Here we go again, another week and another tub of 50 from the room at the top!
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| Tub 41 - wake up, time to go! |
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| Brad Smith x 2, Christopher J. Yates, Ruth Rendell, Mick Herron, |
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| Canadian crime |
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| Liking the look of this one from 2014 I think |
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Canadian crime MK2
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| Chuck Palahniuk, Charlie McDowell, Gar Anthony Haywood, Luiz Alfredo Garcia-Roza x 2, |
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| Crime down Brazil way |
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| Ditto above |
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| US favourite I've been neglecting too long |
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| Enjoyed by my son - my turn now I've nicked it from him. |
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| Linwood Barclay, Charlie Stella, Barbara Dowd, Lou Berney, Jess Walter, |
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| Gutshot Straight rocked! |
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| New York fave! |
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| Non-fiction |
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| Rex Stout, Hilda Lawrence, Harlan Coben, William Sutcliffe, William Marshall, |
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| 40's book - but a more modern edition |
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| Hong Kong crime! |
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| Nero Wolfe - new-to-me! |
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| Arthur Upfield, Helen MacInnes x 2, Martin Cruz Smith, Walter Walker, |
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| Espionage! |
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| Bonaparte down under! |
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| A book title that positively doesn't trip off the tongue! |
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| M.C. Beaton, Wallace Stroby, Harlan Coben x 2, Hugh C. Rae, |
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| 60's crime - Scottish author. |
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| US crime! |
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| Hamish Macbeth! |
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| Patrick Quinlan, Greg Rucka, Louis L'amour x 2, Helen MacInnes, |
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| Just call it MacInnes week! |
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| Western - or crime with hats as Rich calls it! |
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| Atticus Kodiak series book! |
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| Harlan Coben, George Pelecanos, Aldous Huxley, Ferdinand von Schirach, Zoran Drvenkar, |
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| German author enjoyed by my wife! |
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| Big-time favourite author of mine! |
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| Tess Gerritsen, John Godey, Mark Watson, |
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| UK author who also does stand-up comedy! |
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| I enjoyed the re-make - I still need to see the Walter Matthau version! |
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| Marc Davis, Helen MacInnes, Carter Brown, |
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| Carter Brown - prolific Aussie author! |
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| US author! |
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| Michael Connelly, J.J. Connolly, Nick Taussig, |
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| UK film-maker author! |
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| Layer Cake sequel! |
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| Harry Bosch book I believe! |
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| No cover - a stolen book? Don't think so - I'm sure it's just a paperback with a detached cover that will turn up! |
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| Taggart - but not the Scottish detective! |
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| Scottish espionage queen! |
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| Tub 41 put to bed for now! |
Highlights......
Yates' book looks good,
Jess Walter rarely disappoints,
Michael Connelly ditto,
Brad Smith - a Canadian author yet to be enjoyed,
Lou Berney, Charlie Stella, Gar Anthony Haywood and
George Pelecanos - all old favourites.
Stout, Upfield, MacInnes and
Carter Brown can they live up to their lofty reputations?
Lowlights..... not a dud in sight!
FULL LIST OF 50...........
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TITLE |
YEAR |
SERIES |
| BARCLAY |
LINWOOD |
TRUST YOUR EYES |
2012 |
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| BEATON |
M. C. |
DEATH OF A GOSSIP |
1985 |
HM1 |
| BERNEY |
LOU |
WHIPLASH RIVER |
2012 |
S2 |
| BROWN |
CARTER |
BLONDE ON A BROOMSTICK |
1972 |
RH14 |
| COBEN |
HARLAN |
GONE FOR GOOD |
2002 |
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| COBEN |
HARLAN |
THE INNOCENT |
2004 |
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| COBEN |
HARLAN |
JUST ONE LOOK |
2004 |
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| COBEN |
HARLAN |
MIRACLE CURE |
1991 |
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| CONNELLY |
MICHAEL |
THE BLACK BOX |
2012 |
HB18 |
| CONNOLLY |
J. J. |
VIVA LA MADNESS |
2011 |
LC2 |
| DAVIS |
MARC |
DIRTY MONEY |
1992 |
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| DOWD |
MAUREEN |
BUSHWORLD: ENTER AT YOUR OWN RISK |
2004 |
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| DRVENKAR |
ZORAN |
SORRY |
2011 |
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| GARCIA-ROZA |
LUIZ ALFREDO |
ALONE IN THE CROWD |
2009 |
IE7 |
| GARCIA-ROZA |
LUIZ ALFREDO |
PURSUIT |
2006 |
IE5 |
| GERRITSEN |
TESS |
LAST TO DIE |
2012 |
JR+MI10 |
| GODEY |
JOHN |
THE TAKING OF PELHAM 123 |
1972 |
