I may have mentioned before that McKinty was something of a wild card discovery. I read the first in the Sean Duffy series, The Cold Cold Ground, purely as there was a gay element to it (shallow, moi?) and very much enjoyed it. So here we are at the third entry into the series, which sees McKinty essentially using the framework of the IRA bombing of the Brighton Tory Party Conference in 1984 to write about something that he is clearly more fascinated with: a locked room […]
Lots and lots of spam
I’ve jumpstarted this thing a good number of times already, but I have to face the fact that it’s more difficult for me than I thought it would be to actually write reviews in English, especially when I try to be finicky. So screw this, I’m going to go easy and do the Q&A thing ! I don’t care if it’s simplistic, as long as it does the job for the moment. So, what’s this book you’ve finished lately ? Rule 34 by Charles Stross. […]
And While We’re At It, Fuck Rupert Brooke, Too
If you ever get to Greenwich, here’s what you do: stroll up the hill, acquaint yourself with the meridian, have a cup of tea at the tea house, then stroll down, buy lunch at the food court – I recommend the sushi, though the Ethiopian stand is pretty good too – and eat it at the park next to the conservatoire; if the weather’s good, the windows will be open and you’ll be greeted by a cacophony of instruments and voices. Make your way past […]
After the girl is gone
One the first page of the first chapter a girl goes missing, barely fifteen and somebody’s daughter. And pretty. Asian with round, blue eyes. We meet the family at the breakfast table where she is, uncharacteristically, missing. The father is already halfway to work. And something about the chapter made me think; why is it that we are so obsessed with the gone girl. Why do we trace her life in those left behind?
Stealing: Things Like That Are Bound to Happen
I was delighted to receive this book as one of my Cannonball Read 6 book exchange gifts. This book was recommended by members an old book club many moons ago, and it’s been on my mind ever sense (I confess, I was enamored by the title.) Despite the long wait, and thusly raised expectations, I was utterly fascinated. John Charles Gilkey is the titular book thief, a man who dreams of opulence but comes from humble beginnings. To attain the object of his desires, rare books, […]
“Bleak” is the mot du jour
Year of Crime, Book 3 This is the 2nd book in the DS Logan McRae series. The first one I read prior to being a Cannonball Reader, but to summarise, it’s a grim, bleak and cold book set in Aberdeen and dealing with the gruesome murder of children. Fun times. The rest of the series ended up as a Kindle Daily Deal and so here we are. The second book opens with McRae disgraced by a botched operation which ended with a policeman on life […]
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