More from the library in the sky.....
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| Tub 68! |
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| Eddie Muller, Stephen King, John King, Steve Hamilton, Kem Nunn, |
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| John King - English author, |
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| Larry Brown, Stieg Larsson, David Huggins, Paul Southern, Sean Burke, |
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| Hopefully not a book about decorating! |
Imagine Withnail and I framed for a murder they didn't commit, on the run from the Law with a body in the back of their van. The result is Luxury Amnesia, a pacy, tense thriller with a heap of comedy thrown in for good measure. Andy Gates is a has-been. Formerly a bassist with the one-hit-wonder band Overload he now makes his money decorating the houses of the filthy rich and spends his time mooning over angelic ex-fling Sara while trying to avoid Phil, the band's deluded, ridiculous singer and front-man who plagues him with a never-ending stream of ideas for Overload's come-back. These two wasters are forced into action and even heroism when their millionaire friend Mark Bowring is found dead and they are the prime suspects. David Huggins is an illustrator whose work has appeared in a number of newspapers and magazines. His first book The Big Kiss won The Bad Sex Award in 1996. With stacks of rancid crockery, mouldy takeaway cartons, stinky T-shirts and vomit on every other page--not to mention the endless array of brilliantly corny turns-of-phrase--Luxury Amnesiais not a story for the squeamish but will grip readers with a strong stomach and a taste for bawdy page-turners. --Anna Davis
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| Paul Southern! |
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| Welsh Crime - Sean Burke! |
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| Larry Brown and Joe - one of my favourite books! |
Hailed as an important voice in contemporary American literary fiction, Larry Brown is the critically acclaimed author of the antiwar novel Dirty Work and the short story collection Big Bad Love. In Joe, an unfulfilled 50-year-old and a desperate 15-year-old team up and follow a twisting map to redemption--or ruin--in this "raw and gritty" (Kirkus Reviews) Southern novel.
Great film with Nicholas Cage!
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| Philip Hensher, Andrea Camilleri, Karl Marlantes, Jake Needham x 2, |
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| Italian Crime series, |
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| Scott Phillips, Don Winslow, Tony Parsons, Michael Chabon, John Harvey, |
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| Don Winslow, |
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| Scott Phillips - a re-read at some point! |
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| Garry Disher, Eric Garcia, Nick Hornby, Benjamin Black, Charlie Huston, |
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| A dinosaur detective tale! |
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| Charlie Huston - Joe Pitt series book! |
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| Hal Challis series book - Garry Disher! |
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| Doug Johnstone, Josh Bazell, Gus Russo, John Sandford, Fred Vargas, |
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| Doug Johnstone - Scottish author, |
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| Josh Bazell, debut novel! |
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| Andrew Vachss, Marc Blake, Tom Piccirilli, Charles Williams, Carlo Lucarelli, |
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| Andrew Vachss and a Burke series book! |
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| Tom Piccirilli - RIP! A standalone novel. |
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| Charles Williams from the 50s, |
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| Len Deighton, Iain McDowall, Ron Kovic, Eugene Izzi, Ian Rankin, |
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| Len Deighton non-series book, |
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| Untried Scottish author - Iain McDowall, |
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| Jack Kerley, Donald E. Westlake, Kris Nelscott, Wade Miller, Carl Hiaasen/William D. Montalbano, |
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| Donald E. Westlake - Hard Case Crime! |
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| Frank Lean, Alex Kava, James Hadley Chase, John Connor, John Burdett, |
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| Frank Lean - UK PI book! |
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| James Hadley Chase from the 30s, |
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| Tub 68 sorted! |
HIGHLIGHTS..... John Sandford, Tom Piccirilli, Larry Brown, Garry Disher, Sean Burke, Scott Phillips, Andrew Vachss and more.
LOWLIGHTS..... not too sure about
Gus Russo's non-fiction book on the mob, or for that matter the
Stephen King book which I think was my son's!
