Archive for the ‘Crime’ Category

Comments Off on A Song for the Dying by Stuart McBride

A Song for the Dying by Stuart McBride


2019
12.21

A violent crime novel. Took me ages to read it which is a sure sign of lack of engagement. Other readers rate it better than me, am I missing something?

Score 4/10

Date read October 2018

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Comments Off on Three Days and a Life by Pierre Lamaitre

Three Days and a Life by Pierre Lamaitre


2019
12.21

“Didn’t like this novel by French thriller writer as much as his Commandant Camille Verhoeven Trilogy which is edgy and unpredictable. I’d go for those rather than this. This story revolves around a childhood incident that leaves a guilty secret festering away…

Score 5/10

Date read July 2018

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Nineteen Eighty by David Peace


2019
12.21

Third in the quartet and it doesn’t get any easier. Has to be done though.

Score 7/10

Date read March 2018

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The Dry by Jane Harper


2019
12.21

This thriller has something about it. I like the Australian setting and the author does a good job of delivering the heat and atmosphere. This is a debut novel and won best book in the Dagger awards. 6/10

Score 6/10

Date read March 2018

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