney Julia Chandler believes her niece is innocent, and she’s determined to keep the promise she made to protect her dead brother’s daughter–even if it means hiring private eye Connor Kincaid . . . the man who blames her for forcing his resignation from the police department.Together Julia and Connor uncover a chain of unsolved violent crimes tied to an unorthodox therapist whose anonymous online patients purge their anger by posting lethal fantasies. But someone in the group has turned vigilante, turning the game of virtual murder into a flesh-and-blood vendetta.After evil is seen, face your ultimate fear -
Speak No Evil by Allison Brennan
No Evil Book 1
I loved this book from an author I didn't know, great Characterision, great story
From Goodreads - Silence is deadly.From Goodreads - The murder of eighteen-year-old Angie Vance was exceptionally vile–her mouth was sealed with glue, an obscenity scrawledwas across her skin, and she was suffocated in a garbage bag. The killing seems personal, so police detective Carina Kincaid focuses her efforts on the victim’s much older ex-boyfriend, Steve Thomas. But without physical evidence, Carina can’t make a collar or a case. She also can’t stop Sheriff Nick Thomas, the prime suspect’s brother, from conducting his own unwelcome investigation.Though Nick is still scarred and unsteady from a recent confrontation with a serial killer, he’s determined to prove his brother’s innocence. But his confidence is shaken when he learns of Steve’s dark side, and when a friend of the murdered girl meets a similarly gruesome fate. With no time to lose, Carina and Nick work together to trap a psychopath, before another unlucky woman faces an unspeakable end.Evil has spoken. Now see what it can do -
I . finished Level 26 by Anthony E Zuiker, this is written by Creator and Executive Producer of CSI, a very dark book but very good when the chase starts. I have just started Speak no Evil by Allison Brennan
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Anthony E Zuiker is the creater and executive producer of CSI.
After a shaky start when I thought this was too dark, however, once the chase began it improved, a fantastic read.
From Goodreads - It is well known among law enforcement personnel that murderers can be categorized on a scale of twenty-five levels of evil, from the naive opportunists starting out at Level 1 to the organized, premeditated torture-murderers who inhabit Level 25.What almost no one knows, except for the elite unnamed investigations group assigned to hunt down the world's most dangerous killers, a group of men and women accounted for in no official ledger, headed by the brilliant but reluctant operative Steve Dark, is that a new category of killer is in the process of being defined.
Only one man belongs to this group.
His targets:
Anyone.
His methods:
Unlimited.
His alias:
Sqweegel.
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Today I finished Don't Look Back by Andrew Gross, thoroughly enjoyed it but not as good as Ty Hauck #1, I am about to start Level 26 - Dark Origins by Anthony E Zuiker
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Don't Look Twice by Andrew Gross
A great story, thoroughly enjoyed it.
From Goodreads - Detective Ty Hauck is caught in a deadly maze of cover-up and corruption in this new thriller from the "New York Times"-bestselling author of "The Dark Tide." -
Last night I finishes The Dark Tide by Andrew Gross, which was a great read and today I started the 2nd book in the series Don't Look Twice by Andrew Gross which I so far am enjoying.
I am afraid I am not very good at reviews just the odd phrase, line, sentence, every minute I take writing detracts from my reading time, sorry.
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A great book, I thoroughly enjoyed it
From Goodreads - Gross, who's partnered with James Patterson on a number of bestsellers (Lifeguard, etc.), mixes murder, suspense, sex and romance as capably as his mentor in his assured second solo thriller (after The Blue Zone). Charles Friedman, a New York hedge fund trader, perishes in a bombing at Grand Central Station that destroys the railroad car in which he was riding one morning from his home in Greenwich, Conn. Ty Hauck, head of the Greenwich police's violent crime unit, enters the picture when a hit-and-run victim turns out to have a vague connection to Friedman. Soon, Friedman's widow and her kids are threatened by men searching for vast sums of money her late husband never earned. The stakes rise as Hauck's involvement shifts from professional to personal. While the reader will occasionally see the next drop, tunnel or curve looming far ahead, the roller-coaster thrills are still there in abundance -
I found this a great read and a great story.
From Goodreads - Former FBI Special Agent Sloane Burbank has seen her share of danger, but she never expected that danger to invade the lives of her family. Then her mother is viciously attacked in the posh Manhattan apartment her parents share and it quickly becomes clear that this is no ordinary robbery. They were obviously after something of her father's, and she soon realizes he's in over his head. Determined to find out the truth, Sloane discovers a deadly secret buried in his past that has made him the target of a power-hungry mobster with a lethal agenda and nothing to lose -
It is on Friday Nights at 10pm on Channel 5
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A brilliant book, I loved it, I liked the characters and the storyline.From Goodreads - The acclaimed author of "Dark Room" is back with the first novel in a brilliant new series of romantic thrillers that takes readers inside the FBI and the life of a hostage negotiator.
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I have just finished The Tenth Chamber by Glenn Cooper, a fantastic book I just couldn't put it down.
