40) You Were Never Really Here by Jonathan Ames Sometimes life seems to set you up to read a particular book, regardless of whether it had been on your mind to or not. Such is the case with this short hard-boiled crime novel from Jonathan Ames - I'd picked it up from the bookshare outside… Continue reading Year 3 / Book 40: You Were Never Really Here
Category: thriller
Year 3 / Book 35: The Intrusions
35) The Intrusions by Stav Sherez Towards the end of last year, I discovered Stav Sherez's Carrigan and Miller series, and ended up reading the first two in the series, A Dark Redemption and Eleven Days which I thoroughly enjoyed. I've been saving up the third instalment, The Intrusions as a summer holiday treat, and I'm delighted… Continue reading Year 3 / Book 35: The Intrusions
Year 3 / Book 34: Sins As Scarlet
34) Sins As Scarlet by Nicolas Obregon I much enjoyed Obregon's debut Blue Light Yokahama and at the end of that review, I said "keep an eye out for Obregon's next novel". And here we are with Sins As Scarlet, which brings the same lead protagonist-detective, Kosuke Iwata, but is set in Los Angeles rather… Continue reading Year 3 / Book 34: Sins As Scarlet
Year 3 / Book 33: A Quiet Flame
33) A Quiet Flame by Philip Kerr I'm slowly working my way through Philip Kerr's wonderful Bernie Gunther novels, which combine a Chandler-esque wit with the perils and history of 1930s-40s (Nazi) Germany. As I wrote in a previous review, Kerr very sadly died earlier this year, which is all the more reason (as far… Continue reading Year 3 / Book 33: A Quiet Flame
Year 3 / Book 32: Involuntary Witness
32) Involuntary Witness by Gianrico Carofiglio Generally, whenever we travel to a particular place, I like to try and read a novel that is set in and around there. This killed two birds with one stone, as Carofiglio had been on my radar for a while - and this legal / crime thriller is set… Continue reading Year 3 / Book 32: Involuntary Witness
Year 3 / Book 24: Two Kinds of Truth
24) Two Kinds of Truth by Michael Connelly When times are tough, I always reach for a comfort read - and a Harry Bosch novel by Michael Connelly feels like the reading equivalent of lighting a fire, making a cup of tea and putting on some velvet slippers. From the off here, we are in… Continue reading Year 3 / Book 24: Two Kinds of Truth
Year 3 / Book 22: The Girl Who Takes an Eye for an Eye
22) The Girl Who Takes an Eye for an Eye by David Lagercrantz Along with much of the rest of the world, I was a fan of Stieg Larsson's Millennium trilogy, especially the original Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. They combined hugely memorable lead characters in Mikael Blomqvist and Lisbeth Salander, an excellent supporting cast,… Continue reading Year 3 / Book 22: The Girl Who Takes an Eye for an Eye
Year 3 / Book 21: The Outcast Dead
21) The Outcast Dead by Elly Griffiths I really enjoyed The House at Sea's End by Elly Griffiths when I read it last year, and so I turned to another of her novels when I was looking for some undemanding, page-turning fare. And this one delivered in the same way, with the incredibly likeable main… Continue reading Year 3 / Book 21: The Outcast Dead
Year 3 / Book 14: The Lady From Zagreb
14) The Lady from Zagreb by Philip Kerr Philip Kerr has become one of my favourite police and crime writers: you cannot go wrong in picking any of his Bernie Gunther stories, and I've been un-chronologically making my way through the whole series. So I was really saddened to learn about his death at the… Continue reading Year 3 / Book 14: The Lady From Zagreb
Year 3 / Book 8: Blue Light Yokohama
8) Blue Light Yokohama by Nicolas Obregon I got this in paperback for Christmas after reading about it a while back. I'm a sucker for novels set in Japan, and even more so for detective novels set in Japan, so this seemed an obvious choice along those lines. Recent reads that stick in my mind… Continue reading Year 3 / Book 8: Blue Light Yokohama
Dog-eared Man: a book a week 