Monday 30 March 2015

LOGGING THE LIBRARY - PART TWENTY-FIVE

Tub 25.....50 more

Tub 25!
60's prison crime  


Pawson series book, ditto Patterson, Quintin Jardine, Luke Rhinehart, Jospeh Hone

70's espionage

Joe Lansdale, Alan Furst, Colin Cotterill, Bill Bryson, and a short story collection 

Bill Bryson, travelogue 

Lansdale again, John King, Tim Relf, Frank McCourt, Scottish compilation

Football hooliganism-counter culture

Robert Ludlum - Jason Bourne, Malcolm Braly, Len Deighton, Joe Lansdale, William Hjortsberg

One of the best books I've ever read. Decent film as well!

Harry Palmer book

Max Allan Collins, Michael Collins (Dennis Lynds?), Tim Willocks, T. Jefferson Parker, Robert Sims Reid,

Love these NO EXIT covers.

Seymour Shubin, Desmond Barry, Jonathan Coe, Norman Green, Jonathan Meades,

One of my favourite reads of all time - I bought his other 5 off the back of this!

No idea what this is about - a bit of literature methinks
Ditto above! Great title

Welsh grit!

Sports autobiography, Ben Elton, Scott Phillips, Tony Black, plus non-fiction

Non-fiction concerning Berlin and the Stasi

Cracker - duplicate, evicted!, Bill Pronzini, Denise Mina, Tony Hillerman, Paul-Loup Sulitzer,

Tony Hillerman series book

NAMELESS detective - no. 17

Joseph Conrad, David Morrell, Peter Abrahams, and a short story compilation., 

Classic Polish espionage!

Peter Spiegelman, and a couple of magazine type  publications.

Crime Time Magazine from 1999 

Crime Writers in Conversation - Eddie Bunker on the cover.


Steve Lopez, Howard Jacobson

Post logging look!
Harlan Coben replacement for my duplicate Cracker book.
Lowlights......nothing really. THE GREEN KING looks long - a holiday re-read when I'm 90. Enjoyed it first time around.

Highlights - looking forward to Malcolm Braly, Joseph Hone, Desmond Barry and Jonathan Meades in particular.

FULL LIST OF 50.........
AUTHOR TITLE YEAR SERIES FICTION/NON GENDER
ABRAHAMS PETER HARD RAIN 1988 F M
ASH TIMOTHY GARTON THE FILE: A PERSONAL HISTORY 1997 N M
BARRY DESMOND A BLOODY GOOD FRIDAY 2002 F M
BLACK TONY PAYING FOR IT 2008 GD1 F M
BRALY MALCOLM ON THE YARD 1967 F M
BRYSON BILL THE LOST CONTINENT 1989 N M
COBEN HARLAN SIX YEARS 2013 F M
COE JONATHAN THE ROTTERS'CLUB 2001 RC1 F M
COLLINS MAX ALLAN NEON MIRAGE 1988 NH4 F M
COLLINS MICHAEL ACT OF FEAR 1967 DF1 F M
CONRAD JOSEPH THE SECRET AGENT 1907 F M
COTTERILL COLIN THE CORONER'S LUNCH 2004 DSP1 F M
DEIGHTON LEN FUNERAL IN BERLIN 1964 HP3 F M
DUNCAN PAUL THE THIRD  DEGREE (ed.) 1996 N M/F
ELTON BEN HIGH SOCIETY 2002 F M
FORSHAW BARRY CRIME TIME 2.4 (ed.) (APRIL 1999) 1999 N M/F
FURST ALAN DARK VOYAGE 2004 NS8 F M
GREAVES JIMMY GREAVSIE THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY 2003 N M
GREEN NORMAN SHOOTING DOCTOR JACK 2001 F M
GREENBERG/GORMAN MARTIN/ED INVITATION TO MURDER (ed.) 1991 F M/F
HILLERMAN TONY THE SINISTER PIG 2003 JL/JC10 F M
HJORTSBERG WILLIAM FALLING ANGEL 1978 F M
HONE JOSEPH THE SIXTH DIRECTORATE 1975 PM2 F M
JACOBSON HOWARD KALOOKA NIGHTS 2006 F M
JAKUBOWSKI MAXIM  NEW CRIMES 2 (ed.) 1991 F M
JARDINE QUINTIN ON HONEYMOON WITH DEATH 2001 OB5 F M
KING JOHN ENGLAND AWAY 1998 FFT3 F M
LANSDALE JOE R. COLD IN JULY 1989 F M
LANSDALE JOE R. CAPTAIN OUTRAGEOUS 2001 HC/LP6 F M
LANSDALE JOE R. ACT OF LOVE 1981 F M
LOPEZ STEVE THIRD AND INDIANA 1994 F M
LUDLUM ROBERT  THE BOURNE IDENTITY 1980 JB3 F M
McCOURT FRANK ANGELA'S ASHES 1996 AA1 N M
MEADE JONATHAN FILTHY ENGLISH 1984 F M
MINA DENISE THE FIELDS OF BLOOD 2005 PM1 F F
MORGAN ROWLAND TALL DEAD WIVES 1990 F M
MORRELL DAVID BLOOD OATH 1982 F M
PARKER T. JEFFERSON SUMMER OF FEAR 1993 F M
PATTERSON JAMES VIOLETS ARE BLUE 2001 AC7 F M
PAWSON STUART SHOOTING ELVIS 2006 DICP11 F M
PHILLIPS SCOTT THE WALKAWAY 2002 F M
PRONZINI BILL JACKPOT 1990 N17 F M
REID ROBERT SIMS THE RED CORVETTE 1992 LBM3 F M
RELF TIM HOME 2005 F M
RHINEHART LUKE ADVENTURES OF WIM 1986 DM2 F M
SHUBIN SEYMOUR A MATTER OF FEAR 1993 F M
SPIEGELMAN PETER THICK AS THIEVES 2011 F M
SULITZER PAUL-LOUP THE GREEN KING 1983 F M
WILLIAMSON KEVIN CHILDREN OF ALBION ROVERS (ed.) 1997 F M/F
WILLOCKS TIM GREEN RIVER RISING 1994 F M

