Here we go again, another tub another 50 books......
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| Tub 45....... |
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| Jim Nisbet, Philip Kerr, |
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| San Franciscan king of noir! |
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| James Sallis, Karin Slaughter, Martyn Waites |
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| Book 1 of Turner trilogy |
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| Andrew Vachss x 2, Irvine Welsh, Philip Kerr, Ben MacIntyre, |
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| Vachss standalone novel, |
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| Vachss Burke series book, |
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| Bill Bryson, Winston Groom, GaryPhillips-Jervey Tervalon, Nick Cave, Andrew Holmes, |
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| Film wasn't too bad - though I'm not Tom Hanks biggest fan, |
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| Nick Cave, |
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| Max Hastings, Hubert Selby Jr., David Peace, Sharyn Lock/Sarah Irving, Mark SaFranko, |
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| Max Zajack book 3 |
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| Non-fiction - eye-witness account Gaza under attack. |
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| 60s novel from Selby Jr. |
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| Journalism-non-fiction |
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| Richard Price, Tony O'Neill, David Goodis x 2, Bullet 6 - anthology, Mean Time - short story collection, |
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| Short stories and poems. UK author and musician. |
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| 50s Goodis |
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| Short-lived Brit crime magazine. |
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| More 50s Goodis |
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| Richard Price |
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| Albert French, Jason Pinter, Nick Laird, Cormac McCarthy, |
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| US lit from Albert French |
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| 60s McCarthy |
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| George V. Higgins, Nelson DeMille, David Baldacci, Gar Anthony Haywood, Michael Dobbs, |
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| Best titled protagonists - Joe & Dottie Loudermilk |
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| Dobbs series book |
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| George V. Higgins x 3, James W. Hall, Charles Cumming, |
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| Scottish author - Charles Cumming |
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| Jeffery Deaver, Lorenzo Carcaterra, Dennis Lehane, Tess Gerritsen, K.O. Dahl, |
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| Lorenzo Carcaterra, Guns N Roses going round my head! |
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| Thomas H. Cook, Alexander Stuart, Chester Himes, |
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| Chester Himes - 1945 |
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| Thomas H. Cook - an unknown quantity! |
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| Alternative history from Cruz Smith. |
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| Time-Life Vietnam book! |
HIGHLIGHTS..... I do like
Andrew Vachss and his
Burke books. I'm keen to try
Thomas H. Cook also. Overall a hoh-hum tub really, nothing exceptionally stand-out.
Richard Price, I like.
Philip Kerr I've not tried.
Mark SaFranko - I've just read his
The Favor and loved it.
If I was out shopping today for 50 books, I'm not too sure how many of this lot would make it into my basket!
LOWLIGHTS..... Baldacci and Deaver aren't thrusting themselves forwards into my eager hands
FULL LIST OF 50 AS FOLLOWS:
| AUTHOR |
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TITLE |
YEAR |
SERIES |
FICTION/NON |
| BALDACCI |
DAVID |
THE COLLECTORS |
2004 |
CC2 |
F |
| BRYSON |
BILL |
MADE IN AMERICA |
1994 |
|
N |
| CARCATERRA |
LORENZO |
PARADISE CITY |
2004 |
|
F |
| CAVE |
NICK |
THE DEATH OF BUNNY MUNRO |
2009 |
|
F |
| COOK |
THOMAS H. |
THE CHATHAM SCHOOL AFFAIR |
1996 |
|
F |
| CUMMING |
CHARLES |
THE HIDDEN MAN |
2003 |
|
F |
| DAHL |
