dex Posted December 10, 2013 Share Posted December 10, 2013 (edited) “Anybody can be charming if they don't mind faking it, saying all the stupid, obvious, nauseating things that a conscience keeps most people from saying. Happily, I don't have a conscience. I say them.” ― Jeff Lindsay, Darkly Dreaming Dexter Books Bought 2014 Physical The Lost Boy - Camilla Lackberg 2.80 Int Good Bait - John Harvey 95 Cs The Stolen Ones - Richard Montanari 3.50 Sm Poppet - Mo Hayder Sm 4.00 Sm Norwegian By Night 99 Cs The Fall Of The House Of Usher and Other Stories - Edgar Allan Poe 1.00 Jack's Return Home - Ted Lewis 1.50 Cs Twisted - John Lutz 2.50 2 for 1 Cs Serial - John Lutz Free Cs Christine Falls - Benjamin Black 2 Cs Elegy For April -Benjamin Black Silver Swan - Benjamin Black Death In Summer -Benjamin Black, 3 for 5 Bs The Long Firm - Jake Arnott He Kills Coppers - Jake Arnott 1.50 [*]Cop Killer - The Martin Beck Series [*]The Locked Room - The Martin Beck Series [*]The Man on the Balcony - The Martin Beck Series [*]The Fire Engine That Disappeared - The Martin Beck Series [*]The Man who went up in Smoke - The Martin Beck Series [*]Murder at the Savoy - The Martin Beck Series [*]The Terrorists - The Martin Beck Series [*]Roseanna - The Martin Beck Series [*]The Abominable Man - The Martin Beck Series [*]The Laughing Policeman - The Martin Beck Series £22.50 Saints of the Shadow Bible 4 Books Borrowed Dexter's Final Cut - Jeff Lindsay Stay Alive - Simon Kernick Ebooks Take One With You - Oak Anderson, Free 3 Edited December 1, 2014 by dex Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dex Posted December 10, 2013 Author Share Posted December 10, 2013 (edited) Bookses, Bookses, Preciouses.!I've just bought a galaxy S2 online so hopefully I should be doing some mobile ereading soon. My kobo mini hasn't really worked out.This is going to be my Reading log this year. 2013I'm going to try to clear my Tbr list, but you never know what you may find whilst out and about or be recommended.Books boughtInternetCharity ShopSupermarketMarket/ S/handReadThe Preacher - Camilla Lackberg Int 2.67Phantom - Jo Nesbo Sm deal 2.95The Drop - Michael Connelly, This is the problem with borrowing books. Cs 2.00Blue Heaven - C.J. Box Cs 1.25The Hypnotist - Lars Kepler Cs 2.00The Drowning - Camilla Lackberg Cs 1.95No time for goodbye - Linwood Barclay CsNever look away - Linwood Barclay CsThe Savage Altar - Asa Larsson Cs 1.40False Friends - Stephen Leather IntThe Killing Room - Richard Montanari IntLast Chance To Die - Noah Boyd Int 1.74The Bricklayer - Noah Boyd In 1.75Standing In Another Man's Grave - Ian Rankin Sm 3.85The Inspector and Silence - Hakan Nesser Cs 1.50Hour of the Wolf - Hakan Nesser Cs 1.50Ultimatum - Simon Kernick Cs 2.50The Mind's Eye - Hakan Nesser Int 2.81Borkmann's Point- Hakan Nesser Int 2.01The Return - Hakan Nesser Int 2.51Woman With A Birthmark - Hakan Nesser Int 1.69The Black Path - Asa Larsson (Book Swap)The Blood Spilt - Asa Larsson (Book Swap)The Bat - Jo Nesbo, The First Harry Hole Thriller SmHanging Hill - Mo Hayder Cs 2.00Snuff - Terry Pratchett Cs 2.00 or 2.50 as payed higher priceMicheal Dibdin - Cabal, Zen (From Work)Vince Flynn - Term Limits Cs 1.50Vince Flynn - Seperation Of Power Cs 1.50Flesh & Blood - John Harvey Cs 1.50Heart Sick -Chelsea Cain Cs 1.50The Night Stalker - Chris Carter Cs 2.00Hidden Depths - Anne Cleeves TW 1.99 Given AwayTelling Tales - Anne Cleeves TW (I like the tv series) 1.99 Given AwaySilent Voices - Anne Cleeves Int 1.74 Given AwayRatking - Michael Dibdin Int 1.64Vendetta - Michael Dibdin Int 1.74The Crucifix Killer - Chris Carter Int 1.74The Executioner - Chris Carter Int 2.53The Death Sculptor - Chris Carter Int 2.54Rides A Dread Legion - Feist Int 1.74A Kingdom Besieged- Feist Int 2.80The First Law Bk, The Blade Itself - Joe Abercrombie Cs 1.50 Given AwayWhite Nights - Ann Cleeves Tw 2Red Bones - Ann Cleeves Tw 2Raven Black Tw 1The Crow Trap - Ann Cleeves Int 2.41 Given AwayPig Island - Mo Hayder - Cs 2.00Dead Lagoon - Michael Dibdin M 10.00 for 5Cosi Fan Tuti - Michael DibdinA Long finish - Michael DibdinBlood Rain - Michael DibdinMedusa - Michael DibdinBlue Lightning - Ann Cleeves Int 1.52Don't Look Back / Deviant Way - Richard Montanari Int 1.74Kiss Of Evil - Richard Montanari Int 1.74Blood