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    Quote Originally Posted by percy View Post
    Just remembered a jolly good read.Something a bit different but well worth reading.
    The Winter of Frankie Machine by Don Winslow.isbn.9780099509455.
    And two more excellent authors;Gerald Seymour and John Lawton's Inspector Troy series,again best read in order. .
    Olen Steinhauer, Bernard Minier and Dan Fesperman are also worth a look.

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    Quote Originally Posted by westerly View Post
    Olen Steinhauer, Bernard Minier and Dan Fesperman are also worth a look.

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    Thank you for introducing me to these authors.

    I really enjoyed The Circle by Bernard Minier,and Safe House by Dan Fesperman I could not put down.Have The Arms Maker of Berlin on order.
    Picked up The Middle Man by Olen Steinhauer this morning as well as Midnight Sun by Jo Nesbo.[not sure if I have already read it.]

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    Found a Bernard Minier “Don’t Turn out the Lights” at the Tip Shop yesterday .....cost 50 cents

    Very busy was the Tip Shop with plenty if Xmas presents being bought
    “ At the top of every bubble, everyone is convinced it's not yet a bubble.”

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    Quote Originally Posted by winner69 View Post
    Found a Bernard Minier “Don’t Turn out the Lights” at the Tip Shop yesterday .....cost 50 cents

    Very busy was the Tip Shop with plenty if Xmas presents being bought
    “Don’t Turn out the Lights” was quite enjoyable

    Took it back to the Tip Shop for somebody else to enjoy

    While there bought a book on the history of lighthouses built on rocks around the UK.....”Seashaken Houses” for 50 cents. Really fascinating how they built some of them.
    “ At the top of every bubble, everyone is convinced it's not yet a bubble.”

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    Quote Originally Posted by winner69 View Post
    Found a Bernard Minier “Don’t Turn out the Lights” at the Tip Shop yesterday .....cost 50 cents

    Very busy was the Tip Shop with plenty if Xmas presents being bought
    Started reading it tonight.
    Given up at page 24..Will read Darkness, darkness by John Harvey.
    Then will have another go at it.
    "Darkness,darkness" was a good read.
    Could not get into "Don't Turn Out The Lights".
    Just finished "The Quiet Death of Thomas Quaid" by Craig Russell.Enjoyed it, so will look for more of his books.
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    Quote Originally Posted by westerly View Post
    Olen Steinhauer, Bernard Minier and Dan Fesperman are also worth a look.

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    Been reading them,and enjoying them.
    Just finished Dan Fesperman's "The Letter Writer" which was a great read.
    No.2 daughter lent me Mick Herron's "Slow Horses" which she loved.I found it hard reading,just did not seem to flow for me.
    "The Unknown KIMI Raikkonen" by Kari Hotakainen, would be the worst book on a Formula 1 champion I have read.

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    Pretty well any book by Cormac Mccarthy esp The Road , No Country For Old Men (great movies too). Gripping , cant put them down.

    Also "Lonesome Dove" trilogy by Larry McMurtry classic epic western

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    Reading "Sapiens a Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari. This is brilliant, stimulating, informative, factual, challenging, accessible easy to read full of fascinating facts and stuff

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    Love it.!!

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