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| HAYWOOD |
GAR ANTHONY |
ASSUME NOTHING |
2011 |
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| HERRON |
MICK |
DEAD LIONS |
2013 |
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| HUXLEY |
ALDOUS |
BRAVE NEW WORLD |
1932 |
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| KETCHUM |
JACK |
OFF SEASON |
1981 |
O1 |
| L'AMOUR |
LOUIS |
TAGGART |
1959 |
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| L'AMOUR |
LOUIS |
THE TALL STRANGER |
1969 |
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| LAWRENCE |
HILDA |
BLOOD UPON THE SNOW |
1944 |
ME1 |
| MACINNES |
HELEN |
CLOAK OF DARKNESS |
1982 |
RR3 |
| MACINNES |
HELEN |
REST AND BE THANKFUL |
1949 |
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| MACINNES |
HELEN |
DECISION AT DELPHI |
1960 |
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| MACINNES |
HELEN |
THE DOUBLE IMAGE |
1965 |
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| MARSHALL |
WILLIAM |
THIN AIR |
1977 |
YS5 |
| McDOWELL |
CHARLES |
DEAR GIRLS ABOVE ME |
2013 |
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| PALAHNIUK |
CHUCK |
FIGHT CLUB |
1996 |
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| PELECANOS |
GEORGE |
WHAT IT WAS |
2012 |
DS+TQ4 |
| QUINLAN |
PATRICK |
THE HIT |
2009 |
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| RAE |
HUGH C. |
NIGHT PILLOW |
1967 |
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| RENDELL |
RUTH |
PORTOBELLO |
2008 |
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| RUCKA |
GREG |
PATRIOT ACTS |
2007 |
AK6 |
| SMITH |
BRAD |
ONE-EYED JACKS |
2000 |
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| SMITH |
BRAD |
BUSTED FLUSH |
2005 |
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| SMITH |
MARTIN CRUZ |
STALIN'S GHOST |
2007 |
AR6 |
| STELLA |
CHARLIE |
ROUGH RIDERS |
2012 |
EW2 |
| STOUT |
REX |
OVER MY DEAD BODY |
1939 |
NW7 |
| STROBY |
WALLACE |
THE BARBED-WIRE KISS |
2003 |
HRM1 |
| SUTCLIFFE |
WILLIAM |
ARE YOU EXPERIENCED ? |
1997 |
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| TAUSSIG |
NICK |
THE DISTINGUISHED ASSASSIN |
2013 |
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| UPFIELD |
ARTHUR |
DEATH OF A SWAGMAN |
1946 |
IB9 |
| VON SCHIRACH |
FERDINAND |
THE COLLINI CASE |
2012 |
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| WALKER |
WALTER |
THE IMMEDIATE PROSPECT OF BEING HANGED |
1989 |
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| WALTER |
JESS |
THE FINANCIAL LIVES OF THE POETS |
2009 |
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| WATSON |
MARK |
THE KNOT |
2012 |
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| YATES |
CHRISTOPHER J. |
BLACK CHALK |
2013 |
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You've a fine lot there, Col! I really hope you'll enjoy Connelly's The Black Box and Upfield's Death of a Swagman. I thought both were fine reads. I see you've got Garcia-Roza and Cruz Smith, too - Great talent there. Yes, you're in for some good reads, I think.
ReplyDeleteI'm hoping the Connelly book is a good-un. And I'm looking forward to the Upfield book - you've mentioned him quite a bit on your blog in the past!
DeleteCol, I have the exact edition and title of OVER MY DEAD BODY by Rex Stout though I haven't read it. You can't go wrong with Louis L'Amour. It's always a joy to read his westerns. Helen Macinnes, I do want to read someday.
ReplyDeleteStout, L'Amour and MacInnes will all be new authors for me when I eventually get to them.
DeleteAh, another William Marshall. Good stuff. And Tracy will be pleased to see a Rex Stout in this week's tub. Regarding the Michael Connelly, there's a Harry Bosch mini-series on the Amazon streaming service. Are they available in the UK? We thought they were well done, very stylish.
ReplyDeleteMarshall will go on the intended reading list for 2016, I think. I'm waiting for Tracy to tell me whether the Stout I have is a good one or not - well it's the only one anyway!
DeleteI think the Connelly-Bosch thing is available on some platform in the UK, though TBH I haven't investigated it. I'll look into it, now it has a stamp of approval on it!
Hope you enjoy the MacInnes books when you get to them. I'm planning to revisit her sometime soon -- I have fond memories of enjoying her work 'way back when.
ReplyDeleteProbably 2016 or the year after at current rate of progress, John!
DeleteJess Walter - I loved the other book by him, which you put me onto, been meaning to try another. You need to review this one so I know if I should get it.
ReplyDeleteMy wife gave up on this one after a couple of chapters, I'm more optimistic about it.
DeleteOf course the Rex Stout book is good. They are all good. Over My Dead Body is one of my favorites because it is different and fun; it involves Wolfe's past. I did not read them in order the first time I read them, so it doesn't matter about that, and this is a fairly early one.
ReplyDeleteI want to read Dead Lions before the end of the year; and The Taking of Pelham 1, 2, 3 sometime. Lots of other interesting books here.
Thanks for the endorsement Tracy!
DeleteDead Lions and Mick Herron is someone I want to read. I think they are kind of series books, but I will try and read his books in the order they were published, I have most of them I think
Slow Horses has the same characters and precedes Dead Lions and I read it and enjoyed it. Based on the other book I read by him (the first in the Zoe Boehm series) I would like just about anything he writes.
DeleteHe has another "Slough" book up on Net Galley at the minute - something Tigers (not that I'm supposed to be looking on there)!
DeleteHmmm, interesting. I am sure I will want to get to that one someday too. I am also trying to stay away from NetGalley.
DeleteI expect you'll beat me to it either way!
DeleteI have that silver stripey MacInnes cover - gawd they used to print things with tiny writing Back Then. But it's a solid spy story with lurv interest but it is part of a small series in which the earlier ones, esp. the 2nd, The Hidden Target, are better.
ReplyDeleteI'm hoping to get to her next year. I have some new glasses - so hopefully the print won't trouble me too much!
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