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Monday, 4 January 2016

LOGGING THE LIBRARY - PART SIXTY-TWO

A new year but the journey which began back in October 2014 (LOGGING THE LIBRARY - PART ONE) continues with no immediate end in sight.

This week's offerings.......
Tub 62!

Brian Moore, Bill Bryson x 2, Charles McCarry, Stella Rimington, Dan Fesperman,

Untried author as yet - Dan Fesperman

Liz Carlyle series book

McCarry standalone novel.

Andrea Camilleri, Tom Franklin, Peter Leonard, "Sam Cole"
Tom Franklin,

Sam Cole aka Mike Nicol and Joanne Hichens collaborating.

Son of Elmore and just as enjoyable!

Hugo Hamilton, John King, James Tucker, Roddy Doyle, Nigel Slater,

John King 

Howard Linskey, Alex Berenson, Al Alzarez, Ross MacDonald x 2

Lew Archer series book

John Harvey, Roger Smith, Bill Pronzini, James Sallis, Michael Frayn,
South African crime

Second book in the Drive series

Jed Rubenfeld, Alan Bennett, Lionel Davidson, Ian Rankin,

CWA Gold Dagger Winner 1966

Gerald Seymour x 3, Ross MacDonald, Thomas Harris

Another Lew Archer

Gerald Seymour x 3, Stephen Fry, Ian Rankin,

English thriller author

Ditto above
Jill McGown, Gerald Seymour x 2

Gerald Seymour x 4

Scottish author
Mark Timlin, Mike Ripley, Gil Brewer x 2

Gil Brewer from the 50s

Gil Brewer from the 50s

Post-logging look in the lone grey!

HIGHLIGHTS..... well a bit of Gerald Seymour, James Sallis, Alex Berenson, Peter Leonard, Roger Smith

LOWLIGHTS...... not too sure why I bought the Alan Bennett book looking back.

FULL LIST OF 50 AS FOLLOWS:
AUTHOR TITLE YEAR SERIES
ALVAREZ AL THE BIGGEST GAME IN TOWN 1983
BENNETT ALAN UNTOLD STORIES 2005
BERENSON ALEX THE SILENT MAN 2009 JW3
BREWER GIL WILD TO POSSESS 1959
BREWER GIL A KILLER IS LOOSE 1954
BRYSON BILL NOTES FROM A SMALL ISLAND 1995
BRYSON BILL NOTES FROM A BIG COUNTRY 1999
CAMILLERI ANDREA THE TERRACOTTA DOG 2002 IM2
COLE SAM CAPE GREED 2009
DAVIDSON LIONEL A LONG WAY TO SHILOH 1966
DOYLE RODDY THE DEPORTEES 2007
FESPERMAN DAN LAYOVER IN DUBAI 2010
FRANKLIN TOM CROOKED LETTER, CROOKED LETTER 2010
FRAYN MICHAEL A LANDING ON THE SUN 1991
FRY STEPHEN THE STARS' TENNIS BALLS 1999
HAMILTON HUGO HEADBANGER 1997
HARRIS THOMAS BLACK SUNDAY 1975
HARVEY JOHN GOOD BAIT 2011
KING  JOHN SKINHEADS 2008
LEONARD PETER ALL HE SAW WAS THE GIRL 2011
LINSKEY HOWARD THE DROP 2011 DB1
MACDONALD ROSS BLACK MONEY 1966 LA13
MACDONALD ROSS THE DROWNING POOL 1950 LA2
MACDONALD ROSS THE CHILL 1964 LA11
McCARRY CHARLES LUCKY BASTARD 1998
McGOWN JILL PLOTS AND ERRORS 1999 L+H9
MOORE BRIAN BEWARE OF THE DOG 2010
PRONZINI BILL SON OF GUN IN CHEEK 1987
RANKIN IAN DOORS OPEN 2007
RANKIN IAN SET IN DARKNESS 2000 JR11
RIMINGTON STELLA DEAD LINE 2008 LC4
RIPLEY MIKE FAMILY OF ANGELS 1996 FMA7
RUBENFELD JED THE DEATH INSTINCT 2010
SALLIS JAMES DRIVEN 2012 D2
SEYMOUR GERALD KILLING GROUND 1997
SEYMOUR GERALD IN HONOUR BOUND 1984
SEYMOUR GERALD HOLDING THE ZERO 2000
SEYMOUR GERALD TIMEBOMB 2008
SEYMOUR GERALD THE JOURNEYMAN TAILOR 1992
SEYMOUR GERALD THE HEART OF DANGER 1995
SEYMOUR GERALD THE WALKING DEAD 2007
SEYMOUR GERALD THE UNKNOWN SOLDIER 2004
SEYMOUR GERALD A SONG IN THE MORNING 1986
SEYMOUR GERALD THE CONTRACT 1980
SEYMOUR GERALD RAT RUN 2005
SEYMOUR GERALD A LINE IN THE SAND 1999
SLATER NIGEL TOAST: THE STORY OF A BOY'S HUNGER 2003
SMITH ROGER DUST DEVILS 2011
TIMLIN MARK PAINT IT BLACK 1995 NS11
TUCKER JAMES BLAZE OF RIOT 1979
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12 comments:

