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  • Wherenext
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    edited August 2017 #62

    Patmau, have you tried S.G.Maclean? Set in Cromwells time. Haven't read the second one yet, The Black Friar, but on my to read list.

  • nelliethehooker
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    edited August 2017 #63

    Onto my 3rd of the Lacey Flint detective series, written by Sharon Bolton. As with any such series the reader must start with the first of the series....Now You See Me. They are just that bit different. I might just continue with the 4th one provided we've got it in the van.

  • Cornersteady
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    edited August 2017 #64

    Having seem the two Jack Reacher films I read Night School while on holiday. An excellent gripping read, I couldn't put it down, almost a detective story as the hero and friends find the clues to find (and dispose of) the baddies. Lots of action as well.

  • PATMAU
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    edited August 2017 #65

    Will certainly look out for those.  Seems like my cup of tea, or in my case coffee, as I don't like tea, lol.

  • N1805
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    edited September 2017 #66

    Recently read Scoundrel by Bernard Cornwell.  A definite page turner that kept me guessing right to the end.  A very old but well written thriller.   Published 1992 I think.

    Presently reading Ian Rankin's Saints of the Shadow Bible [Rebus-detective].  Didn't watch the TV series nor have I read other Rebus based books but am finding this a good read.

  • nelliethehooker
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    edited September 2017 #67

    N, I found all the Rebus books good reads. You should read the whole series in sequence to appreciate them fully. Have you read any Stuart McBride's Logan McRae books based round Aberdeen, another series to be read sequentially, starting with Cold Granite..

  • N1805
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    edited September 2017 #68

    nelliethehooker - will certainly take a look your suggestions thanks.

  • norab
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    edited September 2017 #69

    I have been reading the Clifton chronicles. By Jeffrey Archer. 

     

  • Wherenext
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    edited September 2017 #70

    Looking forward to getting my hands on John Le Carre's "Legacy of Spies", just out.

  • brue
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    edited September 2017 #71

    Does anyone listen to radio 4 Book at Bedtime? I caught the tail end of Adrian Mole aged 13 3/4 last night, I had forgotten just how laugh out loud funny it is, all those characters, Bert and his dog, Mr Lucas (fighting with Adrian's father in the front garden) Pandora and Barry Kent....going to catch up on iplayer as it was a new reading and very good.

    This was an antidote to another book I'm reading, Travelling to Infinity by Jane Hawking (The Theory of Everything film was based on her memoirs of life with Stephen Hawking) it is a rewrite of a previous book where she let rip about how difficult things were for her and reading this book I can see why.

    So Adrian Mole won last night! smilesmile

  • Bakers2
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    edited September 2017 #72

    I rarely listen to book at bedtime and to be honest had forgotten it started this week, I'll catch up on iPlayer. Similarly I have been listening to Fergal Keen reading, lovely voice 😉,  his family life Wounded at 9.45am well worth a listen. Often you can catch omnibus versions on 4extra but at the weekend. 

    They had a spell of book at bedtime that I didn't consider conducive to a decent sleep and I stopped then and not got back in the habit.

  • brue
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    edited September 2017 #73

    I agree with you there, some of the books have been the stuff of nightmares not peaceful sleep. So the night I decided to listen Adrian Mole is just finishing! wink I've still got the old paperback book so I've lined it up for a re-read if I don't catch up on iplayer.

  • ABM
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    edited September 2017 #74

    Thank  you  all  for  your  suggestions / comments  --  I'll  have  to  spend  the  afternoon  researching  your  ideas  then  loading  the  Kindle  !! 

    Brian

  • Bakers2
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    edited September 2017 #75

    Whoops apologises 😶. Fergal Keen's reading Wounds not as I stated Wounded! I missed this mornings and went on iPlayer and find that there are 5 episodes available and are download-able. I like the new auto play which allows you to continue to listen without having to select the next episode - a good improvement in my opinion. Sorry this isn't reading books ourselves 😲

  • ABM
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    edited September 2017 #76

    Ouch,  just  printed  off  a  list  of  some  mentioned  authors  &  their  output  surprised  --  It  seems  I've  got  about  five  years  non-stop  reading  should  I  down-load  that  lot  onto  my  kindle  !!  Think  I'll  keep  away  from  my  Bank  Manager  for  a  while  or  I won't  get  a  Christmas  card  from  her  frown !!