Hunt - Ian Rankin as JH SHB 1.00Bleeding Hearts - Ian Rankin as JH SHB 1.00Close To the Bone - Stuart Macbride Sm 3.80The Black Box - Michael Connelly Sm 3.50Girl, Stolen - April Henry Int F.O.C. Given AwayWatchman - Ian Rankin Cs 1.50Ash and Bone - John Harvey Cs 2.00The Debt - Simon Kernick Int Free ebookTrue Colours - Stephen Leather Sm 3.50A Rush of Blood - Mark Billingham M1.25Witch Hunt - Ian Rankin as JH CS 50The House of Silk - Anthony Horowitz Cs 1.25The Tunnel - S.D. Tooley Free First Read Given AwayNothing Else Matters - S.D. Tooley Given Away Edited June 12, 2014 by dex Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dex Posted December 10, 2013 Author Share Posted December 10, 2013 (edited) Connelly Dick Carter Dibden Rankin January 1Ct 8Sf 3Ss Novels 4. The Black Box - Michael Connelly 2 6th-11th See JackM Sf http://www.bookclubforum.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/12444-jackm-science-fiction-2014/?hl=jackm February Novels 11. The House of Silk - Anthony Hor 3 7th-8th (3 for the atual story, 2 for the presentation) 12. Dexter's Final Cut 2 8th-11th See JackM Sf 14. Pig Island 2.5 16th-22nd 15. The Crucifix Killer 22nd- Ebooks Shorts Inspector Zhang Gets His Wish - Stephen Leather3, 5th Spider's Web (3 Stories)- Stephen Leather 3, 5th Short Fuses (3 read so far) - Stephen Leather 15th See JackM Sf March The Crucifix Killer 22nd-3rd 2 1/2 See JackM Sf 21. Ratking - Michael Dibdin 21st - April 21. Ratking - Michael Dibdin 3 rd 2 1/2 See JackM Sf 23. Vendetta - Michael Dibdin 3/5 May 28. Shatter The Bones - Stuart McBride 3rd,4th 4/5 29. close To The Bone - Stuart McBride 4th -5th 3/5 June 32. Take One With You - Oak Anderson 3.5 Don't Look Now - Richard Montanari 2/5 July Mr Mercedes - Stephen King 2/5 August Kiss Of Evil - Richard Montanari 2/5 Poppet - Mo Hayder 3/5 September The Lost Boy - Camilla Lackberg 1/5 True Colours - Stephen Leather 17th - 27th 3/5 Edited September 27, 2014 by dex Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dex Posted December 10, 2013 Author Share Posted December 10, 2013 (edited) This will be a list of the books I've read and a score of what I thought of them.1/4 I didn't like it2/4 It was okay3/4 I liked it4/4 I really liked itJanuary - 5Camilla Lackberg - The Ice Princess 3/4 393 pagesLiza Marklund - Primetime 3/4 418 pagesJo Nesbo - Phantom 4/4 547 PagesCamilla Lackberg - The Preacher 2/4 422 pagesBrandon Sanderson - The Gathering Storm 3/4 825 pagesFebruary - 3Brandon Sanderson - Towers of Midnight 2/4 941 pagesTom Wood - The Hunter 2/4Tom Wood - 0/4 Couldn't even make it past halfway, UnfinishedBrandon Sanderson - A Memory of Light 4/4March - 6Stuart Macbride - Close to the Bone (Undecided)Suzanne Collins - The Hunger Games 3/4Suzanne Collins - catching Fire 3/4Suzanne Collins - Mockinjay 3/4Linwood Barclay - Too close to home 3/4Linwood Barclay - Fear The Worst 3/4April - 4Camilla Lackberg - The Stonecutter 3/4 548 pagesJeff Lindsay - Double Dexter 2/4 (A bit too much personal stuff going on)Camilla Lackberg - The Stranger (a.k.a The Gallows Bird) 2/4 381 pagesCamilla Lackberg - The Hidden Child 3/4 504 pagesMay - 6Camilla Lackberg - The Drowning 3/4 485 pagesJeff Lindsay - Darkly Dreaming Dexter 4/4 Reread 275 pagesJeff Lindsay - Dearly Devoted Dexter 4/4Reread 296 pagesJeff Lindsay - Dexter In The Dark 2.5/4 Reread 376 pagesJeff Lindsay - Dexter By Design 4/4344 pagesJeff Lindsay - Dexter Is Delicious 4/4 440 pagesJune - 10John Harvey - Now's The Time 3/4 297 pagesIan Rankin - A Good Hanging 3/4 253 pagesSimon Kernick - Target 3/4 493 pagesR Simon Kernick - The Last 10 Seconds 3.5/4 474 pagesSimon Kernick - The Payback 3.5/4 457 pagesLinwood Barclay - No Time For Goodbye 2.5/4Linwood Barclay - Never Look Away 2/4The Associate - John Grisham 1/4Ian Rankin - Standing In Another Man's Grave 4/4 422 pagesStephen Leather - False Friends 3/4 453 pagesJuly - 10C.J. Box - Blue Heaven 4/4 (Right up until the abrupt end) 422 pagesR James Patterson - Cross Country 3/4 Tw 2R James Patterson - I, Alex Cross 3/4R James Patterson - Cross Fire 2.5/4James Patterson - Kill Alex Cross 2.5/4Richard Montanari - The Killing Room 4/4 434 pagesSimon Kernick - Siege 3.5/4Asa Larsson - The Savage Altar 3/4 403 pagesAsa Larsson - The Blood Spilt 2/4 407 pagesJo Nesbo - The Bat 