Another tub from the library in the sky!
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| Someone turn the light on! |
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| Tim O'Brien, Will Beall, Colin Bateman, Kem Nunn, Carl Hiaasen, |
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| LA crime! |
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| Mark Timlin x 2, Christopher Hudson, Thomas H. Cook, Adam Baron, |
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| UK author and actor! |
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| James M. Cain, Jonathan Kellerman, John Harvey, Quintin Jardine, Robert W. Campbell, |
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| 30s or 40s crime! |
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| Jeffery Deaver - housebrick x 2, Alistair MacLean Robert Littell, Tim Willocks, |
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| Richard Stark, Elmore Leonard, John Harvey, Tim O'Brien, Andrea Camilleri, |
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| One of my top 10 books of all time! I wonder if rereading it kills my nostalgia? |
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| UK comedian turned author! |
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| Umberto Eco |
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| Niall Griffiths, Umberto Eco, John Niven, John Irving, David Baddiel, |
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| Charming! I loved Larry Brown - sadly died too young. |
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| Colin Bateman, Marshall Karp, Larry Brown, Quentin Tarantino, Daniel Woodrell, |
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| US espionage! |
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| I probably have a copy of Rum Punch as well somewhere! |
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| Robert Wilson, Scott Turow, Stephen Greenleaf, Jack Kerley, E. Phillips Oppenheim, |
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| Vintage espionage! |
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| US PI series book, I think! |
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| Niall Griffiths, Stephen King, Tami Hoag, John Sandford, William Boyd, |
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| Dark Tower series book! |
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| Intriguing title! |
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| Robert Wright Campbell, Barry Bowe, Tess Gerritsen, |
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| Scottish crime author! |
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| Elmore - still the king of crime! |
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| 43 - A very dark tub! |
HIGHLIGHTS... Looking forward to
Richard Stark, Daniel Woodrell, Elmore - of course,
Will Beall and an
Irving re-read!
LOWLIGHTS.... Tess Gerritsen, Tami Hoag, Jeffery Deaver......all look a bit scary!
FULL LIST OF 50:
| AUTHOR |
|
TITLE |
YEAR |
SERIES |
FICTION/NON |
| BADDIEL |
DAVID |
WHATEVER LOVE MEANS |
1999 |
|
F |
| BARON |
ADAM |
SHUT EYE |
1999 |
BR1 |
F |
| BATEMAN |
COLIN |
MURPHY'S REVENGE |
2005 |
JM2 |
F |
| BATEMAN |
COLIN |
MYSTERY MAN |
2009 |
MM1 |
F |
| BEALL |
WILLIAM |
LA REX |
2006 |
|
F |
| BOWE |
BARRY |
BORN TO BE WILD |
1994 |
|
N |
| BOYD |
WILLIAM |
RESTLESS |
2006 |
|
F |
| BROWN |
LARRY |
FATHER AND SON |
1991 |
|
F |
| CAIN |
JAMES M. |
THE BUTTERFLY |
1938 |
|
F |
| CAMILLERI |
ANDREA |
AUGUST HEAT |
2009 |
IM10 |
F |
| CAMPBELL |
ROBERT W. |
HONOR |
1987 |
|
F |
| CAMPBELL |
ROBERT W. |
THE 600LB GORILLA |
1987 |
JF2 |
F |
| COOK |
THOMAS H. |
THE MURMUR OF STONES |
2006 |
|
F |
| DEAVER |
JEFFERY |
A MAIDEN'S GRAVE |
1995 |
|
F |
| DEAVER |
JEFFERY |
PRAYING FOR SLEEP |
1994 |
|
F |
| ECO |
UMBERTO |
THE NAME OF THE ROSE |
1980 |
|
F |
| GERRITSEN |
TESS |
BLOODSTREAM |
1998 |
|
F |
| GREENLEAF |
STEPHEN |
GRAVE ERROR |
1979 |
JMT1 |
F |
| GRIFFITHS |
NIALL |
SHEEPSHAGGER |
2001 |
|
F |
| GRIFFITHS |
NIALL |
GRITS |
2000 |
|
F |
| HARVEY |
JOHN |
BLUE LIGHTNING (ed.) |
1998 |
|
F |
| HARVEY |
JOHN |
ROUGH TREATMENT |
1990 |
R2 |
F |
| HIAASEN |
CARL |
NATIVE TONGUE |
1991 |
S2 |
F |
| HOAG |
TAMI |
GUILTY AS SIN |
1996 |
DL2 |
F |
| HUDSON |
CHRISTOPHER |
THE KILLING FIELDS |
1984 |
|
N |
| IRVING |
JOHN |
A PRAYER FOR OWEN MEANY |
1989 |
|
F |
| JARDINE |
QUINTIN |
SKINNER'S ROUND |
1995 |
BS4 |
F |
| JARDINE |
QUINTIN |
FOR THE DEATH OF ME |
2005 |
OB9 |
F |
| KARP |
MARSHALL |
BLOOD THIRSTY |
2007 |
L+B |
F |
| KELLERMAN |
JONATHAN |