I am about to start The Quiller Memorandum by Adam Hall
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The Tenth Chamber by Glenn Cooper
What can I say a fantastic sensational book, I couldn't put it down - it had everything, murder, mayhem, archeology, great story, good characters - what more can one ask!!
From Goodreads - Abbey of Ruac, rural France - A medieval script is discovered hidden behind an antique bookcase. Badly damaged, it is sent to Paris for restoration, and there literary historian Hugo Pineau begins to read the startling fourteenth-century text. Within its pages lies a fanciful tale of a painted cave and the secrets it contains - and a rudimentary map showing its position close to the abbey. Intrigued, Hugo enlists the help of archaeologist Luc Simard and the two men go exploring. When they discover a vast network of prehistoric caves, buried deep within the cliffs, they realize that they've stumbled across something extraordinary. And at the very core of the labyrinth lies the most astonishing chamber of all, just as the manuscript chronicled. Aware of the significance of their discovery, they set up camp with a team of experts, determined to bring their find to the world. But as they begin to unlock the ancient secrets the cavern holds, they find themselves at the centre of a dangerous game. One 'accidental' death leads to another. And it seems that someone will stop at nothing to protect the enigma of the tenth chamber -
Went to a local coffee morning and on the book stall saw this book - TheTenth Chamber by Glenn Cooper - never heard of the author or the book, but the synopsis on the back just sounds like my type of book
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Being unable to find this book on Goodreads, I did a search on Fantastic Fiction and found it was a pseudonym used by Erle Stanley Gardner.
This is a book in the Donald Lam and Bertha Cool series, I have to say I wasn't terribly impressed, it was set in wartime America, and I felt it wasn't portrayed very well.
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The Fifth Child by Doris Lessing
This the book of the month for April, a strange book, I didn't really enjoy it, but I couldn't put it down.
From Goodreads - Doris Lessing's contemporary gothic horror story—centered on the birth of a baby who seems less than human—probes society's unwillingness to recognize its own brutality.Harriet and David Lovatt, parents of four children, have created an idyll of domestic bliss in defiance of the social trends of late 1960s England. While around them crime and unrest surge, the Lovatts are certain that their old-fashioned contentment can protect them from the world outside—until the birth of their fifth baby. Gruesomely goblin-like in appearance, insatiably hungry, abnormally strong and violent, Ben has nothing innocent or infant-like about him. As he grows older and more terrifying, Harriet finds she cannot love him, David cannot bring himself to touch him, and their four older children are afraid of him. Understanding that he will never be accepted anywhere, Harriet and David are torn between their instincts as parents and their shocked reaction to this fierce and unlovable child whose existence shatters their belief in a benign world -
1- Who was your favourite character?
I think I must also go for John Howard, just an all round lovely man.
2- Was there a particular part you enjoyed more than the rest?
The growth of the relationship between John and Nicole, and Ronnie getting into mischief by disappearing to look at the German Tank
3- Was this the first book you've read in this genre/ by this author, has it encouraged you to read more?
Yes, it was, my late Grandad was a Nevil Shute fan, I wouldn't mind reading more, human war time stories.
4- Were there any parts/ideas you struggled with?
The people throwing stones at a child, that was so awful.
5- How well do you think the book fitted the theme of Masculinity?
I do not really know
6- The main character is elderly and the events stretched him to his limits. Why did he not refuse to help , or give up? .
Because he was a caring person, and you do not refuse those in need, if you care. However, at the beginning of the book, there was evidence of him trying to take part in the war effort and he was classed as too old, I suppose he was thinking by helping these children he was doing his part.
7- Overall, was reading the book an enjoyable experience?
I thoroughly enjoyed it.
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It was an unusual book for me, and I did enjoy the writing style and the characters. I enjoyed the storyline immensely.
It is the summer of 1940 and in Europe the time of Blitzkreig. John Howard, a 70-year-old Englishman vacationing in France, cuts shorts his tour and heads for home. He agrees to take two children with him.But war closes in. Trains fail, roads clog with refugees. And if things were not difficult enough, other children join in Howard's little band. At last they reach the coast and find not deliverance but desperation. The old Englishman's greatest test lies ahead of him.
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About to start Pied Piper by Nevil Shute, will be interesting he was my grandads RIP favourite author and I have never read any of his books.
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The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
This is being read for Hunstanton Town Read, a great read, a thoroughly enjoyable story, I loved the storyline and the characters.
From Goodreads - Angelfield House stands abandoned and forgotten. It was once the imposing home of the March family--fascinating, manipulative Isabelle, Charlie her brutal and dangerous brother, and the wild, untamed twins, Emmeline and Adeline. But Angelfield House conceals a chilling secret whose impact still resonates...Now Margaret Lea is investigating Angelfield's past--and the mystery of the March family starts to unravel. What has Angelfield been hiding? What is its connection with the enigmatic author Vida Winter? And what is it in Margaret's own troubled past that causes her to fall so powerfully under Angelfilds spell
Novel top 3: Agatha Christie
in Crime / Mystery / Thriller
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1 And then there were none
2 Murder on the Orient Express
3 Why didn't they ask Evans?