Two-thirds of the way to 100, but fortunately I don't have 100 tubs, so maybe another 20-odd to go. Then I'll consider whether I want to catalogue the Kindle or just let the dust settle.
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| Tub 67 - another 50! |
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| James Sallis, Colin MacKinnon. James O. Born, Jackie Chan, Mark Billingham, |
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| Florida crime - from memory! |
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| Espionage at a guess! |
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| Charlie Huston, Paul Watkins, Dennis Smith, Derek Nikitas, Nigel Cawthorne, |
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| Hank Thompson series book! |
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| Untried US author! |
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| Les Standiford, Mark McNay, Marshall Karp, Kevin Wignall, Jon A. Jackson, |
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| Kevin Wignall - great cover! |
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| Mulheisen series book! |
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| Les Standiford, |
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| Marshall Karp - Lomax and Biggs series opener! |
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| Charles McCarry, Charles Willeford, Len Deighton, Sue Grafton, Trevanian, |
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| 60s Deighton! |
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| Hoke Mosley series book! |
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| Garry Disher, Graham Greene - x 2, Ian Rankin, Ed McBain, Rob Ryan, |
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| Greg Palast, James Sallis, Tim Parks, Duane Swierczynski/Anthony E. Zuiker, |
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| Lew Griffin series book! |
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| Non-fiction - left wing rant! |
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| Erskine Childers, John Harvey, Arnaldur Indridason, John Rickards, Paul Johnston, |
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| Untried author! |
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| The first espionage novel? |
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| Nelson DeMille, Peter Robinson, Erica Spindler, Gerald Seymour, John Sandford, |
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| Gerald Seymour, |
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| Lucas Davenport Prey series! |
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| Steve McGill, Bert Blewett, Kem Nunn, Neil Cross, John Milne, |
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| Jenner series crime from the 80s! |
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| Neil Cross - creator of Luther! |
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| Surfer crime - Kem Nunn! |
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| John Sandford, Dean Koontz, James W. Hall, Adam Hall, G. M. Ford, |
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| Quiller espionage series novel! |
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| John Sandford - standalone novel! |
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| Tub 67 - put to bed! |
HIGHLIGHTS..... Len Deighton, Adam Hall, Jon A. Jackson, John Milne, Derek Nikitas, Garry Disher, Greg Palast, Charles Willeford,
LOWLIGHTS...... not rushing to
Erica Spindler (my wife's) or
Dean Koontz,
FULL LIST OF 50 AS FOLLOWS:
| AUTHOR |
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TITLE |
YEAR |
SERIES |
| BILLINGHAM |
MARK |
DEATH MESSAGE |
2007 |
TT7 |
| BLEWETT |
BERT |
THE A-Z OF WORLD BOXING |
1997 |
|
| BORN |
JAMES O. |
ESCAPE CLAUSE |
2006 |
BT3 |
| CAWTHORNE |
NIGEL |
KILLERS: THE MOST BARBARIC MURDERERS OF OUR TIMES |
2006 |
|
| CHAN |
JACKIE |
I AM JACKIE CHAN: MY LIFE IN ACTION |
1998 |
|
| CHILDERS |
ERSKINE |
THE RIDDLE OF THE SANDS |
1903 |
|
| CROSS |
NEIL |
NATURAL HISTORY |
2007 |
|
| DEIGHTON |