    But  thank  you  all  anyway  kiss,

    Brianwink

  • brue
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    edited September 2017 #77

    I've virtually given up on my kindle, I buy cheap secondhand books from ebay or charity shops, much cheaper for the books I want to read. laughing

  • ABM
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    edited September 2017 #78

    I  dare not do  that,  Brue,  my  licence**  only  permits  me to  drive  up  to  &  NOT  EXCEEDING 3,500  !!  Imagine,  if  you  dare,  what  I'd  have  to  leave  out  of  the  motor  when  out  enjoying  myself  surprised.

    Pairs  of  Size  11  boots  x4,  etc  etc  etc  embarassed

    A B M {  aka    Tenderfoot }

     

    **  Don't  think  I've  given  the  "  Safety  Alarm  Active"  warning  on  here  yet   !!

    3 - yearly  Medical  / old  Man  licence  due  to  expire  in  December  and  DVLA  Swansea  sent  me  the  notification  &  Application  paperwork  in  early  September.  Decided  to  cheat  &  did  it  on  line  so  got  a  nice  letter  saying  application  rec'd  ok,  up date  in  10  working  days.  Got  back  a  day  or  so  early  from  muddy  Bedfordshire  to  find  the  licence  had  arrived  after 9  days  in  total.  4 days  later  a  letter  came  telling  me  the  application  had  been  approved  &  the  licence  would  follow  in  due  course.  !!

    Good  to  see  the  Civil  Service  replacements  are  keeping  up  the  Highest  of  high  standards.   wink

  • brue
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    edited September 2017 #79

    Ah, I can see your point! wink

    I made a mistake with my old friend Adrian Mole, it's on all week, book at bedtime, radio 4. 

  • ABM
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    edited September 2017 #80

    Oh,  now  should  I  listen  to  Adrian  M.  then  read  my  obligatory  two  chapters  or  should  I  read  .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..

    undecidedwink

  • brue
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    edited September 2017 #81

    Similar dilemma for me ABM, the life of Adrian Mole or Stephen Hawking....laughing

  • Wherenext
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    edited October 2017 #82

     Michael Connelly has a new Harry Bosch out this month called Two Kinds of Truth. Have asked library to get hold of one. Meantime am reading The Late Show, featuring a new detective, also by Connelly.

  • brue
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    edited October 2017 #83

    Having enjoyed the Victoria and Abdul film recently I'm also enjoying the book which became the film. Victoria and Abdul by Shrabani Basu, she had access to many historic papers and documents, including the Royal Archives.

  • Wherenext
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    edited October 2017 #84

    Is the book just called Victoria and Abdul, Brue? I like a bit of History.

  • brue
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    edited October 2017 #85

    Yes, same title, Wherenext. It's on kindle but I got a low cost paperback from amazon.

  • moulesy
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    edited October 2017 #86

    Thanks for the heads up on that, those Bosch books are some of my favourites. Will have to order it when I pop into the library tomorrow to pick up the latest Banks and Roy Grace books which are waiting for me! Also got the long awaited return of John le Carre's  George Smiley about to arrive. That job list Mrs M's given me is going to have to be put on hold for a while! wink

  • nelliethehooker
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    edited October 2017 #87

    I'll be waiting for my copy of the Bosch book coming from our daughter, as she's the one to read them first. Must ask her if she's getting the The Late show too!! We'll wait for the Banks & Grace ones to appear on Kindle, I guess. I've just started the latest (3rd) book of short stories by Jeffrey Deaver, Trouble in Mind.

  • Wherenext
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    edited October 2017 #88

    Our library has been "outsourced". A great bone of contention. 

    Anyway, we checked with them when we were in today and the new Bosch isn't on their radar yet. It was touted at the back of The Late Show book as coming out in October so may have been delayed or it may be the new "managers" of the library don't have a clue!

    Is the Le Carre "The Legacy of Spies" M? Been waiting for that for a while now.

  • nelliethehooker
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    edited October 2017 #89

    Michael Connolly has a new series starting with The Late Show, with a night shift LAPD Detective, Renee Ballard. Has anyone read it yet?

  • hitchglitch
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    edited October 2017 #90

    I haven’t been following this thread so apologies if these books have been mentioned before. Many people will have read Donna Tartt’s “The Goldfinch”, she is such a good writer and this lingers in the memory. Well, both my wife and I read her first novel, The Secret History, another superbly written, great novel. Highly recommended and such an antidote to the dozens of books I read this year which were distinctly average. My definition of a good read? ... you slow down because you don’t want it to end and when it does you go back to the beginning and start to flick through it.

  • Wherenext
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    edited October 2017 #91

    Yes, I've just finished it. Very good. Up to his normal standards.

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