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  • Wherenext
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    edited November 2018 #212

    Looking forward to hunkering down ndxt week on site with a glass of red and a new Colin Cotterill book starring Dr.Siri, called  Six and a Half Deadly Sins. One of my favourites.

  • nelliethehooker
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    edited November 2018 #213

    Not read any of those, WN. Do you have to start with the first in the series, The Coroner's Lunch, to properly appreciate the stories? They look rather expensive on Kindle, so I'll have to be looking in secondhand shops for them.

    I see that you've 3 more in the series to go!

  • Wherenext
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    edited November 2018 #214

    It's best if you do read them in order. I found the first one very good when I read it but as I read others I thought that the series got better and better with each book as the author developed their personalities but it's important to read them in sequence.

    Thanks for that website btw. Excellent. Mrs WN already ordered 2 Alan Bradley books that she didn't know about. Not my cup of tea but we all have different tastes.

    Edit - Can't read the next 3 in Siri series until I've read this one!

    Don't like the other series he's written.

  • Wherenext
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    edited November 2018 #215

    Noticed on Kindle sale today a book by Craig Robertson called Random . This is his first book and well worth the £0.99. Recommended.

  • nelliethehooker
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    edited November 2018 #216

    Thanks for that.....Got it!!laughing

    I've just noticed that all the first 8 LJ Ross (DCI Ryan) mysteries are all 99p today in daily deals.  Well worth getting them all!!

  • Wherenext
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    edited November 2018 #217

    Missed out but will keep an eye open for future.

  • Tinwheeler
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    edited November 2018 #218

    There’s one, just one, Peter Robinson book hidden in there today at £1.19. Book 9.

  • Wherenext
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    edited November 2018 #219

    Oooh, the excitement. Thers's a new Harry Bosch book out. Apparently he teams up with Reneé Ballard in Dark Sacred Knight. Might ask Santa to bring it for me as I haven't written my letter to him/her yet.

  • nelliethehooker
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    edited November 2018 #220

    They are all up to 1:99 today, sorry I was so late in posting last night.embarassed

  • Wherenext
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    edited November 2018 #221

    I'm re-reading a fine and light mystery story from one of my favourite authors, Lawrence Block, about a burglar called Bernie. They always have "The Burglar" in the title, this one being "The Burglar Who thought he was Bogart". As said, it's light reading.

    Always worth picking one up if you see one in a charity shop or on kindle etc.

  • Wherenext
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    edited November 2018 #222

    As I thought, K. after reading The Tattooist of Auschwitz I was a blubbering wreck. Mind you any human being reading about life lived in a concentration camp should be.

  • nelliethehooker
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    edited November 2018 #223

    Just finished it...thanks for the recommendation as I did enjoy it, just a that bit different!!

     

  • nelliethehooker
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    edited November 2018 #224

    Quick heads up....Stephen Booth's latest Cooper & Fry mystery (No.17), Fall down Dead is on Kindle at 99p today.

  • Wherenext
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    edited November 2018 #225

    It was still there today so I've decided to give it a go. Don't normally jump in at such a late stage. Mind you I have about 4 books to read before this one. Glad you enjoyed Random. Worth keeping an eye out for the rest of the series. Like most first books they don't get the time to develop the main characters that later books allow.

    ps It's shown as No 18.

  • nelliethehooker
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    edited November 2018 #226

    It's shown as No 18.

    Of course you're right, it's No.17 that I've not got yet so will have just to wait till it goes down to 99p and so have two to read on the bash.laughing

  • nelliethehooker
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    edited November 2018 #227

    Just had this posted by my daughter, although we've got them all it's a bargain for those that have not read any of the Rebus books.

    "A reminder for readers in the UK: you've got until the 24th November to download the first 9 books in the legendary Rebus series on Kindle for just 99p each!"

  • Tinwheeler
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    edited November 2018 #228

    Ah, yes, I got them the other day. I meant to say…😳

  • nelliethehooker
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    edited November 2018 #229

    Good on you.laughing

  • nelliethehooker
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    edited November 2018 #230

    Today the first 11 of the Wallander series by Henning Mankell are all at 99p

  • nelliethehooker
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    edited November 2018 #231

    Anyone read the NCA series of books by Bill Rogers, based round Manchester? Not tried them myself but they are at £1 each on Kindle at present.

    He has another earlier series, also based round M/C, where his main character is DCI Tom Caton.

  • Wherenext
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    edited November 2018 #232

    Nope, sorry Nellie. 

  • nelliethehooker
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    edited November 2018 #233

    Thanks WN. Can't be many readers out there!

  • moulesy
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    edited December 2018 #234

    Double success at local library yesterday where I collected Anne Cleeves' latest Shetland thriller "Wildfire" and the new Michael Connelly instalment of Harry Bosch "Dark Sacred Night". Just need a few wet days with no chance of being summoned to the garden now! smile

  • Wherenext
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    edited December 2018 #235

    I had to laugh when I read your post, M. I've got Bosch on order at the library. Great news, I'm now only 72nd in line.smile

    Next up is a Tom Thorne one and a Stuart Macbride (on library ebook which gives me 3 weeks only)

  • nelliethehooker
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    edited December 2018 #236

    It's no good for me trying to order a book from our local library as we're always away longer than the allowed borrowing time.wink I just have to wait till they either come on Kindle or my daughter buys them, read then pass on to me.

  • Natasha2
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    edited December 2018 #237

    If you like crime novels especially the Tom Thorne and Roy Grace novels then my OH’s latest read might be the start of a new series for you. He has just finished Hell’s Gate by Malcolm Hollingdrake. This is the 2nd book in a series of 7 (at present) and are based around Harrogate. He suggests you leave Book 1 for another day.

    He says it was an excellent read and the fact the author is one of his tennis partners is purely coincidental!

  • nelliethehooker
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    edited December 2018 #238

    Natasha, I see that the first one, Only the Dead, is 99p on Kindle at the moment. We have already got it I find, so must get round to reading it some time.

  • nelliethehooker
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    edited December 2018 #239

    Natasha, it now seems that we have the first 4 of the series, although neither OH or myself downloaded them, so must have been done by our daughter who is also on our Kindle account. I'll work my way through them while we're away on our next trip.

  • JayOutdoors
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    edited December 2018 #240

    If anyone reads spy/thriller books Daniel Silva’s book ‘The Other Woman’ featuring Gabriel Allon could be of interest. He tends to weave into his novels things that the public may be aware of. It was a good read for me. I think this one came out in the summer.

  • nelliethehooker
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    edited December 2018 #241

    Just a quick heads up.

    LJ Ross's Hermitage, No.9 in the DCI Ryan Series, is on sale at Kindle for 99p today.

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