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
Category: Year 3
Year 3 reviews
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 20: Civilwarland Is In Bad Decline
20) Civilwarland Is In Bad Decline by George Saunders I'm a big fan of George Saunders and, as I think I said in my review of Lincoln In The Bardo (his Booker-winning novel of 2017), I'm a particular fan of his short stories: Tenth of December and A Brief and Frightening Reign of Phil are… Continue reading Year 3 / Book 20: Civilwarland Is In Bad Decline
Year 3 / Book 19: Death at La Fenice
19) Death At La Fenice by Donna Leon Donna Leon has been an author I've circled round for a while, but for some reason in my mind I had her pegged in the Tess Gerritsen slasher / thriller type mode. A comment from my friend Sara ("a bit of light and frothy detective fun") helped… Continue reading Year 3 / Book 19: Death at La Fenice
Year 3 / Book 18: I’ll Be Gone In the Dark
18) I'll Be Gone In the Dark by Michelle McNamara This book comes loaded with authorial endorsements (the foreword is by Gillian Flynn of Gone Girl fame) but also with the tragic knowledge that Michelle McNamara died before finishing her book. This is inescapable throughout the book as her colleagues and peers have completed it… Continue reading Year 3 / Book 18: I’ll Be Gone In the Dark
Year 3 / Book 17: Superforecasting
17) Superforecasting by Philip Tetlock and Dan Gardner One of the best ways to read outside your echo chamber and comfort zone, apart from publicly challenging yourself to read different things, is to be part of a book group. I've found myself part of a work-related book group that is meeting quarterly, and this was… Continue reading Year 3 / Book 17: Superforecasting
Year 3 / Book 16: Man With A Seagull On His Head
16) Man With A Seagull On His Head by Harriet Paige I can't remember why or where I added this to the 'to-read' list; I think it might have been in the Guardian's round-up of recommendations from small presses. I think the title and the cover didn't hurt either: it's a memorably title and the… Continue reading Year 3 / Book 16: Man With A Seagull On His Head
Year 3 / Book 15: The Party
15) The Party by Elizabeth Day I've never read anything by Elizabeth Day, but this was highly recommended by lots of people in the end-of-year lists that I used to get ideas for reading for the year ahead, and those recommendations tended to use words like 'readable' and 'pacy' which is like catnip to a… Continue reading Year 3 / Book 15: The Party
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 13: Suspicion
13) Suspicion by Friedrich Durrenmatt I can't remember why or where I bought this book, although I have a distant memory of adding The Pledge (another Inspector Barlach mystery) to my to-read list a while back. I also didn't know that Durrenmatt is better known as a playwright, but apparently Mrs Temple (being a German… Continue reading Year 3 / Book 13: Suspicion
Dog-eared Man: a book a week 