death tribble Posted February 15, 2019 Report Share Posted February 15, 2019 The Ghost by Robert Harris. This is about a ghostwriter drafting the memoirs of a former British prime minister after the death of the former ghostwriter. Loosely based on Tony Blair but not as effective. It is more a British book, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
csyphrett Posted February 16, 2019 Report Share Posted February 16, 2019 I have been reading a lot of books and havent been keeping track. I think Kill for Me by Tom Wood is the last non sci fi/ fantasy book I read. Victor is hired to settle a cartel war. Neither side is happy with how the assassin takes care of his business CES Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted March 14, 2019 Report Share Posted March 14, 2019 Darkly Dreaming Dexter by Jeff Lindsay. This is the first book of which the series Dexter was based. And having seen it I think the TV adaptation is better, This is not bad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted June 10, 2019 Report Share Posted June 10, 2019 A Book of Bones by John Connolly. Charlie Parker comes to London on the trail of Quayle and Mors. Louis and Angel tag along despite Angel still recovering from Cancer. But the killers are doing all they can to restore the Fractured Atlas and thus end the world. This weighs in at nearly 700 pages and again Good and Evil battle each other. Some of the book is set in a different style to cover historical events that affect the action. If you already like the Charlie Parker books then you will like this. I certainly did. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
csyphrett Posted June 11, 2019 Report Share Posted June 11, 2019 Present Tense by Child Mark Reacher is trying to set up the most dangerous game for pay. What he doesn't know is that his cousin, Jack, is in town and digging into family history CES Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted June 26, 2019 Report Share Posted June 26, 2019 Persuader by Lee Child. This is the book that has the tagline about Reacher killing a police officer. This is the start of another adventure and very interesting. Again it works because it is small scale. If you like the series you will like this. But do not start with this one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ockham's Spoon Posted June 27, 2019 Report Share Posted June 27, 2019 Coyote Waits by Tony Hillerman. Murder mystery set in New Mexico, exploring the culture and landscape there, esp. Navajo mythology. Good characters interacting in a plot that is complex enough not to be immediately obvious but not so convoluted that it becomes contrived. Definitely recommend it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted June 29, 2019 Report Share Posted June 29, 2019 Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry. The tale of an epic cattle drive from Texas to Montana. And a shortened account of returning to Texas with a coffin. It is believable but shows why it is better to live now than then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted July 7, 2019 Report Share Posted July 7, 2019 The Troubled Man by Henning Mankell. It is the final Kurt Wallander story. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted August 29, 2019 Report Share Posted August 29, 2019 Sarum by Edward Rutherfurd. A book about Salisbury and five families connected to it from caveman times until the 1980s. The longest read I have had this year at roughly 1350 pages. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
csyphrett Posted August 30, 2019 Report Share Posted August 30, 2019 Tear it down by Nick Petrie. Peter Ash and Lewis get involved in the Memphis underworld when they decide to help a woman who's house just had a dump truck driven into it and a kid who robbed a jewelry store CES Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ockham's Spoon Posted August 30, 2019 Report Share Posted August 30, 2019 Airframe by Michael Crichton. Basically how are airplane accidents addressed and investigated written in terms of a mystery story where company politics and corporate backstabbing conflicts with the push to find the truth about an airline incident. The plot is not Crichton's best although reasonably good given the premise, but the research and descriptions of the interior workings of the airline industry were excellent. Sundog 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twilight Posted August 31, 2019 Report Share Posted August 31, 2019 The On The Run series by Gordon Korman. It's about a brother and sister who escape from a juvenile detention facility in order to clear the names of their parents, who've been falsely convicted of treason. They have to find a man named Frank Lindenauer who had recruited their parents into what they were told was a CIA operation to battle terrorism and his disappearance caused the Falconer parents' conviction. On top of all that they have to avoid being caught by the FBI or being killed by the mysterious assassin called (by the kids) Hairless Joe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted September 4, 2019 Report Share Posted September 4, 2019 Company of Liars by Karen Maitland. A motley group of travellers are brought together by the appearance of the Plague in Britain in 1348. But something malign stalks the group. An engrossing read which never quite reveals how the person behind the trouble is doing it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spence Posted September 5, 2019 Report Share Posted September 5, 2019 On 8/29/2019 at 2:38 PM, death tribble said: Sarum by Edward Rutherfurd. A book about Salisbury and five families connected to it from caveman times until the 1980s. The longest read I have had this year at roughly 1350 pages. I dimly remember that book. I remember I started it back in the 80's, but had to leave it behind before I got half way through because it wouldn't fit in my seabag. Life could be a bummer in the days before portable electronics. I may have to find it again. Back then there wasn't as much fantasy so I read a lot of historical fiction. Rosemary Sutcliff's "Sword at Sunset" and Mary Stewart's "Merlin Trilogy" were great reads as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted October 31, 2019 Report Share Posted October 31, 2019 Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell. I have never seen the film only bits and so read the book. You could not get away with the language today. But Scarlett O'Hara is determined to do whatever needs to be done to survive. Despite everything that fate throws at her. And it does not have a happy end. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cassandra Posted October 31, 2019 Report Share Posted October 31, 2019 No Way to Treat a First Lady by Christopher Buckley. The First Lady catched the President in bed with another woman and throws a lamp, hitting on the head. The next day he's found dead and she goes on trial for murder. Not as good as the author's The White House Mess. Recommended along the same lines E Pluribus Bang by David Lippencott President George Ramsey Kirk finds a Secret Service Agent in bed with his wife, and shoots the Agent dead. The CIA Director tries to cover it up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cygnia Posted November 3, 2019 Report Share Posted November 3, 2019 There and Never, Ever Back Again: A Dark Lord’s Journal I'd say it's more satire than fantasy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted November 3, 2019 Report Share Posted November 3, 2019 Koryu Bujutsu: Classical Warrior Traditions of Japan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christopher R Taylor Posted November 5, 2019 Report Share Posted November 5, 2019 Joe Gores Skip Trace, mystery, and first of the DKA series. Great stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spence Posted November 5, 2019 Report Share Posted November 5, 2019 The first two books of series The Earls Other Son by Andrew Wareham. The first two books are in China sometime before the Boxer Rebellion. The main character is the second son of a Scottish Earl who is long on title but short on wealth. After a romantic liaison with the wrong lady, he is exiled to China Station. The writing style reminds me of books I read back in the 70/80's and I really liked that he didn't PC the c*ap out of it in one direction or agenda the c*ap out of it the other. Instead he just wrote the story using what he knows of the norms of the era it takes place in. Old style adventure yarn that may not be everyone's preference, but a good read and great ideas for turn of the century far east RPG. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted November 6, 2019 Report Share Posted November 6, 2019 The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson. I have seen the film with Daniel Craig and the original Swedish adaption with Noomi Rapace. The book covers a disgraced journalists attempt to solve the disappearance of a girl during a family get together thirty years before. He stumbles onto something really dark and nasty. The ending is slightly different to the adaptions but it is still good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
csyphrett Posted November 17, 2019 Report Share Posted November 17, 2019 Blue Moon by Child. Jack Reacher starts a gang war accidentally CES Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted November 30, 2019 Report Share Posted November 30, 2019 The Forsyte Saga by John Galsworthy. The tale of a family and the doomed marriage that cause all sorts of problems. At times very funny as Galsworthy punctures Victorian pomposity. Well worth a read. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
csyphrett Posted December 9, 2019 Report Share Posted December 9, 2019 Read Burning Bright by Petrie Peter Ash finds a woman hiding in the woods and decides to help her find out what is going on with the guys shooting at her CES Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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