2/4 The later books are Much Better 425 pagesAugust - 10R Lawrence Block - The Sins Of The Fathers 3/4 132 pagesR Lawrence Block - In The Midst Of Death 2/4 129 pagesR Noah Boyd - The Bricklayer 3/4Noah Boyd - Last Chance To Die 3/4Asa Larsson - The Black Path 3/4 395 pagesMo Hayder - hanging Hill 3.5/4 558 pagesTerry Pratchett - Snuff 3/4 476 pagesChris Carter - The Night Stalker 4/4Hakan Nesser - The Mind's Eye - 3/4 364 pagesHakan Nesser - Borkmann's Point 3/4 321 pagesSeptember - 7Hakan Nesser - The Return 2/4 322R Lars Kelper - The Hypnotist 2/4 Mary Burton - I'm Watching You 3/4, The first ending was good, The final ending was predictable.Mary Burton - Before She Dies 2/4 430 pagesWoman With A Birthmark - Hassan Nesser 3/4 412 pages I've read the Plot many times before.The Crow Trap - Ann Cleeves 535 pages 3/4 Telling Tales - Ann Cleeves 2/4October - 4Ann Cleeves - Hidden Depths (I've been informed that this was the one I read before) 2/4Ann Cleeves - Silent Voices 2/4Hakan Nesser - The Inspector and Silence 433 pages 3/4Hakan Nesser - The Hour of the Wolf 3/4November - 6Joe Abercrombie - The Blade Itself 3/4Joe Abercrombie - Before They Are Hanged UnfinishedJohn Scalzi - Old Man's War3/4April Henry - Girl, Stolen 3/4Simon Kernick - The Debt short story 3/4Michael ConnellyMulholland Dive short story 3/4 from Mulholland DiveTwo Bagger short story 3/4 from Mulholland DiveThe two above are from an ebook that also has a story called Cahoots in, which I Read a while agoMichael Connelly shortFather's Day short, Angle of investigation 2/4Angle of Investigation short 3/4Christmas Even short story from Angle of Investigation 3/4Dexember - 3Michael Connelly - The Drop reread 2/4S.D. Tooley - Nothing Else Matters 3/4S.D. Tooley - The Tunnel 3/4I seem to have read 74 books? Edited March 23, 2014 by dex Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dex Posted December 10, 2013 Author Share Posted December 10, 2013 (edited) These are the Authors I have read this year.Stephen Leather,rough justice 2 fair game 3Stuart Macbride ,shatter the bones 3, birthdays for the dead 3, dark blood 4Michael Connelly ,the drop 4, chasing the dime 3, void moon 3Ian Rankin,rebus 4 overall but there are three dodgy ones. (h & s, t & n, d s) The complaints 3, The impossible dead 3Terry Goodkind,naked empire, chainfire, phantom, confessor 2 overall. Bought as he'd finished the series.Jo Nesbo,the leopard 4, the snowman 4, the redbreast 4, Nemesis 4, The devil's star 4, The redeemer 3, Headhunters 3 (Despite being 1st person)Mo Hayder,birdman 4, the treatment 4, ritual 4, skin 4, gone 4Mark Billingham,Good as dead 1Steig Larsson,dragon tattoo 4, played with fire 3, kicked a hornets' nest 4John Harvey,Rough Treatment 3, Wasted Years 3, Cold Light 3, Lonely Hearts 3 despite the abrupt end.Off Minor 3, Cutting Edge 2, probably more to my mood than the book. Easy meat 2, Still Water 3, Last Rites 3, Trouble in mind( 70 page short) 3, Cold in hand 3,Jeff Lindsay,dexter is delicious 3Colin Bateman,Mystery man 2, The day of the jack russell 2Patrick Robinson,Admiral Arnold Morgan, To the death 3Tony Black,paying for it 3, I'd only recommend it to people who enjoy 1st person books. It was a good plot though.John Connolly,The cancer cowboy. Weird, but good 3 (a short from nocturnes)Quintin Jardine,Grievous Angel 2. I won't buy this one.Richard Montanari,The echo man 3, The rosary girls 3, The skin gods 3, Broken angels 3,Play dead 3Jack Kerley,The death collectors 3, In the blood 1,Matthew Reilly,Scarecrow and the army of thieves 2 (Over the top and daft action sequences, Kind of like Adam West in Batman)Liza Marklund,Red wolf 3, The Bomber 3, Vanished 3, Exposed 2, (Looks like I read these in the reverse of the set chronology) Edited March 23, 2014 by dex Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dex Posted December 10, 2013 Author Share Posted December 10, 2013 (edited) Plans. Having read too much in 2013, I Plan to read 3 books a month plus two in the readathon slot, but not necessarily being commented on. This should see me reading 60 books compared to 46 and 74 for previous years. Looks like that plan is out of the window, with me reading short Sci-fi. Edited March 28, 2014 by dex Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dex Posted December 