FULL LIST OF 50 AS FOLLOWS:
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TITLE |
YEAR |
SERIES |
| BAZELL |
JOSH |
BEAT THE REAPER |
2008 |
PB1 |
| BLACK |
BENJAMIN |
CHRISTINE FALLS |
2006 |
Q1 |
| BLAKE |
MARC |
24 KARAT SCHMOOZE |
2000 |
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| BROWN |
LARRY |
JOE |
1991 |
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| BURDETT |
JOHN |
BANGKOK 8 |
2002 |
SJ1 |
| BURKE |
SEAN |
DEADWATER |
2002 |
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| CAMILLERI |
ANDREA |
THE SNACK THIEF |
2003 |
IM3 |
| CHABON |
MICHAEL |
WONDER BOYS |
1995 |
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| CHASE |
JAMES HADLEY |
NO ORCHIDS FOR MISS BLANDISH |
1939 |
DF1 |
| CONNOR |
JOHN |
PHOENIX |
2003 |
CS1 |
| DEIGHTON |
LEN |
YESTERDAY'S SPY |
1975 |
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| DISHER |
GARRY |
KITTYHAWK DOWN |
2003 |
IC2 |
| GARCIA |
ERIC |
CASUAL REX |
2001 |
DM2 |
| HAMILTON |
STEVE |
NORTH OF NOWHERE |
2002 |
AMCK4 |
| HARVEY |
JOHN |
MEN FROM BOYS (ed.) |
2003 |
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| HENSHER |
PHILIP |
THE NORTHERN CLEMENCY |
2008 |
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| HIAASEN/MONTALBANO |
CARL/WILLIAM D. |
A DEATH IN CHINA |
1984 |
BL3 |
| HORNBY |
NICK |
FEVER PITCH |
1992 |
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| HUGGINS |
DAVID |
LUXURY AMNESIA |
1999 |
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| HUSTON |
CHARLIE |
EVERY LAST DROP |
2008 |
JP4 |
| IZZI |
EUGENE |
TONY'S JUSTICE |
1993 |
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| JOHNSTONE |
DOUG |
TOMBSTONING |
2006 |
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| KAVA |
ALEX |
AT THE STROKE OF MADNESS |
2003 |
MO'D4 |
| KERLEY |
JACK |
THE HUNDREDTH MAN |
2004 |
CR1 |
| KING |
STEPHEN |
FROM A BUICK 8 |
2002 |
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| KING |
JOHN |
THE PRISON HOUSE |
2004 |
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| KOVIC |
RON |
BORN ON THE FOURTH OF JULY |
1976 |
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| LARSSON |
STIEG |
THE GIRL WHO KICKED THE HORNET'S NEST |
2009 |
M3 |
| LEAN |
FRANK |
RAISED IN SILENCE |
2001 |
DC7 |
| LUCARELLI |
CARLO |
ALMOST BLUE |
2001 |
IN1 |
| MARLANTES |
KARL |
MATTERHORN |
2009 |
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| McDOWALL |
IAIN |
A STUDY IN DEATH |
2000 |
J+K1 |
| MILLER |
WADE |
BRANDED WOMAN |
1952 |
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| MULLER |
EDDIE |
SHADOW BOXER |
2003 |
BN2 |
| NEEDHAM |
JAKE |
KILLING PLATO |
2011 |
JS2 |
| NEEDHAM |
JAKE |
A WORLD OF TROUBLE |
2012 |
JS3 |
| NELSCOTT |
KRIS |
SMOKE-FILLED ROOMS |
2001 |
SD2 |
| NUNN |
KEM |
POMONA QUEEN |
1992 |
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| PARSONS |
TONY |
THE FAMILY WAY |
2004 |
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| PHILLIPS |
SCOTT |
THE ICE HARVEST |
2000 |
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| PICCIRILLI |
TOM |
THE FEVER KILL |
2008 |
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| RANKIN |
IAN |
WITCH HUNT |
1993 |
JH1 |
| RUSSO |
GUS |
THE OUTFIT |
2002 |
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| SANDFORD |
JOHN |
MAD RIVER |
2012 |
VF6 |
| SOUTHERN |
PAUL |
THE CRAZE |
1993 |
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| VACHSS |
ANDREW |
SACRIFICE |
1991 |
B6 |
| VARGAS |
FRED |
HAVE MERCY ON US ALL |
2003 |
CA3 |
| WESTLAKE |
DONALD E. |
THE COMEDY IS FINISHED |
2012 |
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| WILLIAMS |
CHARLES |
MIX YOURSELF A REDHEAD |
1954 |
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| WINSLOW |
DON |
THE POWER OF THE DOG |
2005 |
POTD1 |
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Another interesting collection, Col. I will be reading the late Tom Piccirilli's work at some point. That Chase cover — those are the kind I read by the dozens in my teens. Of course, the covers had nothing to do with it! I liked the way Chase, or Brabazon Raymond, told his stories — very conversational.
