Good Reads

[percy]

In a House of Lies,by Ian Rankin,published in 2018 by Orion,isbn.9781409176886.
Great having the team back including "retired" John Rebus.I do n't know whether it is because I have not read Ian Rankin for some time,but surely this must be about his best.Lies,lies, infact everbody is telling lies,but in the end Rebus by being the master liar, funds the truth.! Another good read.
My rating.another 10 out of 10....[Loved it so much I thought of giving it a 12 out of 10].

[winner69]

Percy, you read any Alan Furst.

Mainly spy novels but well written, fast paced and easy to read

Last one I read was Spies of the Balkans, one of Night Soldiers series

[percy]

Percy, you read any Alan Furst.

Mainly spy novels but well written, fast paced and easy to read

Last one I read was Spies of the Balkans, one of Night Soldiers series

Alan Furst is one of my favourite authors.
Charles Cumming also writes similar good spies books.
Philip Kerr's Bernie Gunther stories are a must read.Try to read them in order.Starts before the 2nd WW.Bernie is a Berlin detective.Historical novels.
Stuart McBride is the poor man's Ian Rankin.Great gritty stories,with plenty of black humour.
Martin O'Brien writes good French detective stories based in the South of France.
Martin Walker also writes French detective stories.A bit light weight,however I enjoyed them.
Other authors I have enjoyed are ;William Ryan,David Mark,Michael Russell,Benjamin Black,Lars Kepler, Peter May,Peter Robinson,and Jo Nesbo,although I gave up on his latest, MacBeth, as I found it too depressing..

[winner69]

Alan Furst is one of my favourite authors.
Charles Cumming also writes similar good spies books.
Philip Kerr's Bernie Gunther stories are a must read.Try to read them in order.Starts before the 2nd WW.Bernie is a Berlin detective.Historical novels.
Stuart McBride is the poor man's Ian Rankin.Great gritty stories,with plenty of black humour.
Martin O'Brien writes good French detective stories based in the South of France.
Martin Walker also writes French detective stories.A bit light weight,however I enjoyed them.
Other authors I have enjoyed are ;William Ryan,David Mark,Michael Russell,Benjamin Black,Lars Kepler, Peter May,Peter Robinson,and Jo Nesbo,although I gave up on his latest, MacBeth, as I found it too depressing..

Might try out Stuart McBride .....sounds interesting

[percy]

Might try out Stuart McBride .....sounds interesting

Try to read them in order.
Cold Granite,Dying Light,Broken Skin,Flesh House,Blind Eye,Dark Blood,Shatter the Bones,Close to the Bone,Missing and the Dead,In the Cold Dark Ground,and the Blood Road.

[macduffy]

I'll second the enthusiasm for Alan Furst. Think I've read them all - except for the first, Night Soldiers. Put off by the size! I'll probably go back to it one day although I expect to find I've spoilt the experience through reading the others out of turn.

[mccollr]

Try to read them in order.
Cold Granite,Dying Light,Broken Skin,Flesh House,Blind Eye,Dark Blood,Shatter the Bones,Close to the Bone,Missing and the Dead,In the Cold Dark Ground,and the Blood Road.

For those that prefer audio books. http://audiobookbay.nl/audio-books/l...uart-macbride/

[percy]

Just read a cracker book.
A Killing in November,bySimon Mason.

[peat]

currently reading aloud (to my Mum) Kane and Abel by Jefferey Archer. Its a story of two boys with nothing in common except being born on the same day in 1906, and how their live eventually entwine as they climb to their fortunes.

We've just got past the 1929 crash bit (gulp)

• Kane and Abel is a 1979 novel by British author Jeffrey Archer.
  
• It reached No. 1 on the New York Times best-seller list.
  
• Kane & Abel is among the top 100 list of best-selling books in the world