11, 2013 Author Share Posted December 11, 2013 (edited) Books To Buy Jimmy and The Crawler - Raymond E. Feist Stay Alive - Simon Kernick Wolf - Mo Hayder Edited March 23, 2014 by dex Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dex Posted December 11, 2013 Author Share Posted December 11, 2013 (edited) When I've finished dadoes, I'll take another break from PKD, This will leave me 4 Novels and 4 Collections to read. Edited January 5, 2014 by dex Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dex Posted December 11, 2013 Author Share Posted December 11, 2013 (edited) The Black Box - Michael Connelly, 407 pages 6th-11thIt does as some people say, have a too predictable storyline and I think it is a really weak effort. 2. After reading this and the drop recently, I think I'll leave reading any more Connelly for a while. Edited January 20, 2014 by dex Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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dex Posted February 3, 2014 Author Share Posted February 3, 2014 (edited) Library Book, Readathon 8th-11th Dexter's Final Cut - Jeff Lindsay, 352 Pages Saturday 1hr P.37 Sunday 1hr P.74 1hr P.119 1hr P.165 1hr P.207 Mega-star Robert Chase is famous for losing himself in his characters. When he and a group of actors descend on the Miami Police Department for 'research', Chase becomes fixated on Dexter Morgan, the blood-spatter analyst with a sweet tooth for doughnuts and a seemingly average life. To perfect his role, Chase is obsessed with shadowing Dexter's every move and what really makes him tick. There is just one problem... Dexter's favourite hobby involves hunting down the worst killers to escape legal justice, and introducing them to his special brand of playtime. It's a secret best kept out of the spotlight and away from the prying eyes of bloated Hollywood egos if Dexter wants to stay out of the electric chair. The last thing he needs is bright lights and the paparazzi... but even Dexter isn't immune to the call of fame. I enjoyed the first part of the book, but there was nothing new and he just recycled ideas. Edited February 11, 2014 by dex Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dex Posted February 3, 2014 Author Share Posted February 3, 2014 (edited) I thought the main plot of the story was enjoyable to read, but Horowitz kept mentioning other story titles from A.C.D. I kept tripping over them. He even managed to call a character Sally and have her eat in a restaurant called Lockhart's. Conan Doyle had fun making up the names of mysterious cases that never got written about, and that's funny. Trying to get every title or case mentioned in the book and trying to force every possible character into it as well isn't.I'm giving it 3*s for the plot and 2*s for the execution.The House of Silk - Anthony Horowitz 389 Pages StoryReadathonFridayPage 58 50 minsPage 97 40 minsSaturdayPage 165 1hr 10Page 225 1hrPage 310 1hr 10Page 405 1hrFinished5 Hrs 50 minsThe games Afoot...It is November 1890 and London is gripped by a merciless winter. Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson are enjoying tea by the fire when an agitated gentleman arrives unannounced at 221B Baker Street. he begs Holmes for help, telling the unnerving story of a scar faced man with piercing eyes who has stalked him in recent weeks.Intrigued, Holmes and Watson find themselves swiftly drawn into a series of puzzling and sinister events, stretching from the gas-lit streets of London to the teaming criminal underworld of Boston and the mysterious 'House of Silk'... It's a cross between The Adventure of The Dancing Men and everybody's best bits, e.g The Irregulars appearance in The Sign of Four, Jeremy Brett tv series It's also reminding me of quintin jardine's fatal last words, by mentioning story titles and characters from his other books. Edited February 16, 2014 by dex Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dex Posted February 6, 2014 Author Share Posted February 6, 2014 Simon Kernick I did manage to ask him a couple of sensible questions after a false start, and he was deadgood when he answered. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athena Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 You met him? That's pretty cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dex Posted February 7, 2014 Author Share Posted February 7, 2014 (edited) It was an author discussion on gr to promote his new book, Stay Alive. If I'd spotted it sooner, I might have been in time to request a copy. Simon kept popping back onto the thread, throughout the day. This was my bad question:- message 20: by Simon Feb 06, 2014 12:54AM JackM wrote: "I've read tbod,tme,tct,agdtd,r,s,d,t, tlts,p,s,u and an e short.I think that it's the immediacy, of your writing that makes me read Your style of book, as opposed to other authors. I find it ha..."Hi Jack, to be honest, I've always thought of the 2nd person narrative you describe as 1st person. I tend to write in whatever person/tense suits the books. Other people who do this include Harlan Coben, Don Winslow and Michael Connelly- all great authors. And this was a slightly better one:- message 41: by Simon Feb 06, 2014 10:26AM JackM wrote: "Hi Simon,Do you have a set routine when you are writing?What music do you listen to when you need to take a break?"Hi JackI try to write every weekday, morning and afternoon, when I'm working on a book, and funnily enough I actually listen to music while I write. I particularly enjoy jazz and chillout music when I'm working. Favourites are Miles Davis for the jazz, and Zero 7 for the chillout. Simon Edited March 5, 2014 by dex Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athena Posted February 8, 2014 Share Posted February 8, 2014 Ah! That's nice, though shame you couldn't request a copy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dex Posted February 12, 2014 Author Share Posted February 12, 2014 (edited) Spider's Web - Stephen Leather, Ebook Hard Evidence Hiatus Hard Target Short Fuses - Stephen Leather, Ebook Breaking In Strangers On A Train Inspector Zhang And The Hotel Guest Cat's Eyes The rest are all previews, a couple of chapters per book. I didn't bother reading them Edited February 21, 2014 by dex Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dex Posted February 16, 2014 Author Share Posted February 16, 2014 (edited) Pig Island - Mo Hayder 494 Pages, Hopefully Poppet should be out soon. 16th- 22nd See EvilJournalist Joe Oakes makes a living exposing supernatural hoaxes. But what he sees when he visits a secretive religious community on a remote scottish island forces him to question every thing he thought he knew.Hear EvilWhy have the islanders been accused of Satanism? What has happened to their leader? And why will no one discuss the strange creature seen wandering the lonely beaches of Pig Island?Read EvilIn Pig Island, Mo Hayder dares you to face your fears head on and to look at what lurks beneath the surface of everyday normality. It's about the unspeakable things people do to each other.It had quite an amusing start, Introducing Joe Oakes, but had settled down to being a strange tale at the moment.P 150 to 163, After all the build up, It seems to have happened in these pages.P 236, So after an atmospheric build-up, it seems to be building to either dramatic or anti- climax . Well I'm not sure how I felt about Pig Island, I disagree with the quote on the cover "The most terrifying thriller you'll read all year" Karin Slaughter, but it was a good ending when it finally arrived. It wasn't a fast paced read and it was just strange rather than terrifying. Edited February 22, 2014 by dex Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dex Posted February 22, 2014 Author Share Posted February 22, 2014 (edited) The Crucifix Killer - Chris Carter, 434 Pages 22nd- In a derelict cottage in LA, a young woman is found savagely murdered. Naked,strung from two wooden posts, the skin has been ripped from her face - while she was still alive. On the nape of her neck is carved a strange double cross: the sinature of a psychopath known as the Crucifix Killer. But that's not possible. Because, two years ago, the Crucifix Killer was caught and executed. Could this be the work of a copycat? Or is Detective Robert Hunter forced to face the unthinkable? Is the real Crucifix Killer still out there, taunting Hunter with his inability to catch him? Robert Hunter and his rookie partner are about to enter a nightmare beyond imagining... The fast start has been let down, by a slow progression of the case. I've