  1. Prashant C. Trikannad4 January 2016 at 00:27

    I have got to read some Gerald Seymour. I have completely missed him. And Gil Brewer too.

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    1. col29104 January 2016 at 00:39

      Seymour is perhaps an old school thriller writer, so would probably be right up your street, I think. The Brewer's seem pulpish and short - two plusses!

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  2. Elgin Bleecker4 January 2016 at 07:52

    Gerald Seymour is a favorite of mine. Happy New Year, Col.

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    1. col29104 January 2016 at 08:19

      Elgin, I've read a couple of his so far and they were both very enjoyable. I hope 2016 is a good one for you too!

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  3. skiourophile5 January 2016 at 00:13

    I feel sorry for 'Toast', held captive among the thrillers. I've not read any Seymour, but he does sound very promising - always good to have a thriller recommendation.

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    1. col29105 January 2016 at 00:22

      Haha - TOAST is a kind of autobiography of a TV-chef-cum-author Nigel Slater. My wife likes his cook books. I like the guy because he comes across as a gentle, genuinely nice bloke - not self-satisified and uber-smug like a lot of his contemporaries (yes Jamie Oliver, I'm thinking of you).

      Seymour is well worth a punt in my opinion - I can recommend THE OUTSIDERS and HARRY'S GAME, as they are the two I've read.

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  4. noirencyclopedia5 January 2016 at 02:43

    I too have missed out on Seymour -- should give him a try. The two Brewers look pretty mouthwatering (and may be quite valuable!) and the Pronzini should be fn, if vol 1 in the series is anything to go by.

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    1. col29105 January 2016 at 03:08

      Blimey another candidate for Gerald Seymour. Plenty to choose from.
      I have a few Brewers knocking around but not many originals, most are reprints/reissues.
      Read them, cash them in and buy more books! Sounds like a sensible plan apart from the last bit!

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  5. Clothes In Books6 January 2016 at 08:59

    I'm sure Gerald Seymour is wonderful, but I'm rather remembering a Dame Edna Everage joke about another author along the lines of 'don't write any more books till we've all had a chance to catch up.'

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    1. col29106 January 2016 at 10:31

      Well you will be extremely proud of me - I haven't bought the latest one from him, perhaps even the last two.....what control eh?

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  6. TracyK6 January 2016 at 13:38

    I don't know how I have missed Gerald Seymour all this time. Some of his books look very appealing. You have several Ross Macdonald books there. I haven't gotten as far along in his books as I had planned.

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    1. col29106 January 2016 at 20:30

      Roll on the book sale, I'm sure you might find Seymour there! With Lew Archer, I haven't even started yet, so don't beat yourself up Tracy.

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