I’ve just finished “The No1 Lawyer” by James Patterson and Nancy Allen. A defense lawyer successfully defends the son of a local gangster, then his wife is murdered. He is accused of conspiring to murder her, and has to defend himself. A decent story, not certain yet whether the title implies that this is the first of a series.
I’ve just finished “The Keys of Hell” by Jack Higgins. A British spy is trying to help recover a religious statue to help destabilise the government in Albania, but someone he trusts is trying to stop him. A decent enough tale, pretty short, first published in 1965 and “modernised” in 2001, though the modernisation is pretty simplistic and just consists of the spy reminiscing about the events and being taken to task for them. I’ve a few more to read by the same author, though I must admit I hope they’re not all from the sixties.
I’ve just read “The Cutting Edge” by Jeffery Deaver. A Lincoln Rhyme story, someone breaks into a diamond cutter’s workshop, kills the cutter and two witnesses and steals some diamonds, but another witness manages to get away. Lincoln and his team must try to find the witness in order to trap the killer, with a few twists. A good story, I always enjoy these.
I’ve just read “The Last Thing He Told Me” by Laura Dave. A woman starts to hear bad news stories about fraud in the company her husband works for, and then can’t get hold of him and he seems to have disppeared. In trying to find him she starts to look back through his life along with her stepdaughter, and starts to discover some anomalies in his background. A decent book, enjoyed it.
I’ve just read “Take your breath away” by Linwood Barclay. A man is the main suspect when his wife disappears, but six years later he has changed his name and is settling down in a new relationship when it looks as if his wife has returned. A decent story, enjoyed this as I usually do with this author.
I’ve just read “The Solace Farm Killings” by Simon McCleave. A community living on a farm in North Wales come under suspicion when a teenager is killed apparently trying to escape from it, and then other teenagers appear to have gone missing. An enjoyable book despite one or two spelling mistakes, I’ve read others in the same series and would read more.
I recently finished reading “Kafka on the Shore” by Haruki Murakami. It was a surreal and captivating experience, blending reality with dreams in a way only Murakami can. The story intertwines the lives of a teenage runaway and an elderly man who can talk to cats, leading to a series of mysterious and magical events. I thoroughly enjoyed it, even though some parts were quite abstract. My friend found it a bit too weird, but I loved how it challenged my imagination.
I’ve just finished “Standing in the Shadows” by Peter Robinson. Featuring DCI Alan Banks, a student is murdered in the early eighties, and a body is found in the present day, and Banks uncovers the story that links both of them. A good story as his always are, this was published after the death of Robinson so it’ll unfortunately be the last.
I’ve recently finished “The Raging Storm” by Ann Cleeves. A local celebrity is found dead in a small boat which has been tied up in a small cove, and cop Matthew Venn and his team are starting to look into it when another body is found. Is it as simple as the murderer killing themselves? A decent story, I’ve read a lot by this author in her “Vera” and “Shetland” series, and always enjoyed them.
River Sing Me Home.
I read the book The Personal MBA. Very good book on business. Teaches you about marketing, sales, accounting, finance etc.
I just finished reading David Copperfield recently. I think when facing life, we must have an optimistic attitude and a positive spirit.
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I’ve just read “Bleeding Heart Yard” by Elly Griffiths. A group of old school friends gather for a reunion, but one of them is murdered during the evening. Although one of the friends is a police officer, she has to keep out of the investigation which centres on the death of another schoolmate while they were in school. A decent story, as all of hers are, I enjoyed it.
I’ve recently finished “The Midnight Lock” by Jeffery Deaver. Someone is breaking into apartments, stealing minor items but making it obvious that he’s been there, and Lincoln Rhyme and his team have to find out who it is before it escalates into something much worse. Another great story, though another plot twist similar to the last of his that I read, hopefully these won’t start to appear in every book.
I’ve just finished “The Black Bird” by Tim Weaver. A car crashes into a ravine and bursts into flames, but when the emergency services put out the fire, there’s no sign of anyone in the car. Years later there’s still no sign, and the parents of one of the people in the car contacts investigator David Raker to try to solve the mystery.
A very good story, I always enjoy books by this author. I’ve got the next one in the series to read next.
I’ve recently finished “The Last Goodbye” by Tim Weaver, the next David Raker book by Tim Weaver. Raker is employed to find the mother of a woman he briefly met in a previous novel, and while looking he discovers that she’s not the only one to have gone missing around the same time and area. A decent story, I always enjoy his stuff.
After that I read “The Dark Tide” by Simon McCleave. A group of drug dealers take a school party hostage in a bid to escape capture, and a former police specialist negotiator comes to help, only to find that her son is one of the hostages. Another good book, I think I’ve had one or two of his before.
I just finished “Jar City” by Arnaldur Indridason. Loved it. A man is found murdered in his apartment in Reykjavik. There aren’t many clues, just a strange note on his body and a photo of a girl’s grave. As Detective Erlendur digs into the man’s past, he finds out that forty years ago, the man was accused of a terrible crime, but he was never convicted. It’s the first book from the series about Detective Erlendur, will start the next one these days (Silence of the Grave).
The latest book I read was “The Midnight Library” by Matt Haig. It’s about a woman named Nora who gets a chance to explore different versions of her life through a magical library that exists between life and death. Each book represents a different path she could have taken.
I found it quite thought-provoking and touching. It delves into themes of regret, choice, and the meaning of life, and I enjoyed how it mixed elements of fantasy with deep emotional insight. The concept of exploring alternate lives made me reflect on my own choices and the paths not taken. My friend, on the other hand, found it a bit too introspective and preferred more straightforward stories. Different strokes for different folks, right?
Hope this gives you a sense of the book!
I read Alessandro Baricco’s Ocean and found it to be a fascinating, dreamlike journey. I enjoyed it, even though it felt like diving into someone’s elaborate dream. My boyfriend, on the other hand, didn’t finish it—it wasn’t his style, but to each their own!
its a novel with the name Amarbail. One of the best and traumatic novels i have ever read.