ReplyDeleteI'm kind of surprised when I see a Chase cover that doesn't have a scantily clad lady. I've yet to read him though. I've read a few from Piccirilli in the past and enjoyed them.
DeleteOh, you do have some good 'uns, Col. Camilleri, Disher, Westlake, Winslow.... Oh, and I hope you'll like the Lucarelli.
ReplyDeleteMargot - thanks. Yes a lot here to like when I get to them!
DeleteWinslow, Hornby and Chabon are all favourites of mine. There's a British Charles Williams who writes weird spiritual books - I'm guessing this is a different one. Great title, Mix Yourself a Redhead.
ReplyDeleteI've not picked up a Nick Hornby for a year or two - overdue I think. Definitely a different Charles Williams, though I nearly made a mistake a year or two ago and bought the wrong author, but realised in time thankfully. He's a pulp writer from the 50s and 60s mainly - a few of his books feature a nautical theme. He wrote the book that spawned the film DEAD CALM with Nicole Kidman and Sam Neill.
DeleteCol, I hope you like The Ice Harvest as it seems right up your alley. Tracy recently read it and we re-watched the excellent (at least we thought so) movie. Includes rotten weather. My favorite kind.
ReplyDeleteI might dig it out and get to it sooner rather than later. I just pinged you a recommendation of a currently FREEBIE book on Amazon, but forgot to add a message - SQUALL - I know you like some inclement weather in your reading! I'll try and find a copy of the THE ICE HARVEST on film.
DeleteThese are the books I have that I would like to read this year: Disher's KITTYHAWK DOWN, Burdett's BANGKOK 8. I may not get to them, but I would like to. If I had a copy of NO ORCHIDS FOR MISS BLANDISH, I would read it soon, but from the reviews I have read, I don't know if I would like it.
ReplyDeletePlenty here I want to get to as well, but how many I'll manage in 2016 is debatable. Maybe if some years match Past Offences' Crimes of the Century meme!
DeleteMy life became devastated when my husband sent me packing, after 8 years that we have been together. I was lost and helpless after trying so many ways to make my husband take me back. One day at work, i was absent minded not knowing that my boss was calling me, so he sat and asked me what its was all about i told him and he smiled and said that it was not a problem. I never understand what he meant by it wasn't a problem getting my husband back, he said he used a spell to get his wife back when she left him for another man and now they are together till date and at first i was shocked hearing such thing from my boss. He gave me an email address of the great spell caster who helped him get his wife back, i never believed this would work but i had no choice that to get in contact with the spell caster which i did, and he requested for my information and that of my husband to enable him cast the spell and i sent him the details, but after two days, my mom called me that my husband came pleading that he wants me back, i never believed it because it was just like a dream and i had to rush down to my mothers place and to my greatest surprise, my husband was kneeling before me pleading for forgiveness that he wants me and the kid back home, then i gave Happy a call regarding sudden change of my husband and he made it clear to me that my husband will love me till the end of the world, that he will never leave my sight. Now me and my husband is back together again and has started doing pleasant things he hasn't done before, he makes me happy and do what he is suppose to do as a man without nagging. Please if you need help of any kind, kindly contact Happy for help and you can reach him via email: happylovespell2@gmail.com
ReplyDeleteYep - I liked The Ice Harvest a lot too!
ReplyDeleteHow long 'til you reach the last tub?
Maybe 20 more to go, possibly a couple more.
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