52) The Defenceless by Kati Hiekkapelto Holidaying in Helsinki, and for my final book of Year 3 of Dogeared Man, I wanted to read a Finnish novel and remembered I had downloaded this many moons ago on to the Kindle. It’s the second novel by Hiekkapelto to feature Anna Fekete, a policewoman whose origins lie… Continue reading Year 3 / Book 52: The Defenceless
Category: Year 3
Year 3 reviews
Year 3 / Book 51: The Midnight Line
51) The Midnight Line by Lee Child It wouldn’t be a year of reading if I didn’t slip in a cheeky Lee Child along the way. This was the latest that I’ve read (I know there are others already released) and I would place it firmly in the upper middle of the Jack Reacher canon… Continue reading Year 3 / Book 51: The Midnight Line
Year 3 / Book 50: Fatal Remedies
50) Fatal Remedies by Donna Leon Donna Leon’s Inspector Brunetti series is one of the most enjoyable and long-running set of crime novels, as satisfying as they are well-written. Someone in sunny Acton is donating a few Donna Leon’s to the community bookshelf, and this is the latest one I picked up on the way… Continue reading Year 3 / Book 50: Fatal Remedies
Year 3 / Book 49: East of Hounslow
49) East of Hounslow by Khurrum Rahman If there’s one word I wasn’t expecting to use to describe a “drug-dealer turned spy to infiltrate terrorist cell” story, and that word is *fun*. But this book by Khurrum Rahman is enormous fun - indeed, one could even use the word rollicking. It rattles along at a… Continue reading Year 3 / Book 49: East of Hounslow
Year 3 / Book 48: Anatomy of a Scandal
48) Anatomy of a Scandal by Sarah Vaughan If you've read Apple Tree Yard by Louise Doughty or The Party by Elizabeth Day, then you may well enjoy this book, as it struck me as a combination of the two - the courtroom drama and scandal of the former, mingled with the party politics and… Continue reading Year 3 / Book 48: Anatomy of a Scandal
Year 3 / Book 47: A Rising Man
47) A Rising Man by Abir Mukherjee This is the first of the series of Sam Wyndham novels by Mukherjee, and they've been on my list for a while, after they won a few crime prizes way back when. There's another two in the series that have been published since, so I have some catching… Continue reading Year 3 / Book 47: A Rising Man
Year 3 / Book 46: A Climate of Fear
46) A Climate of Fear by Fred Vargas I love the Commissaire Adamsberg books by Fred Vargas: they are amongst the most engaging, intriguing, bizarre and unusual crime series out there, and this is another great addition (number 8) to the collection. This one manages to combine a mystery involving a historical association (linked to… Continue reading Year 3 / Book 46: A Climate of Fear
Year 3 / Book 45: Priestdaddy
45) Priestdaddy by Patricia Lockwood This is a difficult book to categorise or introduce; I guess it's best described as a memoir, but it's also at points poetic, often a true picture of parts of America, and has much to say beyond the depiction of a family living in the shadow of a mercurial father… Continue reading Year 3 / Book 45: Priestdaddy
Year 3 / Book 44: The Hard Thing About Hard Things
44) The Hard Thing About Hard Things by Ben Horowitz This book came to me recommended by the facilitator of the Action Learning Set I'm in for new CEOs (if I can still be counted as new 9 months in). It's written by Ben Horowitz who I hadn't heard of, but is clearly pretty well… Continue reading Year 3 / Book 44: The Hard Thing About Hard Things
Year 3 / Book 43: Thirteen
43) Thirteen by Steve Cavanagh If there is a finer strapline on the front of a book this year than "The serial killer's not on trial....he's on the jury", then I will be surprised. And that pulled me in to read this page-turner from Steve Cavanagh which doesn't disappoint. Well, it disappoints if you are… Continue reading Year 3 / Book 43: Thirteen
Dog-eared Man: a book a week 