Monday 27 April 2015

LOGGING THE LIBRARY - PART TWENTY-NINE

First, second and third glance at this tub and I'm liking the look of it.....a top 50 I reckon.
Top tub 29!

Henri Charriere, Charles Willeford, David Karp, Michael Stone, William P. McGivern

David Karp 1953 book

One of a 4 book PI series

William P. McGivern - 50's book.

Last Hoke Moseley book from Charles Willeford

John Le Carre, Michael Stone, Henning Mankell, Peter Corris, Garry Disher,

Le Carre standalone from the 60's

First Streeter PI book.

Australian Wyatt series book.

Charles Willeford x 2, Andrew Vachss, Martyn Waites, Chris Wiltz,

Late 50's Willeford.

First Hoke Moseley book.

Jim Thompson, Paul Thomas, Joe Gores, William Boyd, plus a Vietnam collaboration novel.

Jim Thompson - 1970

Short stories

First in Gores' DKA series

Len Deighton, Henry Porter, Lisa Gardner, 2 x Thomas Perry,

Perry stand-alone novel

Jane Whitfield series book.

First in the Harry Palmer series
Boris Starling, Charles McCarry, Robert B. Parker, Brian M. Wiprud, Thomas Perry

Thomas Perry again!

Spenser number 27 from Parker.

Humourous US crime from Brian M. Wiprud

Jon A. Jackson, Niall Griffiths, Geoffrey Beattie, Richard Stark, Colin Harrison

New York crime/thriller

18th entry in Donald Westlake's Parker series of books

1977 first entry in Jackson's Detroit set series

Anthony Frewin, Norman Green, Martin Booth, Deon Meyer, Thomas Perry

Might as well be Thomas Perry tub.

A bit of Norman Green

Perry, Perry - hot stuff, Dan Fesperman, Tony Black, Robert Crais,

Dan Simmons x 2, Norman Green again

Simon Kernick, Sean Cregan - both English authors.

Highlights......Charles Willeford obviously, the Len Deighton book is a series opener. I'm a fan of Thomas Perry and ought to read more from him. Tony Black, Dan Fesperman, Michael Stone and Dan Simmons - all look great.

Lowlights..... what lowlights?

THE FULL 50.......

AUTHOR TITLE YEAR SERIES FICTION/NON
BEATTIE GEOFFREY THE SHADOWS OF BOXING: PRINCE NASEEM HAMED AND THOSE HE LEFT BEHIND 2002 N
BLACK TONY GUTTED 2009 GD2 F
BOOTH MARTIN THE AMERICAN 1991 F
BOYD WILLIAM ON THE YANKEE STATION 1981 F
CHARRIERE HENRI BANCO 1973 N
CORRIS PETER AFTERSHOCK 1992 CH15 F
CRAIS ROBERT  THE WATCHMAN 2007 JP1 F
CREGAN SEAN THE LEVELS 2010 F
DEIGHTON LEN THE IPCRESS FILE 1962 HP1 F
DISHER GARRY CROSSKILL 1995 W4 F
FESPERMAN DAN THE PRISONER OF GUANTANAMO 2006 F
FREWIN ANTHONY LONDON BLUES 1997 F
GARDNER LISA HIDE 2007 DDW2 F
GORES JOE DEAD SKIP 1972 DKAF1 F
GREEN NORMAN THE ANGEL OF MONTAGUE STREET 2003 F
GREEN NORMAN THE LAST GIG 2008 AM1 F
GRIFFITHS NIALL WRECKAGE 2005 F
HARRISON COLIN RISK 2009 F
JACKSON JON A. THE DIEHARD 1977 DSM1 F
KARP DAVID ONE 1953 F
KERNICK SIMON SEVERED 2007 F
LE CARRE JOHN A SMALL TOWN IN GERMANY 1968 F
MANKELL HENNING THE DOGS OF RIGA 1992 KW2 F
McCARRY CHARLES OLD BOYS 2004 PC6 F
McGIVERN WILLIAM P. ROGUE COP 1954 F
MEYER DEON DEAD BEFORE DYING 1999 F
PARKER ROBERT B. HUGGER MUGGER 2000 S27 F
PERRY THOMAS VANISHING ACT 1994 JW1 F
PERRY THOMAS NIGHTLIFE 2006 F
PERRY THOMAS DANCE FOR THE DEAD 1996 JW2 F
PERRY THOMAS DEATH BENEFITS 2001 F
PERRY THOMAS FIDELITY 2008 F
PERRY THOMAS SHADOW WOMAN 1997 JW3 F
PORTER HENRY A SPY'S LIFE 2001 RH1 F
RIVERS/HUDSON GAYLE/JAMES THE FIVE FINGERS 1978 F
SIMMONS DAN HARD FREEZE 2002 JK2 F
SIMMONS DAN HARD AS NAILS 2003 JK3 F
STARK RICHARD BACKFLASH 1998 P18 F
STARLING BORIS VODKA 2004 F
STONE MICHAEL A LONG REACH 1997 S2 F
STONE MICHAEL THE LOW END OF NOWHERE 1996 S1 F
THOMAS PAUL FINAL CUT 1999 F
THOMPSON JIM NOTHING BUT A MAN 1970 F
VACHSS ANDREW BLUE BELLE 1988 B3 F
WAITES MARTYN MARY'S PRAYER 1997 SL1 F
WILLEFORD CHARLES THE WAY WE DIE NOW 1988 HM4 F
WILLEFORD CHARLES MIAMI BLUES 1984 HM1 F
WILLEFORD CHARLES THE BLACK MASS OF BROTHER SPRINGER 1958 F
WILTZ CHRIS A DIAMOND BEFORE YOU DIE 1987 NR2 F
WIPRUD BRIAN M. CROOKED 2006 F