LEN |
ONLY WHEN I LARF |
1967 |
|
| DEMILLE |
NELSON |
UP COUNTRY |
2001 |
PB2 |
| DISHER |
GARRY |
PORT VILA BLUES |
1995 |
W5 |
| FORD |
G. M. |
NO MAN'S LAND |
2005 |
FC5 |
| GRAFTON |
SUE |
C IS FOR CORPSE |
1985 |
KM3 |
| GREENE |
GRAHAM |
THE THIRD MAN |
1950 |
|
| GREENE |
GRAHAM |
THE FALLEN IDOL |
1935 |
|
| HALL |
JAMES W. |
HELL'S BAY |
2008 |
TPI10 |
| HALL |
ADAM |
NORTHLIGHT |
1985 |
Q11 |
| HARVEY |
JOHN |
HART THE REGULATOR 2: BLOOD TRAIL |
1980 |
H2 |
| HUSTON |
CHARLIE |
CAUGHT STEALING |
2004 |
HT1 |
| INDRIDASON |
ARNALDUR |
VOICES |
2006 |
IE3 |
| JACKSON |
JON A. |
LA DONNA DETROIT |
2000 |
DSM8 |
| JOHNSTON |
PAUL |
THE BLOOD TREE |
2000 |
QD4 |
| KARP |
MARSHALL |
THE RABBIT FACTORY |
2006 |
L+B1 |
| KOONTZ |
DEAN |
FOREVER ODD |
2005 |
OT2 |
| MACKINNON |
COLIN |
MORNING SPY, EVENING SPY |
2006 |
|
| McBAIN |
ED |
SNOW WHITE AND ROSE RED |
1985 |
MH5 |
| McCARRY |
CHARLES |
THE SECRET LOVERS |
1977 |
PC3 |
| McGILL |
STEVE |
CELTIC: SCOTTISH PREMIER LEAGUE WINNERS 97/98 |
1998 |
|
| McNAY |
MARK |
FRESH |
2007 |
|
| MILNE |
JOHN |
THE MOODY MAN |
1987 |
JJ3 |
| NIKITAS |
DEREK |
PYRES |
2007 |
|
| NUNN |
KEM |
THE DOGS OF WINTER |
1997 |
|
| PALAST |
GREG |
ARMED MADHOUSE |
2006 |
|
| PARKS |
TIM |
CASA MASSIMINA |
1990 |
MD2 |
| RANKIN |
IAN |
THE HANGING GARDEN |
1998 |
JR9 |
| RICKARDS |
JOHN |
THE TOUCH OF GHOSTS |
2004 |
AR2 |
| ROBINSON |
PETER |
THE HANGING VALLEY |
1990 |
IB4 |
| RYAN |
ROB |
NINE MIL |
2000 |
|
| SALLIS |
JAMES |
BLUE BOTTLE |
1998 |
LG5 |
| SALLIS |
JAMES |
CHESTER HIMES: A LIFE |
2000 |
|
| SANDFORD |
JOHN |
SHADOW PREY |
1990 |
LD2 |
| SANDFORD |
JOHN |
THE NIGHTCREW |
1997 |
|
| SEYMOUR |
GERALD |
TRAITOR'S KISS |
2003 |
|
| SMITH |
DENNIS |
REPORT FROM GROUND ZERO |
2002 |
|
| SPINDLER |
ERICA |
COPYCAT |
2006 |
KL2 |
| STANDIFORD |
LES |
SPILL |
1991 |
|
| SWIERCZYNSKI/ZUIKER |
DUANE/ANTHONY E. |
DARK ORIGINS |
2009 |
L261 |
| TREVANIAN |
|
SHIBUMI |
1979 |
|
| WATKINS |
PAUL |
THE STORY OF MY DISAPPEARANCE |
1997 |
|
| WIGNALL |
KEVIN |
WHO IS CONRAD HIRST? |
2007 |
|
| WILLEFORD |
CHARLES |
NEW HOPE FOR THE DEAD |
1985 |
HM2 |
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I have a hardback edition of Erskine Childers' THE RIDDLE OF THE SANDS that I still have to read. You are right, it is considered as to be the first or very earliest espionage fiction. I have read and enjoyed a couple of short stories by Nelson DeMille, and plan on reading some of his long novels.
ReplyDeleteI will read the Childers at some point, but I'm in no rush. I have a few of DeMille books, but I haven't tried him yet I'm afraid.
DeleteYou do have some good 'uns there, Col. I see you have Marshall Karp, and I'm glad of it. I love his wit, and I think his stories are well-written, too. I really hope you'll like his work.
ReplyDeleteMargot, I've not yet tried Marshall Karp, but part of the appeal was the humour element.
DeleteI have been wanting to catalog my Kindle books, otherwise I forget they are there. But I don't ever seem to have the time. Looks like you have a lot of good books in this box.
ReplyDeleteI would like to get a permanent fix on what books I have, but I'm kind of dissuaded by how much effort I would need to put in. It is likely to be as troublesome as the tubs, because as soon as you open a book it goes to the front of the queue and some of the review copies I have on my device don't have title pages, so you have to open it to see what it is.
DeleteAnother happy trove, I'd say. Aside from the obvious picks (Rankin, Greene, Indridason, Robinson, Grafton, Billingham), the Palast is quite a lot of fun.
ReplyDeleteNot a bad tub at all, I do like a bit of non-fiction now and again, though I don't read as much as I ought to. I have a couple of Palast's other books as well as others of a similar ilk....Mark Thomas, Noam Chomsky, Michael Moore,
DeleteNot so many I recognize here, but some tempting covers and titles - quite a few I would pick up if I were in a bookshop.
ReplyDeleteI think I had forgotten I had half of these. Nice to rediscover them!
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