18 comments:

  1. I love it that you have some Hillerman in there. And you've given me a welcome nudge to spotlight a Deighton on my blog. I love Bill Bryson's work, too. To me, it's quite readable and interesting; hope you'll enjoy.

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    1. Margot, I haven't picked up a Hillerman for a few years now, but I have enjoyed the ones I've read. Bryson's books make a nice change from crime upon crime upon crime. I'll be looking out for your Deighton post - someone else I need to get back to!

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  2. Glen told me this bucket had Pronzini and Bryson, so I hopped over to see.

    Lots of interesting books here. You need to read some from your tubs (for me) and less new stuff. I highly recommend Coroner's Lunch by Cotterill. I have several books by Scott Phillips and haven't read any of them. Also have The Bourne Identity, unread.

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    1. I've enjoyed reading Scott Phillips in the past and I should read Cotterill. Agreed, I do need to read more from the tubs, but I find it hard to say no to a new book!

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  3. A few of these are familiar, and you've reminded me I need to read more Deighton.

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    1. Haven't you read the Hjortsberg yet? You had the film on your blog a while ago, with the lady from the Cosby Show - Lisa something?

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    2. You're right, though it was the guest blogger, other Col(m). You did impress me saying it was one of the best books you'd ever read...

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    3. Blame by association......sorry!

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    4. OK, I just bought it, though don't know when I'lll get round to reading it... it's on Kindle, so at least I'm not in danger of burying it in a tub.

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    5. Moira, if you love it I'll bask in reflected glory. If you hate it blame Colm!
      Not tempted to invest in some tubs yourself?

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    6. That would be disaster, just encouraging me to buy more books...

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    7. I'm sure I'll be emptying some one of these years......maybe

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  4. You have got quite the collection. I've only read T. Jefferson Parker's Silent Joe which was excellent but haven't read much of anything else from him. And I've never read Tony Hillerman which I know I must rectify.

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    1. Keishon - yes, over here lies madness! I haven't read Silent Joe yet - I think it won an Edgar, or was it one of his others? Hillerman's books aren't too long from memory, so what are you waiting for...ha!

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    2. You're right. Silent Joe did win the Edgar. The main protagonists face is scarred. Quite an excellent book.

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    3. I'll make that one the first of his I try when I get back to him.

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  5. Col, like Moira, I'm going with Len Deighton, an author I haven't read since college. Most others in your latest tub are new to me but that's not surprising, is it?

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    1. I must start either of his two series this year or next! Joseph Hone is of a similar ilk to Deighton, I think. He has a 3 or 4 books series from the 70's which is quite well-regarded. I think THE SIXTH DIRECTORATE is the second Peter Marlow book.

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