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Old 07-04-2016, 16:08
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13. Unspoken - Sam Hayes
14. I Let You Go - Clare Mackintosh
9/10 - I really enjoyed this thriller based around a police investigation into a hit and run, where a 5 year old boy was killed.
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Old 08-04-2016, 21:25
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8. Not Dead Yet- Peter James
9. Dead Mans Time- Peter James
10. Make Me- Lee Child
11. Want You Dead- Peter James
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Old 09-04-2016, 00:02
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14 Dyer Consequences by Maggie Sefton
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Old 10-04-2016, 11:05
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68) Barbara Phipps - Never ask why
69) Martin Edwards - The Hanging Wood
70) Kelly Rimmer - Me without you
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Old 10-04-2016, 13:13
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17) The Silver Eagle by Ben Kane

7.5/10

Book 2 in The Forgotten Legion series and a good continuation from book 1.
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Old 11-04-2016, 06:40
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71) Ben Elton - Time and Time Again
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Old 11-04-2016, 14:03
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44/ The Birthing House by Christopher Ransom

Awful horror novel.
Overlong, muddled and just not scary.
There are some good ideas but the author appears to have just thrown everything in with no thought as to how it should hang together.

45/ Everything and Nothing by Araminta Hall

The blurb on the book makes it appear as if this will be a Sophie Hannah type book but oh dear it very much isn't.

Novel told from the perspective of three different characters - Wife, Husband and Nanny. Unfortunately there's really nothing here that hasn't been done before.
The Husband and Wife are both a collection of cliches. Also the story builds to a major event but is then resolved in about 20 pages. Very poorly structured.

46/ Tom Adams Uncovered - The Art of Agatha Christie and Beyond by Tom Adams

Collection of the various covers painted for Agatha Christie novels as well as artwork for other authors and some films with notes by each painting giving his thoughts on each.
Beautiful book and it's lovely to see some of the imagery reproduced on a larger scale than usual.

47/ Doctor Who - The Secret Life of Monsters by Justin Richards

I've been working my way through several of these large format Doctor Who books recently and this is probably the weakest of the lot.
It's not bad but there's nothing here that is particularly new or informative.

48/ Bond By Design - The Art of the James Bond Films

Great looking book full of storyboards, rough sketches and design concepts form the Bond films. Comments against most images explain how they were used in the films.
Another book with very little reading material but a visual treat.
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Old 12-04-2016, 16:40
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14. I Let You Go - Clare Mackintosh
15. Moving - Jenny Éclair
7/10 - a pretty good book which starts with an old lady showing an estate agent around her house and different rooms give her different memories. I actually though that third of the book was the dullest and enjoyed the other two parts about Fern and Lucas. The ending was a bit predictable.
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Old 12-04-2016, 20:04
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72) Harlan Coben - The Stranger
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Old 13-04-2016, 06:33
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73) Nothing To Envy (Real Lives in North Korea) - Barbara Demick
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Old 13-04-2016, 07:11
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51) Stars of Fortune by Nora Roberts
52) How the in-laws wrecked Christmas by Fiona Gibson
53) Dark Murder by Heather Durrant
54) Burned by Benedict Jacka
55) Goddess of Vengeance by Jackie Collins
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Old 14-04-2016, 15:48
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12. You Are Dead- Peter James
The Sandy thing is really dragging now. I'm getting to the point where I no longer care. However, the Roy Grace novels are a brilliant series. I'm gutted I've read them all now.

I've never read any of the Sue Grafton novels, yet I have 'S is for Silence' and 'R is for Ricochet'. Would it be recommended I read them in order from the beginning or will I be OK to just start with the ones that I have?
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Old 14-04-2016, 19:43
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12. You Are Dead- Peter James
The Sandy thing is really dragging now. I'm getting to the point where I no longer care. However, the Roy Grace novels are a brilliant series. I'm gutted I've read them all now.

I've never read any of the Sue Grafton novels, yet I have 'S is for Silence' and 'R is for Ricochet'. Would it be recommended I read them in order from the beginning or will I be OK to just start with the ones that I have?
Agree re Sandy. If PJ is not careful he will alienate his fans

I read the SG novels a few years back. Though they are standalone I would recommend you start at A - the personal life of the lead character Kinsey develops through the series and worth reading in order
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Old 14-04-2016, 20:19
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74) Eat, Pray, Love - Elizabeth Gilbert
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Old 14-04-2016, 20:26
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18) The House of Silk by Anthony Horowitz

9/10

Really enjoyed this Sherlock Holmes story, Anthony Horowitz captured the spirit and tone of Conan-Doyle perfectly.
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Old 15-04-2016, 13:08
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49/ Want To Play? by PJ Tracy

OK crime thriller but not anything I haven't read before.

It suffers from having two plot threads that we know are linked but takes ages before the police finally make the connection so it feels a bit dragged out.
Also computers are used as magic devices that spit out essential info at regular intervals rather than have any proper detection.

It's readable and pretty engaging but not enough for me to feel I must read the next in the series.
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Old 15-04-2016, 13:14
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I read the SG novels a few years back. Though they are standalone I would recommend you start at A - the personal life of the lead character Kinsey develops through the series and worth reading in order
I agree. The SG novels are pretty much standalone but Kinsey does develop and change over the course of them and it's nice to see that growth as it happens.
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Old 15-04-2016, 17:19
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21. Dying Fall by Elly Griffiths.
I really like this series.
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Old 17-04-2016, 16:35
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19) Moriarty by Anthony Horowitz

8/10

Follow up to The House of Silk (which I loved). Flew through it in a couple of days but didn't find it as quite as good as the first book.

Sherlock Holmes doesn't appear at all in the main story which is a shame, he only in a separate short story at the end as a kind of afterword. A good read none the less.
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Old 18-04-2016, 07:13
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56) The Obsession by Nora Roberts
57) The Secret Friend by Chris Mooney
58) The Runaway Birdesmaid by Daisy James
59) The Cosy Tea Shop in the Castle by Caroline Roberts
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Old 18-04-2016, 09:48
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8) Hold Tight by Harlan Coben
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Old 18-04-2016, 09:50
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50/ Bossypants by Tina Fey

Pleasant little book which is part biography and part comic essays on various things in her life.

Enjoyable read and I laughed several times.
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Old 19-04-2016, 07:06
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75) Footloose - Mark Walters
76) Before I Met You - Lisa Jewell
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Old 19-04-2016, 13:14
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51/ The Key by Patricia Wentworth

Period crime novel.

Not the best of the Miss Silver novels but a pleasant way to pass the time.
The ending just sort of happens without any real detection but still enjoyable.
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Old 20-04-2016, 07:06
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60) A Summer Fling by Milly Johnson
61) Fables - Legends in Exile (volume 1)
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