by FOOL | Apr 1, 2024 | Action Thriller, Crime Fiction, Detective Fiction, Espionage, Fiction, Historical, Psychological Thriller
Seven of the books we discussed at our March meeting – Cosy Crime to Action Thrillers We chatted about so many books at our March meeting that we’ve split our recommendations into two blogs. This first piece covers authors A-G and runs from historical crime to an...
by FOOL | Mar 5, 2024 | Cosy Crime, Crime Fiction, Detective Fiction, Espionage, Historical, Thriller
Eight books we discussed at our February meeting. Some good, some not so good! Our theme in February was book titles which had a location in them. Not all the titles we read were worth including in this but the books we did chat about are listed below, alphabetically...
by FOOL | Feb 22, 2024 | Action Thriller, Espionage, Fiction
A rather extraordinary story, but gripping nonetheless. Terry Hayes is a screenwriter-turned-author whose debut novel – I Am Pilgrim – was a runaway bestseller. But that was nine years ago, and it’s taken that long for Hayes to write a second novel: The Year of the...
by FOOL | Jan 8, 2024 | Crime Fiction, Detective Fiction, Espionage, Historical
Atmospheric, colourful and well worth reading – 4 Stars. ‘There is an east wind coming, Watson…. Such a wind as never blew on England yet….’ Arthur Conan Doyle – His Last Bow. Death in the East is Book 4 in Abir Mukherjee’s acclaimed series set in the early...
by FOOL | Dec 20, 2023 | Crime Fiction, Espionage, Fiction
A book that shrieks ‘Read Me!’ because it’s clever, engrossing and huge fun. I’ve never actually got stuck into Mick Herron’s Slough House series. Even though I’ve read a couple of the books and enjoyed them, I don’t particularly seek them out. But that might change...
