What are you reading just now?

[numberplease]

Finished The Stonehenge Legacy, enjoyed it muchly, read one bad review, but it suited me. Am just starting on Terror`s Reach, by Tom Bale, he`s new to me, too soon to give an opinion as yet.

[bill]

John Sandford's latest, Bad Blood,is as always from Sandford a terrific read.Virgil Flowers,of The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Investigation,gets called in to investigate a murder,and two apparent suicides.What he uncovers is a child sex abuse ring that has been active for over two generations under the cover of a religous group.

[numberplease]

Terror`s Reach wasn`t bad, but a bit tame compared to most books that I read. I`ve just finished The Treatment by Mo Hayder, very good. I`ve read one of her books before, Gone, but I think that this one is better. I`m now about to do "swapsies" for another Mo Heyder, Birdman. Am now reading Dark Blood, by Stuart Macbride, a murder thriller set in Aberdeen in the middle of winter, OK so far.

[WC1]

I've just finished "Lennox" by Craig Russell and recommend it highly. It's a good, fast-paced crime thriller set in Glasgow shortly after the Second World War with a Canadian private eye for the hero and a big cast of gangland hard men (and a couple of quite nasty women). Lots of wry humour. The author is new to me but I see he has some 'previous' so I think I'll hunt them down. If they're as good as "Lennox" it should be worth the effort!

I got the latest in Craig Russell's Lennox series when I was up the road the weekend before last. "The Long Glasgow Kiss" picks up where the first book left off, following private eye Lennox's progress through a Glasgow underworld dominated by the 'Three Kings', the big three of the city's criminal fraternity. This time the story is based around bookies, boxing and Glasgow's role as a staging post in the international trade in heroin. It cracks along at a fair pace and is full of the tongue in cheek humour that made the first book so enjoyable. Another 'highly recommended'.

[bill]

Loss from Edinburgh based author Tony Black is the third instalment in the Gus Dury series.
Gus Dury is a changed man. He is off the Edinburgh streets and back with estranged wife, Debs. And above all, he's off the drink. Then his brother Michael is found dead with a bullet in his heart and Gus' life begins to unravel all over again. How can he keep the promises he has made and still avenge his brother's murder?

[bill]

Just finished reading The Worst Journey in the World by Helen Back. Now for Crossing Roads Safely by Luke Bothways.

[numberplease]

Am currently reading Kiss Me Quick, a first book by Danny Miller. It`s set in the seedy underworld of Brighton in 1964, during a bank holiday weekend with the mods and rockers at each others throats. Not really too keen on it, but I`ll still finish it. The first chapter is set in December 1939, but is somewhat marred by the mistake of mentioning the twinkling fairy lights in windows................during the blackout??

[numberplease]

Finished Kiss Me Quick, but didn`t really enjoy it, it was okay, but not memorable. I`ve just finished Birdman, by Mo Hayder, a bit of a shocker, but really very good. Am now reading The Creeper, by Tania Carver. Too early to form an opinion as yet, but if it`s as good as her first book, The Surrogate, I`ll be well satisfied.

[bill]

The latest from Robert Crais ,"The Sentry",is another excellent story in the Elvis Cole/Joe Pike series.


In any type of conflict Joe Pike would beat Jack Reacher every time.

[numberplease]

That`s a heck of a claim Bill, is he really THAT good?

[bill]

That`s a heck of a claim Bill, is he really THAT good?

Numberplease you want to give his latest a try.You will find it in Asda only £6 for hardback edition.

[numberplease]

I may just do that Bill, he`d be a new author to me, never read anything by him. I`m just coming to the end of The Creeper, by Tania Carver, very good.

[numberplease]

Well Bill, it`s not his latest, but I managed to get hold of a Robert Crais book today, L.A Requiem. Won`t be reading it jusat yet, as I`ve quite a few in the cupboard at the moment.
I really enjoyed The Creeper, am now reading Private, by James Patterson and Maxine Pietro, not bad, but not as good as some of Patterson`s other stuff.

[Ags]

Haven't been on here for ages!! I will have a proper catch up with what everybody has been reading over the holidays, and hopefully get some more reading done myself. Numberplease, Private was really disappointing but I have just read 2 new Patterson's in succession. Tick Tock, in the Michael Bennett series was really good and in 10th Anniversary with Maxine Paetro he was right back on form.
I have just started the latest Linwood Barclay but am only a few pages in at the moment

[numberplease]

Hello Ags, I thought we`d lost you! As you say, Private was a little disappointing, I`ve just finished it, don`t know whether to try the next one or not. I`ve just started on Hangman, by Faye Kellerman. I quite like her books, having been a fan of her hubby for quite a while, but not too keen on their son`s writings. I was pleased to be able to get Heartstone, by C.J.Sansome yesterday, I love the Matthew Shadlake stories.