K. O. |
THE MAN IN THE WINDOW |
2008 |
FF2 |
F |
| DEAVER |
JEFFERY |
THE EMPTY CHAIR |
2000 |
LR3 |
F |
| DEMILLE |
NELSON |
GOLD COAST |
1990 |
JS1 |
F |
| DOBBS |
MICHAEL |
THE RELUCTANT HERO |
2010 |
HJ3 |
F |
| DOUGAN/WEISS |
CLARK/STEPHEN |
THE VIETNAM EXPERIENCE: NINETEEN SIXTY-EIGHT |
1983 |
|
N |
| FRENCH |
ALBERT |
BILLY |
1993 |
BM2 |
F |
| GERRITSEN |
TESS |
CALL AFTER MIDNIGHT |
1987 |
|
F |
| GOODIS |
DAVID |
OF TENDER SIN |
1952 |
|
F |
| GOODIS |
DAVID |
CASSIDY'S GIRL |
1951 |
|
F |
| GROOM |
WINSTON |
FORREST GUMP |
1986 |
FG1 |
F |
| HALL |
JAMES W. |
UNDER COVER OF DAYLIGHT |
1987 |
TPI1 |
F |
| HASTINGS |
MAX |
GOING TO THE WARS |
2000 |
|
N |
| HAYWOOD |
GAR ANTHONY |
GOING NOWHERE FAST |
1994 |
J+DL |
F |
| HIGGINS |
GEORGE V. |
IMPOSTERS |
1986 |
|
F |
| HIGGINS |
GEORGE V. |
OUTLAWS |
1987 |
|
F |
| HIGGINS |
GEORGE V. |
PENANCE FOR JERRY KENNEDY |
1985 |
JK2 |
F |
| HIGGINS |
GEORGE V. |
WONDERFUL YEARS, WONDERFUL YEARS |
1988 |
|
N |
| HIMES |
CHESTER |
IF HE HOLLERS LET HIM GO |
1945 |
|
F |
| HOLMES |
ANDREW |
CRIMINAL RECORDS |
2008 |
|
F |
| JEFFREY |
KEITH |
BULLET 6 (ed.) |
2003 |
B6 |
F |
| KERR |
PHILIP |
A FIVE YEAR PLAN |
1997 |
|
F |
| KERR |
PHILIP |
IF THE DEAD RISE NOT |
2009 |
BG6 |
F |
| LAIRD |
NICK |
UTTERLY MONKEY |
2005 |
|
F |
| LEHANE |
DENNIS |
SACRED |
1997 |
K+G3 |
F |
| LOCK/IRVING |
SHARYN/SARAH |
GAZA: BENEATH THE BOMBS |
2010 |
|
N |
| MACINTYRE |
BEN |
AGENT ZIGZAG |
2007 |
|
N |
| McCARTHY |
CORMAC |
OUTER DARK |
1968 |
|
F |
| NISBET |
JIM |
THE SYRACUSE CODEX |
2005 |
|
F |
| O'NEILL |
TONY |
SEIZURE WET DREAMS |
2000 |
|
F |
| PEACE |
DAVID |
GB84 |
2004 |
|
F |
| PHILLIPS/TERVALON |
GARY/JERVEY |
THE COCAINE CHRONICLES (ed.) |
2005 |
|
F |
| PINTER |
JASON |
THE DARKNESS |
2009 |
HP5 |
F |
| PRICE |
RICHARD |
THE WANDERERS |
1974 |
|
F |
| SAFRANKO |
MARK |
GOD BLESS AMERICA |
2010 |
|
F |
| SALLIS |
JAMES |
CYPRESS GROVE |
2003 |
T1 |
F |
| SELBY JR. |
HUBERT |
LAST EXIT TO BROOKLYN |
1964 |
|
F |
| SLAUGHTER |
KARIN |
KISSCUT |
2002 |
GC2 |
F |
| SMITH |
MARTIN CRUZ |
THE INDIANS WON |
1970 |
|
F |
| STUART |
ALEXANDER |
LIFE ON MARS |
1996 |
|
N |
| SYKES |
JERRY |
MEAN TIME (ed.) |
1999 |
|
F |
| VACHSS |
ANDREW |
SHELLA |
1993 |
|
F |
| VACHSS |
ANDREW |
CHOICE OF EVIL |
1999 |
B11 |
F |
| WAITES |
MARTYN |
BORN UNDER PUNCHES |
2003 |
SL4 |
F |
| WELSH |
IRVINE |
ECSTASY |
1996 |
|
F |
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Quite a few authors I have a glancing acquaintance with. I do like Nelson De Mille, and I have read that Charles Cummings one. And - I once interviewed Michael Dobbs, he was a delight.
ReplyDeleteDe Mille, I have still to try. Ditto Dobbs. Cumming - I have read a couple and am not totally convinced by him.
DeleteI see you have some Kerr there, Col - can't go wrong with his Bernie Gunther novels. And McCarthy, too? You're going to have some solid reading when you get to those books.
ReplyDeleteBernie Gunther series needs to get pencilled in and scheduled otherwise Kerr will get away from me!
DeleteChester Himes’s series about Harlem detectives Gravedigger Jones and Coffin Ed Johnson is really terrific. Richard Price is also good. The last book of his I read was LUSH LIFE – tough, hard New York City streets.
ReplyDeleteElgin, my last Himes outing wasn't a success, but I think the Harlem books will be better. I've not yet read Lush Life, but I'm looking forward to it. His last book was published under a pseudonym - The Whites. Thisone has been recommended to me.
DeleteLots of variety here. Lots of books / authors I am not familiar with. And those that I have, I haven't read yet. Sounds familiar, doesn't it? I would like to try Demille, but his books are soooo long.
ReplyDeleteDeja-vous! DeMille does a good job putting people off from his books - someone maybe ought to tell him less is more!
DeleteHope you enjoy Thomas H Cook as much as I do, when you get to him. And the Goodises (or just Goodies?) have me salivating!
ReplyDeleteGoodis had a few on the Munsey's site, which begs the question is it still disappeared? I'll check in a bit. I've not come across anyone who has read Cook yet. I'll start him soon!
DeleteCol, the Martin Cruz Smith alternative history is one I'd be looking for. I didn't about that particular title. I'd also like to know what you think of George V. Higgins, another author I have never read.
ReplyDeleteRe Cruz Smith - the bonus is its a short book also! Higgins I haven't read for a fair few years. I'm long overdue another title of his!
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