RAGE |
2005 |
AD19 |
F |
| KERLEY |
JACK |
THE BROKEN SOULS |
2006 |
CR3 |
F |
| KING |
STEPHEN |
THE DARK TOWER: THE WASTE LANDS |
1991 |
TDT3 |
F |
| LEONARD |
ELMORE |
JACKIE BROWN |
1997 |
|
F |
| LEONARD |
ELMORE |
RIDING THE RAP |
1995 |
RG2 |
F |
| LITTELL |
ROBERT |
AN AGENT IN PLACE |
1991 |
|
F |
| MACLEAN |
ALISTAIR |
ICE STATION ZEBRA |
1960 |
|
F |
| NIVEN |
JOHN |
KILL YOUR FRIENDS |
2008 |
|
F |
| NUNN |
KEM |
TIJUANA STRAITS |
2004 |
|
F |
| O'BRIEN |
TIM |
TOMCAT IN LOVE |
1998 |
|
F |
| O'BRIEN |
TIM |
IN THE LAKE OF THE WOODS |
1994 |
|
F |
| OPPENHEIM |
E. PHILLIPS |
THE GREAT IMPERSONATION |
1920 |
|
F |
| SANDFORD |
JOHN |
EYES OF PREY |
1991 |
LD3 |
F |
| STARK |
RICHARD |
FIREBREAK |
2001 |
P20 |
F |
| TARANTINO |
QUENTIN |
TRUE ROMANCE |
|
|
F |
| TIMLIN |
MARK |
DEAD FLOWERS |
1998 |
NS14 |
F |
| TIMLIN |
MARK |
FALLS THE SHADOWS |
1993 |
NS8 |
F |
| TUROW |
SCOTT |
THE BURDEN OF PROOF |
1990 |
KC2 |
F |
| WILLOCKS |
TIM |
BAD CITY BLUES |
1991 |
|
F |
| WILSON |
ROBERT |
BLOOD IS DIRT |
1997 |
BM3 |
F |
| WOODRELL |
DANIEL |
UNDER THE BRIGHT LIGHTS |
1986 |
RS1 |
F |
Oh, you have some really fine authors there, Col. Jardine, Leonard, Kellerman, Hiaasen, Turow... yes, you're in for, I think, some good reads when you get there. Not, I must admit, so sure about the Eco, but who knows? You may like it.
ReplyDeleteCheers Margot. I'll see how Eco takes me when I do eventually get around to reading it!
DeleteHiaasen is one of my favorites. Humor on the page is hard to do, and he does it very well with his characters and observations. STRIP TEASE is my favorite of his.
ReplyDeleteElgin, you're so right. Others have been a bit hit and miss in places - Tim Dorsey, Bill Fitzhugh, even Westlake at times, but Hiaasen has had me laughing like a drain in the past. Is STRIPTEASE the one with the plastic surgeon? I can't remember. NATIVE TONGUE and TOURIST SEASON were brilliant.
DeleteSTRIP TEASE has a stripper trying to earn a living, a crazy and randy Congressman pursuing her, a political operative nick-named Moldy trying to fix the problems caused by the politician and trying get the girl out of the picture, and other colorful South Florida characters. Good writing, nice suspense, and very funny.
DeleteElgin cheers - I think I'm going to have to tackle the Hiaasen books in order - 1 a month after I've finished this exercise and got a handle on where they all are.
DeleteLike you, I loved Owen Meany the first time around. I recently bought a few Irving novels with the intent of re-reading them. Now I'm afraid to do it. What if they are no longer as wonderful as they were all those years ago? Sigh.
ReplyDeleteMary, I'm the same - conflicted. The two of his I absolutely adored were Meany, with Garp slightly less. I enjoyed most of the others without feeling the same emotional attachment to the characters. I'll delay any decision until next year at least! (Coward!)
DeleteI read The Name of the Rose back in the day when I read challenging books and am not sure I understood it even then. I'm interested in your take when you get around to it.
ReplyDeleteGlen, I just looked the book up on wiki, as I was a bit surprised Margot was a little bit lukewarm about it. It definitely isn't my everyday read, but who knows?
DeleteI probably have a copy of Rum Punch as well somewhere!
ReplyDeleteLOL!
Agree with the comments about Hiaasen. I've enjoyed Hoag in the past.
Just had most of my teeth out, so won't prattle . . .
Ouch that doesn't sound particularly pleasant!
DeleteHaven't yet logged Rum Punch but will compare the two when I do! Wouldn't be the first time I've doubled up. Hiaasen I love - but haven't read for a year or two now. Time for a re-visit. I used to log on to the Miami Herald every weekend to read his newspaper column each Saturday I think it was!
Hoag's books look quite big and intimidating, but might bear more detailed scrutiny. I think I bought them for my wife and she wasn't used to having something so large in her hands!
Deaver does write big, fat books, doesn't he? I am sure I would read more of them if they were shorter. I want to read more by Robert Wilson. I have a ton of his books.
ReplyDeleteI think that has held me back from reading both of the authors you mention. Less would be more attractive!
DeleteCol, my takeaways from this lot would be James M. Cain and Richard Stark. Alistair MacLean is an old favourite and I read his novels occasionally.
ReplyDeleteStark I'll definitely agree on. Not yet tried MacLean so no comment as yet!
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