got to P.187. The tension is building quite nicely at the moment, I have a couple of ideas about the story,but am hopefully wrong. P.359 It's Not an especially fast read and I am finding it easy to put down at the moment. It was just a shame I spotted the killer early on. Edited March 3, 2014 by dex Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tunn300 Posted February 23, 2014 Share Posted February 23, 2014 I read the Crucifix Killer last year and found it reasonably enjoyable. I did feel that there was a lot if unnecessary back story added to the characters that was done in a rather clunky way. Will be interested to hear how you get on with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dex Posted February 23, 2014 Author Share Posted February 23, 2014 (edited) I read the Crucifix Killer last year and found it reasonably enjoyable. I did feel that there was a lot if unnecessary back story added to the characters that was done in a rather clunky way. Will be interested to hear how you get on with it. I've got to Page 259, just about to start chapter 41 and I agree. You've got the reference to a previous case where hunter turned out to be correct and CC also raises the possibility of this one having been solved wrong as well. There's also that going back in time trick, that I'm such a fan of! I'm determined to read it this time though. Edited February 28, 2014 by dex Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dex Posted February 28, 2014 Author Share Posted February 28, 2014 (edited) There's another Author Discussion on Goodreads on Wednesday 5th March. This one featuring Richard Montanari and Tess Gerritsen. Although I have read some Tess Gerritsen books, I will be asking Richard Montanari some questions. Mod JackM wrote: "Hello Richard.Richard, Having read up to The Killing Room in your Philidelphia B&B series. How do you think they Compare to your Cleveland JP set?Do you have a set routine when writing your bo..."Hi Jack. The two series are similar in more ways than they are different, I think. Both Cleveland and Philadelphia are older American cities, both have a diverse citizenry, a developed waterfront (Lake Erie in Cleveland, the Delaware and Schuylkill Rivers in Philly), as well as a police force more than a century old. Where Detective Jack Paris works alone, for the most part, Detectives Kevin Byrne and Jessica Balzano work together, though, on neither force, is working homicides with a partner mandatory. The main difference is that Philadelphia is a much broader canvas.As to routine, I always begin with my villain’s pathology, then work outward from that point. As a writer of police procedurals, I know that there is a certain order in which some things must unfold, and that gives the early part of the story an innate structure. After that is established, my characters—both good and bad – tend to tear the story from my hands and take over.I would love my detectives to team up with Clarice Starling, if she’s still on the job. Edited March 5, 2014 by dex Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dex Posted March 13, 2014 Author Share Posted March 13, 2014 Finished Cockroaches by Jo Nesbo and really enjoyed it. I hope my library is going to get more of this series, as so far I think they have 3. Have you read The Bat? How does it compare? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dex Posted March 21, 2014 Author Share Posted March 21, 2014 (edited) Ratking - Michael Dibdin 445 Pages, 21st Page 40, Page 152 A powerful industrialist, Ruggiero Miletti, is kidnapped. Inspector Zen is transferred to Perugia to take over the case - but find that there are many obstacles in his way. The local authorities see him as an interloper, and the victim's family, one of the most powerful in Italy, seem content to let Miletti languish in the hands of his abductors. This book had a slow start and their were a lot of cliched points about zen, like being on suspension. It got better, but I didn't enjoy it that much. Edited April 6, 2014 by dex Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dex Posted March 28, 2014 Author Share Posted March 28, 2014 Thanks Athena for helping out a technophobe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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