12 comments:

  1. A very Col kind of tub I think. I've read a couple of Thomas Perry and enjoyed them. Charles Willeford, not so much, but I'm open to being convinced to try more. The one that intrigues me is the David Karp, One, the traditional-looking orange Penguin. I'm off to look that one up.

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    1. I have another Karp book which is more Noirish - HARDMAN. I think this was spotted in a secondhand book shop and I recognised the name so bought it. It's probably not so much a Col book. I think this one may sit towards the bottom half of the 50, not least for the unattractiveness of the typeset and the ease which my eyes will cope with it as for the content. A 50's dystopian novel of American society, apparently.

      Curious - which Perry's did you read?

      I'll have to get to a Hoke Moseley-Willeford book soon, to see if I can convert you!

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    2. I read Vanishing Act, which you have there, and Runner. Both about a woman who helps people disappear... interesting concept, I liked the details of the vanishing act a lot better than some of the gruesome violence. And he produced a few good surprises.

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    3. Ok - I'm looking forward to these Jane Whitfield books of his. My favourite of his so far is The Butcher's Boy about a hit-man (surprised? I guess not.)

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  2. You have some nice vintage finds there, Col! Not to mention some Corris (I really like his work!), some Disher and Deighton, too! I see a Kernick, too. I'll be keen to know what you think of that one.

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  3. More books than time Margot, but I wouldn't have it any other way. Corris is an author I need to get to at some point. I did enjoy a couple of Kernick books many years ago, but the titles escape me. I did enjoy them though - that much I remember!

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  4. Col, I think this is one of your more intriguing tubs in recent weeks. I like most of the books in the tubs. My pick of the lot would be the le Carre standalone.

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    1. Yes, nothing particularly scary here. Le Carre's book does look a good one.

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  5. Lots of interesting books, Col. I haven't read anything by Thomas Perry but I have several on my TBR piles.

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    1. I hope you enjoy them when you get to them. I'll try and get involved in the Jane Whitfield series next year. I think he has continued on with it recently after a gap of a few years.

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  6. What a great collection of books! I'm not very familiar with the 1950s ones, but I know a couple from there (and covet them). Do you have shelf space for all of these or do you keep them up in the atric/down in the cellar/lining the garage?

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    1. Marina - I used to have our smallest bedroom set up as our study, with floor to ceiling bookshelves on 3 walls, but my two teenage daughter's shared a room. I got evicted a few years ago and the books were consigned to the attic in plastic tubs and cardboard boxes and loose!

      I'm trying to restore some semblance of order to them, so whilst they sit in plastic stacker tubs (5 high in two rows of about 7 or 8), I'm popping upto the attic every week or so, to take photos of a tub and record what is where on a spreadsheet, so that eventually I will be able to lay my hands on the exact book I want when I want it.

      I have two accessible shelves of books downstairs. Eventually I would like to get my study back, but I think I would prefer to have my two girls (16 and 19) around me for a few years yet!

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