One of the problems of days only having 24 hours in them is that it doesn’t possibly give you enough time to get everything done. I’m not talking about the mundane day to day stuff, […]
Tag: books
Rogue Lawyer…
Grabbed this one, John Grisham’s Rogue Lawyer, while I was at Copenhagen airport, and dug straight into it on the flight home. Grisham’s writing is, as always, dependable and engaging, and the story of a lawyer […]
A pint of the black stuff…
The Sean Duffy series became a favourite long before this sixth instalment, but this could be the best yet. Now a firm calendar highlight, the release of a new Duffy book guarantees a darkly funny, […]
From Bloody Scotland to Deep Down Dead…
When Deep Down Dead was first published as an ebook in October, I managed to convince myself to wait for the paperback in early January. I was very excited to read it, and had been […]
Realising I’m a Lehane fanboy and chucking out old superlatives…
It has been pointed out to me more than a few times that I can be a bit OTT when it comes to explaining things I liked or enjoyed. A particularly good episode of The […]
Words I thought I’d never read…
Above is a cutout from Langtons International Agency’s monthly newsletter, and the official word about the status of The Baby And The Brandy, and its sale to Endeavour Press. To say I’m completely over the […]
Lehane to Lord Of The Flies
Time flies when you’re having fun – and so do pages. I feel I’m in the richest vein of my life at the moment when it comes to reading, and my shelves are bulging with […]
Having a beano at the minute as I race through two great series, alternating between the two. Paul Doiron’s Mike Bowditch series has fast become like a comfort blanket. The themes and settings are all […]
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